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- 6221: Law of Precedent
- ... as cruel and unusual punishment, even if he murdered the Prime Minister on national television. If that example is too drastic, here is another, more reasonable example. In the United States, court rulings dealing with personal injury or damages are becoming out of this world. Here are a couple of examples: A lady gets 8 million dollars for spilling hot coffee from McDonalds' on herself; O.J. Simpson is out a ...
- 6222: R. v. Keilty
- ... he did not have possession as defined in the Criminal Code which states 4.(1) For the purposes of this Act, (a)a person who has anything in possession when he has it in his personal possession knowingly (I) has it in the actual possession or custody of another person, or (ii)Has it in any place, wether or not that place belongs to or is occupied by him, for the ...
- 6223: Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet
- ... presidential aspirations. He was in constant conflict with Seward, and in general opposition to Lincoln, particularly over the issue of slavery. Chase has been described as "jealous of the President," and "overly ambitious." Lincoln's personal secretary, John Nicolay, wrote, "There is enough in Chase's letters abusing Lincoln behind his back for quite a scorcher." He grew so furious with the President's capable rule that he finally resigned his ...
- 6224: Olmstead v. United States (1928)
- ... ways for the government to intrude upon the privacy of the citizen (through technology.) "Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions." The founding fathers, in writing the Constitution, knew that only part of the pain, pleasure, and satisfaction of life could be found in the material things. They wished to protect the beliefs, thoughts, and emotions of the individual, to ultimately ...
- 6225: Justice
- ... deem valuable in order for the day-to-day mechanics of society to function. When these laws are broken, the infrastructure of a society breaks down, and this deviance from the "norm" must be corrected. Personal feelings, morality, religious beliefs, and inflammatory, biased feelings towards certain laws cannot supersede the concrete social laws. This type of high emotion was apparent when dealing with the facts in the murder of a Topeka ...
- 6226: Ann Frank
- ... make Hanukkah special during their time in the annex. Ann had no money so she had to use her imagination to come up with special gifts. She thought about each person individually and made a personal gift for each one in her family and the Van Dann s family. They were all very surprised and treasured the gifts because they realized it came for Ann s heart. Ann Frank was a ...
- 6227: The Law Enforcement Profession
- ... depicting all previous crimes in an area by type and where they occurred. The reports of all crimes in the last 48 hours can be called to see what was written about the occurrence. These Personal Data Terminal (PDTs) or Mobile Data Computer (MDCs) can also be used to input, transmit or download reports at the station (California Peace Officer, p. 13). The more advanced mobile computer terminals feature built-in ...
- 6228: Metaphors that Justify War
- ... directed at the metaphors but at the costs. The influence of metaphors should not be understated. They are an intrinsic element within any strategist's mind and often follow in close relation to one's personal rights. The-State-as-Person System Metaphor The first metaphor under consideration is The State-as-Person System, more commonly referred to as the legalist paradigm which is built upon the domestic analogy (Walzer, 1977 ...
- 6229: A Senator's Pain
- ... as a black woman in an "unequal" society. In Brown's interview she tries to convince young brothers to pick up the books instead of the guns. Brown a former Black Panther leader shows a personal sympathy for Jonathan Jackson, as she says, "I think that this idea of picking up the gun and going into the street without a plan and without any more rhyme or reason than rage is ...
- 6230: Communism in the Soviet Union and Why it Failed
- ... economies. The unequal concentrations of wealth in capitalist countries were matched by glaring concentrations of power in communist ones. It had become clear that the maintenance of a one party communist rule tended to limit personal freedoms in a way unknown in parliamentary democracies. The rise to power in the Soviet Union of leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980's set in motion a farther reaching reassessment of the efficiency ...
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