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United States Supreme Court Foot Prints
660 wordsmarch revolution Sheriff Elkordy 11 / 27 A case of negative impact: Bob White v. Texas After reading this article, I was surprised that this injustice happened in the United States not to long ago. Bob White had many of his civil rights violated. He spent seven days in jail with no charges being held against him. The police beat him until he confessed. He obviously confessed to a crime he didnt commit. If I was in his place, the cops wouldnt even have to beat me to confess, all they have to do i...
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Florida Supreme Court United States Supreme Court
2,008 wordsThe framers formed this country with one sole document, the Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. This bountiful wisdom arose from the unjust treatment of King George to which the colonists were subject. Among these violations of the colonists' rights were inequitable trials that made a mockery of justice. As a result, a fair trial of the accused was a right given to the citizens along with other equities that the framers instilled in every other facet of this country's...
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Cd Rom Microsoft United States Supreme Court
980 words... even on inequality to function. Perhaps David Cole said it best, "Absent race and class disparities, the privileged among us could not enjoy as much constitutional protection of our liberties as we do" (5). The case of Gideon v. Wainwright can be used to illustrate this point. Cole summarizes the case: Clarence Earl Gideon, a penniless Florida man, down on his luck and charged with breaking and entering a poolroom, claims that although he cant afford a layer, he has a constitutional right to...
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George W Bush Supreme Court Justices
1,264 wordsIs this sick or what? November 3 rd 2000 over 100 million American voters took to the polls unaware that their votes wouldnt matter. Al Gore won the popular vote and George W. Bush won the electoral vote; or did he? Something was not right in the state of Florida. The contest to become the 43 rd President of the United States became a Supreme Court dispute over the way we vote. The guy who got the most votes in the U. S. and in Florida and under our Constitution (Al Gore) will lose to America's ...
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Communications Decency Act United States Supreme Court
1,364 words? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances? . (United States Constitution) So reads the first amendment. Does this apply to the Internet? Why should it not? In February of 1996, congress did indeed test this over 200 year-old document in passing the Communications Dece...
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