1. In your opinion, please discuss the “pros and cons” of the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan. (Please include the advantages and/or disadvantages of partisan judicial elections and whether, in your opinion, is a better system for choosing state judges.
When talking about a state judge selection, the best way to elect a judge is by the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan. But there are many pros and cons to each side of this choice! The main pro to the Missouri Non-partisan Court Plan is there will be no bias between judges and those they have to rule against in the future. One example of this is if the judges were selected by election like they once were, then someone who funded a large amount of their campaign could be seen to have power …show more content…
I was critizing the decisions of the courts thinking about who careless they could be to give a lady millions of dollars for something that she did herself. On top of the face that were was the common sense with this women not to be more careful with the coffee, already knowing that coffee would be hot. But I have to say that after watching the you tube video in class I have a very different view on the case. After viewing the court case video with all the acutall faces and exibits, I was able to better understand why the women sued McDonalds. When looking at the case, Mrs. Liebeck had a large amount of third degreen burns on her body that left here in the hospital racking up medical bills over 10 thousand dollars. This was the first shocker to me, I have spilt hot things on myself before even coffee and never have I ended up with even a burn that needed any type of medical treatment. The second issue that hit me was that Mrs. Liebeck tried to write McDonals telling them what happened and asking htem to help her cover medical expenses, they simpley blew her off explaining that their coffee was hot and at the tempature that people enjoyed it. At this point Mrs. Liebeck decided to move forward with the
When talking about a state judge selection, the best way to elect a judge is by the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan. But there are many pros and cons to each side of this choice! The main pro to the Missouri Non-partisan Court Plan is there will be no bias between judges and those they have to rule against in the future. One example of this is if the judges were selected by election like they once were, then someone who funded a large amount of their campaign could be seen to have power …show more content…
I was critizing the decisions of the courts thinking about who careless they could be to give a lady millions of dollars for something that she did herself. On top of the face that were was the common sense with this women not to be more careful with the coffee, already knowing that coffee would be hot. But I have to say that after watching the you tube video in class I have a very different view on the case. After viewing the court case video with all the acutall faces and exibits, I was able to better understand why the women sued McDonalds. When looking at the case, Mrs. Liebeck had a large amount of third degreen burns on her body that left here in the hospital racking up medical bills over 10 thousand dollars. This was the first shocker to me, I have spilt hot things on myself before even coffee and never have I ended up with even a burn that needed any type of medical treatment. The second issue that hit me was that Mrs. Liebeck tried to write McDonals telling them what happened and asking htem to help her cover medical expenses, they simpley blew her off explaining that their coffee was hot and at the tempature that people enjoyed it. At this point Mrs. Liebeck decided to move forward with the