Appeal to fear

In Mexico during the early 1980’s, a group of young siblings living in poverty tell an important story of the immigrant experience and the drives behind migration. Reyna Grande’s, The Distance Between Us, is a memoir written with the recurring appeal to the reader’s pathos. Grande uses the rhetorical strategy to keep the reader’s interest and to help them make personal connections to the story. Grande’s use of pathos helps to show not only the importance of understanding the immigrant experience…

According to this theory, the law does not require a battered woman’s fear to be correct but only reasonable in Ms. Lavallee case, with the help of expert evidence to be acceptable and relevant. Therefore in this case, the law pursues their own understandings of the good in Ms. Lavallee. With this said, this theory plays…

Name: Case brief assignment Prof: Minnesota v Dickerson, 508 U.S.3669 (1993) Facts of the case Two Minneapolis police officers were patrolling the North area of the city in a marked police car in the evening on November 9, 1989. There was the defendant, Timothy Dickerson, in a known drug zone. At around 8:15 p.m., one officer observed the defendant leaving a 12-unit apartment building along Morgan Avenue, a renowned drug sale premise. Accordingly, after noticing the police car, the defendant…

The argument surrounded the trial judge, Murphy J, in finding the parties to have made equal contributions during the marriage but making a 10% adjustment for the husband’s contributions to the business post-separation. On appeal, this highlighted the danger of valuing a “special” contributions over non-financial contributions like the role of home-maker and parent. Bryan CJ and Ainslie-Wallace J stated: A contribution by one party in the role of home-maker and parent …allows…

Holder, 520 Fed. Appx. 528 (9th Cir. 2013), the Court of Appeals held that, in seeking asylum based on persecution that petitioner allegedly suffered in the past due to her membership in a specific social group, i.e., her family, alien did not have to show that another family member was persecuted, but needed only…

with wristbands. In Rangel’s religion, covering the tattoos would be considered disrespectful towards his G-d. Therefore, he did not cover the tattoos. As a result, the Senior Regional Manager fired Rangel. After much dispute, the Ninth Court of Appeals confirmed that there was no “evidence of actual customer complaints of Rangel’s tattoos” (Peeples & Elzweig 17), and ruled in favor of…

“The remaining states lack legislative protection against SLAPPs, and the state laws cannot be invoked against federal claims in federal court” (Smart Consumer). The U.S. Court of Appeals states that the state anti-SLAPP law does not apply in federal court. The state laws vary dramatically from state to state. California, for example, has very wide protection against SLAPPs, while others have narrow laws. Florida passed a broader anti-SLAPP…

probate). This student will be comparing the federal court system to that of my state of residence, Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri is home to the largest municipal government in the state and is the seat of the Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals Federal representation. The diagram below represents the fundamental idea behind Federalism where the power of government is divided between one national government and state or regional government. This student is comparing the federal…

invoke a sense of unity across the nation. Through the use of rhetorical devices such as strong dictation, emotional appeals, powerful language, and brevity, Kennedy was able to deliver and immensely effective speech that inspired and emboldened his audience. One of the most notable devices used in Kennedy’s speech was simply the way it sounded. He focused…

For six years Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan were using their authority to benefit themselves. Kids for Cash was a scandal, which consisted of kickbacks at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas that was located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Kickbacks are a form of corruption when law-enforcement seeks personal gain, such as money through the abuse of their power. These two judges were convicted for receiving millions of dollars by the owners of PA Child Care. The reason they…