Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

Hobby Lobby challenged the ACA in the Supreme Court on the basis that as Christian employers, they are exempt from the law because of their first amendment right to religious freedom. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in 2014. According to Salem Press Encyclopedia, Hobby Lobby pays its employees much higher than the minimum wage requirement; full-time…

My opinion on the Supremes Court decision is that it was made correctly and that they have effectively abided by the Cantwells constitutional rights. Though I could understand the views of the Connecticut court on the solicitation conviction, its not unreasonable to assume someone’s intentions could actually be fraudulent. But, when you really take into consideration…

Thus, it is evident that stereotypes are reinforced in the courts. Unfortunately, at least from what was observed during the very minimal period of eight hours, the common media-portrayed stereotypes have factual consequences. All of the people who were in custody and had to be escorted out by police officers…

and functioning of courts of law competent disputes affecting private citizens” (Cadiet & Amrani-Mekki, 2008, p. 307). France’s legal system was mainly obtained from Roman law and is based on codified laws that were drafted in 1804 under Napoleon. The French legal system follows…

in the United States are authorized to prosecute crime regardless of the fact that they both have different court systems, criminal statutes, police agencies and prosecutors. While the federal systems oversees limited range of criminal cases for instance dealing with people accused of violating criminal laws of the national governments, state systems monitors the decision of lower courts within the…

the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court wrote the appellate court’s ruling for the en banc panel. ISSUE: Did the defendant and the co-defendants “exceed[ed] authorized access” under the CFAA when they used valid user names and passwords to gain…

freely goes hand in hand with the freedom to remain silent; you cannot have one without the other. Even though enforcing the Pledge violates the Constitution, court cases and debates are still held to argue over the political correctness of the pledge of allegiance. In the West Virginia State Board of Education versus Barnette court case, the court ruled that the enforcement of reciting the pledge in public schools “violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments”(The Pledge of Allegiance). The…

Based on “What of this Goldfish Would you Wish”, “The American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and my own experience, our relationships with others define who we are by showing what we are passionate about. In “What of this Goldfish Would you Wish?” By. Etgar Keret Yoni, a young man is intrigued in making a documentary so he can knock on doors and ask people what they would wish for if they had three wishes from a magical goldfish. Yoni is interested to examine the different answers and to document…

of the courts, court procedures and the funding of legal aid. (Scottish Parliament Information Centre, 2014). In Scotland, there are 3 main types of civil courts, namely, the Sheriff Courts, Court of Session and since 2009 the UK Supreme Court. By far the most important and most widely used court in Scotland is the Sheriff Court. Since 1975, Scotland has been divided into 6 sheriffdoms with 142 sheriffs in post, there are currently 39 Sheriff Courts…

District of California seeking damages against Pandora Media Inc. (Pandora) for “publicly performing The Turtles’ pre-1972 sound recordings on its services without paying royalties.” The latest in a series of class actions filed in federal district courts in California, New York, and Florida by the former Turtles members against digital broadcasters Sirius XM Radio Inc. (Sirius) and Pandora, the suit alleges “that that these…