McCulloch County

(n.d.). A strong central government is what the Federalist commended (The Constitution in One Sentence: Understanding the Tenth Amendment. (n.d.). The necessary and proper clause is against the tenth amendment. In McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice Marshall wrote in the Supreme Court’s opinion the federal government was not prohibited from exercising only those powers specifically granted by the Constitution (The Constitution in One Sentence: Understanding the Tenth…

with who suffer from a mental illness, are juvenile offenders, are under 18, or have raped a child and death was not a result nor was intended, are not punished with the Death Penalty. ("States and Capital Punishment) According to Bob McCulloch, a St. Louis County Prosecutor, cases similar to one where a six foot six, 300 pound man butchered his girlfriend and her two-year-old baby into pieces and gutted them receive the Death Penalty. (6) That case was heart-breaking, yet there are still many…

state laws and federal laws. While many different states have different opinions on how their local governments should be run, they all follow federal laws. For example, in New York, you must be 21 years old if you want to buy cigarettes in Suffolk County. But in Onondaga, you only have to be 19. But that’s a state law only. The federal law on the other hand states that you must be at least 18 years old to purchase cigarettes. The states can decide for themselves if they want to raise this…

appealed to the Supreme Court on the basis that he was being held unlawfully because he had been denied counsel. At the end of the book, Clarence Gideon was granted a new trial. This time when he appeared for trial in the Circuit Court of Bay County, Florida, Gideon had a lawyer, and the lawyer made a difference. The jury acquitted Gideon in his retrial showing, in just one person’s case, what we know to be true: The right to counsel has profound meaning in the lives of those who are…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…