Shield laws in the United States

in America’s government. The state and federal government can sometimes be in a power struggle over certain situations and laws. Some Americans would rather have states have more power over the federal government, whereas others prefer a stronger central government. Throughout the years, federalism has changed along with the needs of the country. When President Reagan was in office, he pushed for “New Federalism”. This was the idea of giving power back to the states, however, the lack of funding…

lending parties but whose terms refer to the partnership, support that characterized the relationship. He also cites the example of death by homicide, strictly speaking legal fact in civil and support element of the crime of murder in the criminal law. (MELLO, 2014,…

Assignment 2 Jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear and decide on a matter. The textbook translates jurisdiction for us, “In Latin, juris means “law,” and diction means “to speak.” Thus, “the power to speak the law” is the literal meaning of the term jurisdiction.” Each and every court must have the power to speak over a matter before the matter can be disputed in their court. The court needs to have jurisdiction over the individuals or corporations involved, as well as…

issue of fusion between Common Law and Equity it is very important to look back at the history of equity, where common law is widely discuss and debates, the same should also apply to equity. At the early stage of equity it seems that common law and equity principle are very differ in principles where the common law seek justice through precedents, equity thrive by its own set of principles, one of its principle is to judge a case by case basis. Based on English law history it all started after…

federalism has been a political tool used by whichever party seeks to gain control of an issue. With sanctuary cities, those who are typically of a more pro-immigrant persuasion are all too happy to allow the federal government to prevent conservative states from passing restrictions on immigrants while America’s more liberal cities ignore federal requests to turn over undocumented immigrants. This introduction, while somewhat antagonistic, is meant to highlight the key question: If Federal…

it written down. Once written, someone needs to be in charge of them/to protect them/to enforce them. We'll call them layers/government/judges/law enforcement. There are thousands of laws that are written down in your country/state/city. Do you know all of them by heart? Of course not. But it doesn't matter if you didn't know if something was agaisnt the law, you are subject to it. Consider also that a tribe lives as one big family, so just as our own families have rules that are unwritten by…

The controversy that surrounds an open-carry law that allows those who are licensed to carry concealed weapons on college premises have been going on for quite some time. The way people will have to interact amongst their peers and their sense of safety on campus will be altered with the new law. Guns on campuses will have it drawbacks such as limit of speech, crime rates increase, or a simply misunderstanding turning deadly. The process on which those wish to obtain a permit or license of will…

been an important part of the foundation of the United States as nation. Excepting Native Americans, none could affirm not to have foreign ancestors. This is a point of controversy with the current state of things despite it has been regulated many times during nation’s history. To this end, U.S. Government through the history of the country has enacted different laws and has regulated the entry of foreigners to the country. The first immigration law enacted by the US government was precisely…

Question 4: Define “hearsay”. Provide an example and explain why it meets the definition of hearsay. Answer: Hearsay can be defined as one person giving a testimony about statements another person had said (Gardner & Anderson, 2016). There are three components of the hearsay rule, requiring that the statements are either oral, written down, or given with self-confidence, the declarant makes the statement outside of court, and motions that statements are truthful about the event in question…

Court case which focuses on trademark infringement. It questions whether an unregistered product’s design is protected by law. Section 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act), provides a provision which protects unregistered marks against confusion and such. 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). While the statute does not require “distinctiveness” of the mark to be shown, case law universally does. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc., 529 U.S. 205, 205 (2000). Section 43(a) also gives…