Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The majority of violent crimes in the United States are committed by men (Gun Control, 2013). The fact that a gun or guns were used in the commission of these crimes does not, in itself, warrant the removal of weapons from society. If this were the case we would need to remove all alcohol which causes more deaths annually than all firearms-related deaths. The one commonality in all of these occurrences is the state of mind and mental health of the shooters. In all of the examples presented so…

Seamons v. Snow 206 F.3d 1021 (2000) Facts Brian Seamons, plaintiff, a student-athlete and member of the Sky View High School football team in Smithfield, Utah, was dismissed from the team as he refused to apologize to the team for reporting to the police and school administration of being assaulted by four teammates in the locker room. Seamons, claimed his First Amendment of free speech was violated because of his refusal to apologize to his teammates. Disciplinary action to the four…

According to John Frow “the commodity form is a social relationship and a commodity is anything that is governed by it.” (Frow, 132) The history of capitalist mode of production is the history of commodity form as stated by Frow. He also clears the fact that “capital constantly seeks to force all use-values to submit to the commodity form and to convert simple commodity production to capitalist commodity wherever and whenever it can.” (Frow, 134), However, people tried to resist the extinction…

When Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, it appeared the Bill of Rights would be enforced on the states using the privileges and the immunities clause (Incorporation (Bill of Rights)). However, during The Slaughter-house Cases, the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the privileges and immunities clause was it only protected the rights of national citizenship from state governments (Slaughter-House Cases). Under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Bill of Rights…

Imagine not being able to say what you want, everything censored and being punishments for stating your opinion. In America you have the freedom of speech so maybe it is something you are not worried about. There was a time in our history when speaking your mind could get you punished. Throughout time things have changed and people have fought to protect and increase the meaning of free speech. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) effectively argues that the Freedom of speech must be…

room. Dietrich went to the high court arguing that his rights have been infringed when being trialled for the drug related offences. The right to have a fair trial was infringed by the county court due to Dietrich not having any legal representation, or any legal aid while he was trialled…

support. Esson C.J. of the Supreme Court of British Columbia accepted that there was widespread prejudice that could cause bias in the jurors against Williams, however did not accept that this bias created “a reasonable possibility of partiality sufficient to support a challenge for cause.” He did not consider that a juror would be influenced by any such bias when carrying out the “solemn duty of deciding whether the accused is guilty of the crime charged” . The B.C. Court of Appeal held that…

there is an ongoing dispute over what compromises the proper amount of judicial power. The lack of agreement concerning policymaking power of courts is reflected in the debate over judicial activism versus judicial restraint. In general, these two theories represent the conflicting approaches taken by judges in their task of interpretation. Thus, the Court may choose to play an active or passive role in politics by either changing or upholding public policy. First, Judicial Activism is the…

Board of Education which was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state sponsored segregation. However…

Despite the freedoms students have under the First Amendment, students actually overused their first amendment rights over the past 10 years. Cyberbullying is one of the most common that students use. An example, would be a comment that students have made is “why are you alive?” Threats of violence shows how students overused their first amendment. One of the threats was to a student that they were going to shoot him. Sexting during school is an overused of the first amendment. It can result…