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original complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (Grumberger, 272). Johnson argued that by assigning cellmates on the basis of race, the CDC violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Equal Protection clause states that “no state shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws” (Grumberger, 273). The district court, however, dismissed Johnson's complaint for the failure to state a claim…

the Fourth Amendment, which requires "search and seizure" of evidence, also known as the exclusionary rule (Srinivas, 2012, p. 179). The exclusionary rule states that, “Evidence must be collected and analyzed without violating the rights of the defendant; if the rights of the defendant are violated, then the evidence will not be upheld in court” (Srinivas, 2012, p. 179). Savana Redding is a 13-year-old eighth grader enrolled at Safford Middle School. She is an honor student who has no history…

the forefront and then again in 1974 with the Boldt decision (United States v. State of Washington, 384 F. Supp. 312, 327-28). District Judge George H. Boldt divided the case into two phases. First was to determine what portion, if any annually harvestable fish, were guaranteed to the tribes by the fishing clause in the treaty and the second half was to determine whether the clause extended to the hatchery fish and if it required the State to prevent environmental degradation. The tribes are…

Before joining EA in 1999 he was an outside litigation counsel to EA along with other programmers in the videogame industry. He is a current member of the Bar of the State of California and he is allowed to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as well as several United States District Courts. PETER MOORE Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore is current Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts. He…

Supreme Court: United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes Inc. 474 U.S. 121 (1985) The developer Riverside Bayview Homes was filling its property, which was located next to Lake St. Clair, Michigan, with fill material. The Army Corps of Engineers filled a lawsuit against the developer to prevent this from happening, as the Corps felt that this area qualified as a wetland and the developer would then need to obtain a permit from the Corps as required under Clean Water Act § 404. The district court…

Justice Antonin Scalia in February of this year, the US Supreme Court has still been operating with eight justices instead of appointing a ninth. The reason for this being a lack of response from the Senate to President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland. This failure to acknowledge the President’s motion has sparked outrage across the country, bringing rise to the Constitutional provisions associated with the appointment of Supreme Court Justices. Several issues stemming from the Senate's’…

mandatory application of the exclusionary rule. It begins by stating that the Supreme Court intends on limiting the usage of the exclusionary rule, making it only applicable to cases that grossly violate a defendant’s fourth amendment rights. By citing prolific court cases as references, this article backs up this position by showing what has and has not worked in previous cases. In many cases, the Supreme Court has ruled that the exclusionary rule is not mandatorily applicable, so long as the…

pro choice is a very controversial topic in the United States. Pro life oppose abortions meaning once that moment of fertilization happens this is a new human life who has the same rights as other human beings. Whereas pro choice agree that women should have the right to abortion if she wishes to have one rather than the government make health care reproductive choices for her. People who consider themselves as pro-choice agree with the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade (1973) that fought…

end of life option for a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease. This practice is incredibly controversial and illegal in most countries. In the United States, however, the conflict of physician-assisted suicide has been left up to the states. After various arguments, the “right-to-die” has been legalized in only five states. Despite opposition, both Oregon and Vermont legalized the death with dignity due to passionate groups fighting for physician-assisted suicide, and the…

Miranda vs. Arizona is one of the most crucial U.S. Supreme Court cases ever held in the United States. The case causes the Supreme Court to redefine law enforcement procedures before interrogations. The decision that was reached by the Supreme Court addressed four different cases involving custodial interrogations. All of these cases are similar in the fact that there was a custodial interrogation where the suspect was not properly informed of his constitutional rights to remain silent and have…