United States Court of Claims

Claim: A student at the school, where I am the principal, has been hit by a car over the weekend. I will do everything in my power to calm and comfort my students. In the case of the student council asking to say a prayer over the loud speaker, I will have to turn them down. I will explain to the students that we are legally not allowed to offer prayer over the loud speaker, as it forces all students to hear the prayer, and could disrupt their work or offend their religious beliefs. I will…

“Judges (courts) do not ‘make’ law but merely interpret the law.” The famous quote, “Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don 't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely” [Hamburger: http://www.quotegarden.com/justice.html (Downloaded 20th March 2016)] can be considered for interpreting that “Judges (courts) do not ‘make’ the law but merely interpret the law” as practically law is ruling our daily life as “the…

On June 26th 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality for the LGBT community, sparking both a huge change in how LGBT relationships are viewed, and an enormous controversy debating the morality of equality (Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al., 2015). The phrase "morality of equality" is used in this instance because while all this judgment did was give LGBT people the right to marry any legally consenting adult, there are…

people, abortion is mainly an idea rather than a hard reality. Very often the most tenacious abortion proponents know little about the amount of abortions that are actually performed in the United States, or what the principal abortion methods are. There was 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2005. This is the most recent year that data is available for. This equals about 3,315 abortions a day. After it was legalized…

to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups in American society”ncsl. Affirmative Action has left many people out in the cold, it allows people to be chosen by looks over skills .The term Affirmative Action was first used in the United States in "Executive Order No.10925", signed by President John F. Kennedy on 6 March 1961, which is to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment,…

PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT AGAINST DANIELS Roosevelt Cannady alleges that on or about April 2, 2015, he was struck by construction scaffolding as he entered a store owned by Saving Incorporated d/b/a Dodge’s Store (Dodge’s Store) and/or Savings Oil Company. He claims that Defendant James Daniels d/b/a ABC Contracting Services (Daniels) was performing construction on the store’s roof at the time, and Daniels’s negligence during construction was the direct and proximate cause of his injuries. On…

so the further hearings were moved back to October. In October the judges dismissed and said they would have their decision in January. On Monday January 22, 1973 the decision was made (32). Supreme Court Judge, Justice Blackmun stepped forward to read the decision, ”A state criminal abortion statue of the current Texas type… is violative of… the 14th amendment.”…

al., 2014, p. 3-8a). The Coppedge v. CalTech ruled in favorer of the employer. An employee who claim wrongful termination, because of religious discrimination lawsuit he was demoted and later terminated because of his religious view. The employee cited he was fired presently speaking with a coworker during working hours debating intelligent designs was a religion and not science. While the courts found in favor of the employee lawsuits are costly, time-consuming and can affect a company…

partake in the same rights as the rest of society. The criminal justice system is definitely broken, so it is important to examine the parts that aren’t being operated appropriately and try to fix it for the best possible outcomes in the future. The court case I picked is probably one of the most well known cases dealing with the criminal justice system, and a very important outcome has resulted from this case, a practice that is now mandatory for all arrest scenarios. In this piece, the Miranda…

amendment identifies that although abortion is not explicitly stated in the constitution, an individual maintains their right to personal choice. The fourteenth amendment clarifies that “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Thus, depriving a woman of input for her future violates this amendment. (Annenberg…