United States federal courts

Legalizing Abortion On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court made a very important 7-2 decision. They made the decision to legalize abortion in the United States of America in the case of Roe vs. Wade. In this case Jane Roe stated that women had the right to do what they wanted with their body, she argued this “right” for women to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment. She argued this case against Henry Wade, the Dallas County district attorney. Wade was against abortion and enforced a…

Our National History day project is based on how Madalyn Murray O'hair's Supreme Court win, removing a majority of religious teachings in the public schools has been the major contribution to the increase of juvenile delinquency and student misbehavior. Ever since we've enrolled into a private catholic school from being in a public we've both noticed how different the public school system was drastically different. The major contrast we've noticed from being enrolled in a public school was that…

Wade, a District attorney that represented the state of Texas, whom eventually appointed two assistant district attorneys, John Tolle and Jay Floyd. Sometime around 1969 in Texas, Norma McCorvey a single mother and known as Jane Roe, found out she was pregnant for the third time. However she wanted and abortion and was trying to obtain one through and underground agency. Abortion was illegal at the time in the state of Texas, as well as many other states. McCorvey contacted Sarah Weddington and…

An arts organization should not request a police background check or a vulnerable sector verification until it has decided that the person is otherwise suitable for the position (whether paid or volunteer) and has made an offer of engagement, conditional on a satisfactory police check. The police background check should be limited to information that is relevant to suitability for the position or work in question. The information about the individual is subject to Canada’s privacy laws and the…

protection from unwarranted publicity. This is what the Keller and the Arizona State University on the use of its content in designing the game. On the other hand, the company ran to the First Amendment in asking that the claim be dismissed. The company on this occasion wanted the application of dismissal to be based on the California anti-SLAPP law. There is need to have a brief description of the California anti-SLAPP law. It states that a course of action which appears to be arising from the…

Thesis Statement~ Madalyn Murray O'hair's 1963 Supreme Court case victory removing religion from the public school system has had a directly observable effect on the breakdown of necessary teachings of ethics, morals and values at a very impressionable development period, which is leading to increased acts of juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, violence and disrespect for authority. The void created from the removal of religious teachings in public schools has exploded into…

offensively or defensively.” Garrity v. Md. State Bd. of Plumbing, 221 Md. App. 678, 685 (2015). Additionally, the fact that the parties in the instant case have failed to raise the issue of collateral estoppel is of no consequence. See Johnston v. Johnston, 297 Md. 48, 59 (1983) (applying the doctrine of res judicata sua sponte); Campbell v. Lake Hallowell Homeowners Ass’n, 157 Md. App. 504, 529 (2004) (“[I]n the interests of judicial economy, [a court] may sua sponte invoke res judicata or…

EEOC Can Enter Company Premises Without Consent Under Title VII Nowadays, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can demand access to a company’s premises to investigate claims of misconduct or to verify that the appropriate records are handled properly. According to the article, Nucor Steel Gallatin Inc. had an employee that had an interview with the company for hot rolling department shift manager, which meant that the position would require only “hands off” work. The applicant…

According to a poll conducted by Forum Research in June 2016, 72% of the 2,271 Canadians they surveyed are in favour of assisted death in Canada. Like many of these Canadians, I also believe that each of us should have the right to end our lives in our own terms. For one, medically-assisted dying gives people the “ability to make other arrangements to allow themselves to spend their final days in a more comfortable and personal setting.” Second, euthanasia can help shorten the grief of the…

arraigned in Sonoma County Superior court on eleven felony charges to which he pleads not guilty. The start date for the trial is moved two times before jury selection begins, it is too postponed. Judge Lawrence Antolini suspends jury selection based on a large number of potential jurors express a bias against Davis. Judge Antolini also rules to move the trial out of Sonoma Clara County. In January of 1996, the presiding judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court ( Jack Komar) rejects a…