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The case of Sabina Loving, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. was originally filed on March 13, 2012 by three independent tax preparers. Sabina Loving of Chicago, IL; John Gambino of Hoboken, NJ; and Elmer Kilian of Eagle, WI. alleged that the IRS had over-stepped its authority when they required tax preparers be licensed. According to Kimberly Stanley J.D., LL.M., “about 40 percent of paid return preparers are attorneys, CPAs, or enrolled agents, the remaining 60 percent have no professional credential or license at all” (Stanley, “Loving v. IRS and Tax Return Preparer Regulations”). Many of these preparers have been in business for decades and had a legitimate dispute against the certification requirements. In 2012, the
The book, Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An), takes place in China, during the Tang dynasty. The Tang dynasty took place from 618-907 CE and included both Confucian and Legalist influences. Located in the Province of Shantung, is the town district called Chang-Ping, where Dee Goong An served as the town 's magistrate. A magistrate is a judge, detective, and peacekeeper who captures criminals and is responsible for their punishments. The people of China looked at magistrates as the "mother and father" of their town. Magistrates received a large amount of respect from the people due to the amount of authority and power they had. With so many people relying on him to make their home
General education high school teacher, Michael Withers, failed to comply with his student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP). D.D. Doe’s IEP required tests to be read orally. Despite knowledge of this IEP and being instructed to follow the IEP by the superintendent, school principal, special education director, and special education teacher, Withers still refused to make the accommodations for D.D.’s handicapping condition. As a result, D.D. failed the history class. His parents filed charges against Withers, arguing that D.D was not afforded the right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) promised to all students by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). They also filed a claim for injuctive relief against the Taylor County Board of Education to enforce the laws that protect handicapped students.
Scott Peterson was an educated man from California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with a B.A. in Agricultural Business. He was married to his wife Laci Peterson who was also pregnant with their unborn son. In December of 2002 Laci Peterson went missing in the Modesto, California area where she shared a home with Scott. Once the investigation of Scott’s missing wife started authorities began to suspect Scott as a suspect in her disappearance. In April of 2003 a fetus and a female torso that was missing hands, feet, and a head were found on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Bay area was where Scott was boating the day of Laci’s disappearance. The body was later identified as Laci Peterson and the fetus as Laci and Scott’s unborn son. Scott was also arrested in the month of April shortly after the discovery of Laci and their son’s body and was later sentenced to the death penalty. Over the course of this paper I will cover the whole event of the disappearance of Laci Peterson, relating it to a sociological theory, the impact the event had on our society and how the media had influence over this national event.
INTRODUCTION: In Kyllo vs. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001), the police, believing there to be a marijuana set-up in the defendant’s place of residence, acquired a warrant to ascertain this for certain through use of a thermal-imaging scan. The scan, which was conducted outside the premises and measured heat signatures on the building relative to other residences in the same triplex. This brought the question of unreasonable search and seizure before the Court, but more significantly, the question of where the line should be drawn regarding the use of new advances in technology.
Prison litigation is a form of lawsuit process with which prisoners seek relief from prison. The Prison litigation Reform Act clearly outlines an increase in the litigation of prison cases that was enacted in 1996. Through such litigations, inmates are able to fight for their rights and fair treatment in prison. For instance among the prison ligations, we have prospective relieve where one can file a lawsuit to request the prison to change some of their policies to let one for example pray amongst groups. Exhaustion of remedies for administration also allows for one to articulate grievances against the prison official before suing them. Emotional or mental injuries are among other issues of prison litigation addressed in this prison litigation
In order to commit the crime of simple battery in the state of Georgia, the following elements must be present at the time the crime is being committed: “(1) Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another; or (2) Intentionally causes physical harm to another.”
The criminal justice system has been in place the United States for centuries. The system has endured many changes throughout the ages. The need for a checks and balances system has been a priority for just as long. Federal sentencing guidelines were created to help create equal punishments among offenders. Judges are given the power of sentencing and they are not immune to opinions, bias, and feelings. These guidelines are set in place to allow the judge to keep their power but keep them within a control group of equality. Although there are a lot of pros to sentencing guidelines there are also a lot of cons. Research has shown that sentencing guidelines have allowed the power to shift from judges to prosecutors and led to sentencing disparity based on sex, race, and social class.
RE: Why is John L. Long, contractor, charged with a Misdemeanor instead of Felony for his
time to stop the wait. The only thing Congress should rush is the adoption of
The first veteran’s court opened in Anchorage, Alaska in 2004 under the direction of District Court Judges Sigurd Murphy and Jack Smith. Four years later, Judge Robert T. Russell presided over the first session of the Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court in Buffalo, New York. (Holbrook & Anderson, 2011, p. 20) These courts were formed to help returning veterans that present issues with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and many other problems. The court acts as the liaison with the criminal justice system and the Veterans Affairs; they receive treatment, supervision, advocacy, and support for veterans struggling with addiction, depression, and other illnesses related to reintegration back into society after combat (Schaffer 2010). Veterans return with several problems due to family separation, the things they have seen and could not deal with as well as the injuries that they may have sustained while in theater. Some of these issues but not limited to substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder which brings on related issues such as assaults on family members, martial conflicts and most often suicide (Champion, Hartley, & Rabe, 2012, p.302).
The bill XLVI Crimes: Chapter 776.012 or "Stand Your Ground Law" is a justification where a defendant can use force to defend themselves against a certain threat from what they think can cause them death or great bodily harm. For example, if someone breaks into your house and you defend yourself and shoot them. This fall under the "Stand Your Ground" law so will not be charged. Some people agree with this law and others don't because they feel it opens up to unjust killing of people.
Put yourself in the shoes of the suspect. How do you think he feels about some of Tyler 's (1988) procedural justice considerations like the procedural justice and motive-based trust? Why?
District of Columbia v. Heller was a landmark case, in which the Supreme Court voted in a 5-4 decision that Washington D.C.’s handgun ban and shotgun/rifle restrictions were unconstitutional, in which all shotguns and rifles had to be “unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock”. Heller, a police officer in Washington D.C., wanted a handgun for private off-duty use at his home. He applied for a one-year gun permit, which was denied. Heller claims that the restrictions on firearms in D.C., and the rejection of his application, violates his 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
In the 1980 law review, “The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding”, Paul Brest challenges traditional approaches to Constitutional interpretation by proposing non-originalist adjudication, a method that “accords the text and original history of the Constitution presumptive weight, but does not treat them as authoritative or binding” (p. 70). This method directly conflicts with originalism, the method of interpretation supported by Antonin Scalia, but generally agrees with semantic intentionalism, the approach proposed by Ronald Dworkin. The difference in the outcome of nonoriginalist interpretation is especially seen in cases involving morality and equality, for example, if applied hypothetically to the 1971 Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade. The comparison of different approaches to Constitutional interpretation and the examination of the supposed legal outcome of nonoriginalist adjudication brings us to the realization that a method that allows the law to stray so far from the Constitution is truly dangerous to our traditional notion of government and threatens the stability of our Constitutional system.