In order to examine my question thoroughly, I would need the court documents written on both The Slaughterhouse Cases (1872) and Williams v. Mississippi (1872). I would also need legal scholarly reviews about the ramifications and motivations of the cases. I would need primary sources of information from newspapers and articles from the time period to gage public opinion about the decisions. This may shed light onto the Justice’s mindsets during ruling. (For example, did the public opinion differ in the case of white butchers invoking the 14th amendment in comparison to a black man on trial for murder as in Williams v. Mississippi (1872)? Would public opinion sway the judges?) I would also desire information about the specific Supreme Court
Facts of the Case: Hayes Slaughter was a doctoral candidate at Brigham Young University; a private, religious institution of higher education sponsored, owned, and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Hayes used the name of B.Y.U. professor as a co-author – without the professor’s permission – in hopes of increasing his chances of getting the article accepted for publication. Previously, Hayes submitted the same paper with only his own name for publication without success. However, after adding the name of Professor Thorne, the paper was successfully published, but without the knowledge or input of Professor Thorne himself. Additionally, the
Although Etzewieler allegedly knew Bailey was intoxicated, he still allowed Bailey to use his vehicle while he
In Vicksburg Mississippi, Friday Feb. 10 4:22 pm, two bomb threats — one to Vicksburg High School and another to District Attorney Ricky Smith’s office — made police/students evacuate the school and the Warren County Courthouse Friday afternoon.The threat at the high school was received by workers at the Vicksburg Warren E911 Communications Center about 1:55 p.m., workers received the threat to the district attorney’s office about three minutes later. Both areas were cleared about 40 minutes later. The bomb threats were similar an incident that occurred almost a year ago on Feb. 17,
In the Case of Missouri v. Seibert, a mother named Patrice Seibert was convicted of second degree murder. Patrice Seibert had a son named Jonathan who was twelve years old and had cerebral palsy. Jonathan Seibert suddenly died in his sleep, and his mother thought that she would be held responsible for his sudden death. Ms. Seibert then devised a plan with her two older sons and their friends. She wanted to cover up the death of Jonathan, so she conspired with her sons and their friends to cover up the death by burning down their mobile home. Donald Rector was a mentally ill individual who stayed with the Seibert’s and later died as the home went up in flames. Several days later, Seibert was taken into the police station and questioned about the mysterious mobile home fire. While being interrogated, the officer waved Ms. Seibert’s Miranda rights. She was questioned for thirty to forty minutes before she was given a break. While being questioned, the officer hoped that Ms. Seibert would voluntarily confess to the crimes that had taken place. After her break, she was then questioned a second time. This time, the officer turned on a recorder and then read Ms. Seibert her Miranda Warnings, and the officer also obtained a signed waiver of rights from Seibert.
In the case of Brandenburg vs. Ohio, the Appellant, a Ku Klux Klan leader named Clarence Brandenburg was convicted under the Ohio Criminal Syndicalism statute for purposefully and publicly encouraging violence and prejudicial actions in the speeches he made whilst attending a clan rally. The criminal syndicalism law stated ,“one cannot advocate crime, sabotage, violence or unlawful methods of terrorism or political reform.” as well as it being unlawful to fill the heads of others with the same ideas and doctrines. During one of his many speeches, he claimed the president was suppressing the caucasian race and announced plans for a march on Washington.
On January, 23 1906 a white woman named Nevada Taylor was dropped off the bus station in Chattanooga, Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. only two and half blocks from her home. Little did she know she was being followed? A man grabbed her by the neck and drug her ten feet before throwing her over a fence. She screamed and struggled as he put a leather strap around her neck and threatened to cut her throat. Taylor accounts waking up about ten minutes later in torn and dirty clothes covered in bruises. Her doctor later confirmed she had been raped. She claimed to have never of saw the face of the attacker but he had a soft voice of a black man. During this time of prejudice, segregation and hatred towards Negros was just a way of life for the
I am interested in attending the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University due to the plethora of opportunities that are offered to their law students. I believe that these opportunities are encapsulated by the Scalia Law Advantage, as the law school’s proximity to northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. grant access to an incomparable amount of career opportunities and high-caliber faculty. These features are especially of interest to me as I believe that gaining practical experience in the government, a private law firm, or a non-governmental organization would be integral in developing a legal career. In addition to the exceptional location and professional opportunities, Mason Law’s smaller community and 1:11.8 teacher to student
Yes, each state should apply the Supreme Court ruling of Miller v. Alabama retroactively. There were two cases reviewed by the Supreme Court that determined their ruling. Evan Miller and his friend Colby Smith robbed, assaulted, and murdered Cole Cannon on July 15, 2003. Miller and Smith, age fourteen had been drinking and doing drugs the night the incident occurred. Miller and Cannon got into a fight over Miller stealing money from Cannon that lead to Miller repeatedly striking him with a baseball bat. After placing a sheet on Cannon and before striking him in the head for the last time, Miller states “I am God, I’ve come to take your life” (“Supreme Court”, 2011). To destroy the evidence, Miller and Smith set Cannon’s trailer on fire and left him to die.
In 1886 the US Supreme Court declared that states could not regulate commerce that went beyond their boundaries in the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific R.R. versus Illinois case. The decision provided the basis for the formation of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1887. The Interstate Commerce Commission was a regulatory agency in the united states. Its purpose was to regulate railroads to ensure fair rates, to regulate rate discrimination and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies.
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians and Samuel Worcester created a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. This decision did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their tribal birthplace in the Southeast.
The following case analysis seeks to examine the Supreme Court’s decisions in Racine v. Woods, [1983] 2 S.C.R. 173, in regard to the legal questions, basis of reasoning, as well as the cultural implications.
The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers accused of raping two White American women on a train in Alabama in 1931. These were landmark legal cases due to this incident dealing with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before suspects had even been indicted, all-white juries, rushed trials, and hostile disruptive mobs. It is often regarded as a grave example of a miscarriage of justice in the U.S. legal system.
Saxonville sausage, a privately held company has been doing business for 70 years. In 2005, the company had revenues of approximately $1.5 billion from a variety of its fresh pork sausages. The company is producing three main types of products namely: bratwurst, breakfast sausage and an Italian sausage Vivio. The main source of revenue for the company is bratwurst (70%) followed by breakfast sausage (20%). But since 2004, the company is experiencing problems: bratwurst and breakfast sausage has been facing a stagnant growth; however Saxonville, due to poor performance with breakfast sausage had a double digit decline in revenues which resulted in being ranked 6 out of 8 in market share of the
Today in America, millions of American citizens are both confused and outraged by the fact that there are still laws that are preventing people from using one of the most popular and controversial, illegal substances in the world: marijuana. According to recent polls, fifty percent of Americans want marijuana to be completely legal and decriminalized (Blodget), and a whopping eighty percent of Americans want it to be at least legalized for medical use (RangelMD). So why do so many Americans want marijuana to be legalized? To some this question can be easily answered, but to others, it’s not so simple. There are way too many reasons to count why
Macbeth is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth is a brave Scottish general who ruins himself by his own evil and selfish ambitions. At the start of the story, Macbeth is portrayed as a noble hero of Scotland who has courageously won the war against the allied forces of Norway and Ireland. Eventually, Macbeth becomes a ruthless king who is willing to murder anyone who is a threat to his kingdom. Macbeth is to blame for his own downfall because without him being so ambitious and narrow minded, Macbeth wouldn’t have taken the path it did.