... evidence obtained illegally is equally subject to exclusion. This is known as the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine. The U.S. Supreme Court established this rule that evidence gathered by a governmental agent in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution cannot be admitted as evidence against a defendant. The rule is available primarily in criminal trials or similar proceedings and must also be observed by state ... of constitutional rights. Confessions obtained in violation of a defendant's constitutional rights are deemed as offensive of the Fifth Amend...

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... ; the Department of Justice appeals the decision to the Supreme Court. On March 19, 1997 the Supreme Court hears the Shea vs. the ACLU case regarding the CDA. On June 26, 1997 the Supreme Court decided for the ACLU saying that the District Court was correct in holding that the CDA violated the First Amendment because it was too broad in definition. The Supreme Court however did not agree that the CDA violated the Fifth Amendment ... because it was too vague. With that loss, proponents of the CDA ... ...

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... and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good."" In the Magna Carta, sections 6, 7, and 8 give women some freedom. In the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they give no rights to women. The Magna Carta displays some powers for women, which is very important in the history of democracy. "The fifth amendment guarantees: No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or ... property, without due process of law and the sixth states. . . the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial ... ...

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... can be seen in the Supreme Court decision during the Korematsu vs the United States and Schenck vs the United States trials. During World War II, all Japanese-Americans were subjected to internment camps. However, Korematsu remained in his home instead of going to an internment camp and was later arrested. Afterwards, he went to the Supreme Court for the arrest violating the Fifth Amendment and they ... ruled that it was constitutional on the basis of military urgency. This ruling meant that during wartime the United States had the power to remove people of certain races from their commu...

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... on legal usage of alcohol and illegal usage of drugs. What he's trying to say is if we make all the illegal drugs legal and just put some restriction just like we have on our alcohol usage maybe that would lower the percentage of using illegal drugs such as marijana, coke etc. and if drugs ever are legalized they will be dispensed ... is legal, and that coke addicts will number somewhere between 8.5 million (if regular usage doubles and 70 percent become addicted) and 42 million.). The number of people abusing legalized drugs will come close to those hooked on alcohol. A pessimist would...

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... father is a WWII veteran. A thought passed through my mind today. According to my father to be drafted into the war you would have to be 18 years of age. It boggles my mind to think of all the young men who fought for this country some died. Well it comes to my mind if one has a civic duty ... be 21. I feel that I am speaking for a lot of kids my age. Adults may not be aware of this but us young adults cares alo6 and has the sufficient amount of knowledge to be able to vote for both federal and state elections. My brother is two years younger than I am and when he turns 18 he ... me. I w...

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... in a hospital connected to a machine is suffering. Not being able to do anything is suffering. It should be a suffering person's right to die. The United States Constitution attempts to ensure us our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and happiness. Our lives are up to us. We should choose what we ... to Oregon law, "Doctors may provide but not administer a lethal prescription to terminally ill adult state residents. It requires that two doctors agree that the patient has less than six-months to live, has voluntarily chosen to die, and is able to make health-care decisions." (ABCNews.c...

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... or want this change even though it is an obvious necessity. A government is a necessity and no matter how it is put together the people must surrender some of there natural rights for it to succeed. Therefore it makes sense to come under one stronger central government than ... to allow this union to split up into many separate, smaller confederacies. This constitution is being proposed to prevent the continuing separation of this Union. The Articles of Confederation do not provide a strong central government. This will, without doubt, dissolve this wonderful, patriotic union by itself....

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... in history. If it wasn't for those six women then today would be a very different place then it is right now. If you were a woman back at the turn of the century you wouldn't have the right to vote or do near as many things as you could do today. As you probably know woman used to classify as not being real people ... were not "persons" and therefore could not hold public office. That all changed when these six incredible woman took action. They started a petition to the supreme court of Canada. Trying to achieve woman being called "persons" the law stated that woman were not qualified ...

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... , tar, and carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, DDT and many other unlisted drugs and toxins. Notice the differences between the two commonly used products, not only is the list of marijuana ingredients much shorter, it is all natural. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 man-made chemicals, 43 of ... which are known to cause cancer. Marijuana smoke contains THC and CDC, which are not linked to any kind of precancerous changes in the human body. With this being said, it is safer to smoke marijuana than cigarettes because you are at a much lower risk of develo...

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... you should also know cops aren't always around to protect you. Cops aren't always around to protect citizens. Cops have specific times they go around the neighborhood, and you can be attacked when they are not there. Having Stand Your Ground laws is to protect you when cops come late or not ... Equal fights is another reason why Stand Your Ground laws should exist. Having Stand Your Ground laws is good to have because you want to make the fight equal. When a person is attacking you, you should be able to fight back. When your life is threatened you should be able to ... cops should pro...

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... their freedom. In this famous documents, Thomas Jefferson states all of the reasons that the new Americans sought after freedom from Britain. The whole declaration is a list of rights which the Americans rewarded themselves with such as the freedom to pursue their own lifestyles, freedom and happiness. Jefferson goes on the lay down many specific examples of what the king of Britain had done ("..He has obstructed ... to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.."). He makes it very clear that from that point on end, the country will no longer be governed in the way that it had been. They ...

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... 's Code puts a large emphasis on family; something that is not nearly as important in all of today's society as it was seem it was in the Sumerian civilization. Rules and laws are written out in plain terms, however, many times, crimes go unpunished, pleas are given out, or bails are set ... judiciary system, judges or lawyers, only Hammurabi's Code. Hammurabi's Code had very few, if any, loop holes when one had committed a crime. For example, for the law now known as kid-napping, Hammurabi's Code states, "If a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death" (Hammurabi 8). This ... sh...

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... of societal norms established as rules and statutes made by the legislature for keeping order in the state. It is used to regulate the state, and is enforced by the courts; regulating the relationship between the organs of government and the subjects of the state, and the relationship or conduct of subjects towards each other. Law ... norms." Norms, in a simple context, are rules by which members of society are expected to conform to. When discussing the term deviance, one might talk about the failure, or people's failures to adapt to rules established by society. Social deviance has ma...

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... by withholding or conferring signs of group status and respect, or more directly by channeling material resources toward or away from particular members (475)." Also included in social relations is the fact that people do not commit crimes because their family and friends would look down upon them if they did. Second, a person's normative values include ... "the sense of what is right or appropriate (475)" to that individual. These are sometimes referred to as internalized obligations. Internalized obligations are two-fold; first is personal morality and second ... is legitimacy. Perso...

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... been achieved. Respective roles of men and women are still undergoing profound change, in the process of transforming the nature of the family, society, culture and politics along with economics and the world of work. (Loutfi) The influx of women into the workforce has major social, economic, and organizational consequences. The percentage of the total U.S. civilian workforce has increased dramatically since 1950, to where women comprise almost half ... segregation of women into certain occupations began to lessen somewhat as new opportunities arose for female workers in traditionally m...

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... to whom we entrusted to bring about peace in our everyday lives. But who's to say that those people are to be trusted in formulating The Law, no one can say. How are we to know that those people are capable of producing a set of laws that we can morally ... obey and feel comfortable doing so. Laws have been fought against since the beginning of time, for example: as abolitionists aided runaway slaves before the American Civil War. Slavery was very much accepted back in those days, but if you aided a runaway slave then you were ... . This has been a big controversy till today, some state...

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... it takes away a person's right to live. What I mean when I say that the death penalty is a risky punishment is that the judgement made could be wrong, therefore killing an innocent person. There are many "precautions" made to make sure this does not happen, but the jury is only human. Because the jury is human, they rely highly on their emotions to make their judgments ... . The lawyers, who know this, may play up to certain emotions which may sway the members of the jury in one way or the other. I am not saying human emotion is a bad thing, just stating ... human right to live. Althoug...

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... added, our revised that our Constitution now is almost a whole different document than our original. While some amendments a nd rules in the Constitution are still followed, I feel that the main ones are being forgotten or too modified. I want to say that our modern day society and government is not doing what our ... pap er before. This has got to stop. I think that our law enforcement agency is too lenient on people who abuse their spouses or children. Most of the time, the victims deny that someone abused them, even though they may have a broken nose or black eye. I think that if a r...

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... United States's democracy with a stark contrast, but nevertheless, Athens was responsible for the the word "democracy." It is also responsible for the evolution of democracy today. The word democracy originates from the greek words kratos and demos which means power of the people. This describes Athens. Athens was more narrow-minded than the democracy we are accustomed to, but nevertheless, it was still a democracy by far. Our ... . Pericles created counsils of numerous individuals and made it possible for citizens to hold a position in public office. He also made it possible for any man...

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... who have "been biased all their lives against truth and equity." This entire legal battle is begun because one man wants another's cow and the legal system cannot defend the true owner because it would be against the neighbor's selfishness. Another example of man's selfishness is presented when Gulliver talks about why countries go to war. Gulliver tells his master one reason is ... of his dominions, where neither of them pretends to any right." A war will begin and thousands will die to satisfy the selfishness of the princes that want more riches. A final example of man's selfishness i...

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... a "golden age of prosperity," because there was a lot of discrimination towards new emigrants and there were many poor working conditions. From the turn of the century and right through the nineteenth century there was a lot of discrimination towards people because of there race, gender, and culture. Because of some people's skin ... a high risk of getting injured or killed. Jobs like working in mines which caused many health problems because of the toxic fumes and coal dust in the air. Working on the construction of new railways was given to immigrants because it was a very hazardous jo...

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... arrested for it. According to Louisiana state law, it was illegal. He disagreed with the judge's decision that he should spend time in jail or pay a fine and he appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court. There the justices ruled against Plessy and established the principle "separate but equal", which said that even though facilities were separate, it didn't ... boundaries, for instance they couldn't segregate interstate trains. After Plessy almost every facility could legally be segregated. Both before and after, many injustices still went on, like sharecropping, lynching, and th...

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... Still, they sit at trials and are asked to make decisions on something they know nothing about. Is this right? Still, the jury is there to represent the community and they do ensure that the community's values and beliefs are brought into consideration. When a judge makes a decision, they are obliged to give reasons for their ... to be appealed. Trial by jury does take some power away from the State and the responsibility is shared between all of us. The system lets the peers decide on what they think is right. But when they are giving their verdict before the court they are not allowed t...

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... brother become consumed by vultures' talons and dogs. Creon finds out that somebody buried Polynices' body and sent some of his men out to get the person who preformed the burial. Antigone is guilty and although she is to be wed to Creon's son, Haemon, he sentences her to be put in a cave ... 's decrees go against her morals. She chooses to share her love, not her hate. She couldn't bare to see one family member be chosen over the other because of what a king had decided was right, which she contravened. She loved her brothers equally and she believed that they deserved equal burials, .....

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