: Joseph Frederick a high school student filed suit in District Court under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violation of his First Amendment rights by the school board and Deborah Morse, the principal of his high school. The District Court granted summary judgment for the school board and Morse. Frederick appealed to the Ninth Circuit and the District Court’s decision was reversed. Morse appealed and Certiorari was granted. Facts: On January 24, 2002 the Olympic Torch Relay passed through Juneau, Alaska while school was in session.
On April 6, 2016, Tamar Christopher Sweat appeared before the Honorable Judge Joel P. Crowe of the Portsmouth Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for charges of underage possession of a firearm, reckless handling of a firearm and possession of stolen property. Tamar was accompanied by his legal guardian and grandmother, Gail Sweat. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Kara Cooper prosecuted the case, and Tamar was represented by Deputy Public Defender Bernadine Gerlach. A plea agreement between the prosecution and defense was submitted, and the court accepted the agreement. A finding was taken under advisement for a period of two years, and Tamar was placed on supervised probation.
Cindy Anthony contacted 911 and mentioned that she hasn't seen her two year old granddaughter for almost a month. She made that call on July 15, 2008 and also stated that she would like Casey Anthony charged with taking a vehicle and cash. Casey really found pleasure in lying to the cops and did not show any feelings about her daughter Caylee missing. The Florida grand jury accused Casey of false information to police four times, aggravated child neglect, homicide of a child, and first degree murder. These charges were on October 14, 2008.
The court trial between Jenelle Evans and Jessica Henry is coming up soon and each side is preparing for their time in court. However, a surprising turn of events have come up that will give jury members a chance to see the proof for themselves. According to Radar Online, Feb. 29, 2016, when police officers arrived on the scene, they shot a video tape and it will be allowed as evidence in the courtroom. Apparently, Jenelle was moving to a new place in about 14 days, so he told Nathan to come and remove his possessions.
Karla Faye Tucker killed two people in 1983. Tucker confessed to the crime, and was executed in 1998. The interesting thing about Tucker’s case, however, is that she claimed to have turned her life around while in prison. She was no longer using drugs, had found religion, and had even gotten married. But none of this was enough to change her sentencing from execution to life in prison.
Mississippi v. Johnson 71 U.S. (4 Wall) 475 (1867) Facts A case involving After the civil war, Congress passed the Reconstructions Acts of 1867. President Johnson vetoes the legislation, but congress overrode his veto and the acts became federal law. In response, Mississippi sued President Johnson asking for an injunction to prohibit him from enforcing the laws. Mississippi argued that the president should not be and is not above the law.
Issue: Can law enforcement use force (through hospital personnel) to collect blood from a DUI suspect? In reviewing the Jones and Farris cases, no law enforcement officer can physically force blood draw from a DUI suspect solely based on the IL Vehicle Code. In the instance of injury or death of another, a nonconsensual blood draw can be done on the suspect according to the statute 5/11-501.6 Driver involvement in personal injury or fatal motor vehicle accident; chemical test. This law was recently found unconstitutional.
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” The professional athlete Pele said this about soccer. The theme of this book Where The Red Fern Grows By Wilson Rawls is Determination. This quote really shows how hard Billy works and how determined he is to catch a raccoon.
While the popular image of the Confederacy, and indeed the Secessionist Southern States as a whole, are looked at as containing white populations uniformly supportive of the Confederate cause, the reality is more complex. As portrayed in Victims: A True Story of the Civil War and Free State of Jones there existed sizable pockets of dissent among the populace whom the Confederate government failed to convert to the cause. In places like the mountains of western North Carolina and southeastern Mississippi this led to desertion, passive resistance, and even outright armed rebellion which sapped Confederate resources that were needed to continue to fight the Union. Though this anti-Confederate feeling would often translate into support for the Union, this was not based on some inherent loyalty to the Federal government. As shown in Victims and Free State of Jones the disunity within the Confederacy stemmed from the failure of the Confederate government to get their non-slave holding lower classes to buy into the pro-slavery ideology of the nation, which was compounded by the lower classes bearing many of the harsh measures of the war including the draft and the
“Shipp”). He was taken outside to the chants of the rest of the mob and was then marched to the Tennessee River, where he was thrown in (Pfeifer, “Historic”; “Shipp”). After waiting a couple minutes, Johnson was pulled up (Pfeifer, “Historic”). There were signs of life from Johnson, so the mob shot him (Pfeifer, “Historic”). His last words were: “God bless you all.
At the age of 16 years old Alonza Thomas, a typical teenage boy, was given a 13 year sentence for second degree armed robbery. It all started when he ran away from home; his mother was upset with him so he left to avoid dealing with the problem. He met someone while trying to find a place to stay and he offered him a place to sleep and some hot food. When Alonza had finally decided it was time for him to go home and face his mother, they demanded that he repay them somehow. They held him at gun point, making it apparent that they weren’t going to back down if he went against what they wanted.
Much like Wells, Florence Kelley used unorthodox methods in her attempt to address social issues created by industrialization and urbanization. Dissimilarly, Kelley, like other white middle-class women of the time, was afforded the opportunity to seek higher education. Through College, Kelley found the emerging field of the social sciences, significantly impacting the way she strategized towards social reform and legislation . Two of her greatest victories came while working as the Secretary of the National Consumers’ League. In the case of Muller v. Oregon, instead of using legal precedent as grounds for the decision, Kelley had her research director compile sociological data from outside of the case itself setting a revolutionary standard
Witchcraft is defined as the practice of magic, especially black magic; the use of spells and the invocation of spirits. In June 1648 Margret Jones, a midwife from Charlestown was indicted and found guilty for witchcraft and hung on a tree. She was the first individual to be executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop recorded the evidence in his journal during her trial in which states, “Her behavior at her trial was very intemerate, lying notoriously, and railing upon the jury and witnesses, etc., and in the like distemper she died. My view on the evidence used in the Margret Jones case is that the evidence is non-valid because there is no reasonable evidence to lead to a logical conviction.
Augusts wanted to go to a regular school after being home schooled for a while and he met his teachers but he was really nervous. After getting all of his classes, the teachers sat him next to a kid named Jack in every class, Mrs.Petosa had Jack show August around the school and immediately they became friends. Jack and August were walking around school and then a kid accidentally bumped into August and the boy said ‘Whoa”!. Jack and August were making fun of the way the kid looked after he saw August and a little later, Jack started making fun of Jack by saying “I 'd want to. I think you should get a secret squirt gun or something and attach it to your eyes somehow.
Nerdy had no friends so his first wish was to have a friend who lived in his neighborhood and studied in the same school. So, Nerdy went to Abracadabra and asked him to make him a friend from his school. The jinni told Nerdy to wait till the next day. Next day morning, when Nerdy left for school he saw a family moving next door. There was a someone in spectacles, a thin and pale looking girl with her hair tied into a ponytail.
