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- 161: Laws of War
- ... negotiations the United States arrested Demjanjuk in November of 1983. On April 15, 1985 United States District Judge Frank Battisti ruled in favor of Demjanjuk's extradition. After the Sixth Court of Appeals affirmed Battisti's ruling and the Supreme Court denied Demjanjuk's petition for certiorari, Demjanjuk arrived in Israel on February 27, 1986. (Lubet and Reed 3) It would appear, from what has been presented, that the extradition ...
- 162: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... 1942-1944. During World War II, he went to officer candidate school and became a second Lieutenant. During the time that Jackie was a Lt. in the army, he was court marshalled for refusing to vacate a seat in the front of the Army bus. He was later acquitted and given an honorable discharge. (Grate time Coming ,the life of Jackie ... Defense Fund.(Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights) By 1957, Jackie had had enough of President Eisenhower's reluctance to enforce civil rights laws, especially Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision mandating integration. Jackie decided to write a letter to President Eisenhower to encourage him to take action against Arkansas Governor Orbal Faubus, whom was trying to prevent schools ...
- 163: Development of Defense of Provocation
- ... man who had called him "bastard" a number of times. The appellant contended that the defence of provocation should have been left to the jury. Chief Justice Herring of the Supreme Court of Victoria did not agree with this contention. He referred to the now well established "reasonable man" test, however preferred to refer to it to the "ordinary man" test. He ... 111 CLR 610 was the case of a man who killed his wife's lover, after she left him and their children for the deceased. Chief Justice Dixon of the Supreme Court of New South Wales delivered the primary judgment. It is interesting to note at this point that legislation had been enacted in New South Wales with regard to ...
- 164: Abortion Report
- ... rights we do today. Here are some important cases: 1. 1965 - Griswold vs. Connecticut. Upheld the right to privacy and ended the ban on birth control. Eight years later, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy included abortions. 2. 1973 - Roe vs. Wade. The state of Texas had outlawed abortions. The Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional, bur refused to order an injunction against the state. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court voted the right to privacy included abortions. 3. ...
- 165: Spain
- ... Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla. Judiciary The judicial system in Spain is governed by the General Council of Judicial Power, presided over by the president of the Supreme Court. The country's highest tribunal is the Supreme Court of Justice, divided into 7 sections; it sits in Madrid. There are 17 territorial high courts, one in each autonomous region, 52 provincial high courts, and several lower ...
- 166: The Watergate Scandal
- ... be filled and that Nixon release the remainder of the tapes and their transcripts. Nixon refused to release the remaining tapes forcing Judge Sirica to send the case to the Supreme Court. By a vote of 8 to 0, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon must release the tapes. The Court ruled that Nixon could only withhold information that was associated with National Security and the tapes involved a criminal ...
- 167: Legalization of Abortion
- Legalization of Abortion On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion. When the it ruled that abortion was legal, the court not only gave women the right to choose but also gave the unborn babies a right to die. Since that day, millions upon millions of unborn children have been ...
- 168: In Cold Blood: Death Penalty
- ... those on death row are almost without exception poor and were living in poverty at the they were arrested. The majority of death-row inmates were or are represented by court-appointed public defenders- and the state is not obligated to provide an attorney at all for appeals beyond the state level. The application of capital punishment is racist. About 40 ... system, the life of a white person is worth more than the life of a black person. The mentally retarded are victimized by the death penalty. Since 1989, when the Supreme Court upheld killing of the mentally retarded, at least four such executions have occurred. According to the Southern Center for Human Rights, at least 10 percent of death row inmates ...
- 169: Women In Combat
- ... be repealed by Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment's "Equal Protection Clause" insures every citizen "the equal protection of the laws." Although the clause is not applicable to Federal government, the Supreme Court said the Due Process Clause in the Fifth Amendment prohibits the federal government from making unreasonable classifications. Therefore the set laws and policies that exclude women from combat not only violate the Fifth Amendment, but also deny women their fundamental right to engage and excel in their chosen occupation. There have been many court cases involving women in combat over the years, although there has never been a case directly challenging the constitutionality laws and regulations banning women from combat. In the case ...
- 170: Euthanasia
- ... ways of ending life are abortion, capital punishment, war, and suicide. The issue of “assisted suicide” has been the subject of intense national debate. In June 1997 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases challenging the legality of state bans on “assisted suicide”. In both cases the Court found that there was no constitutional right to assisted suicide and turned the matter to states to decide whether to ban or legalize assisted suicide. The use of euthanasia ...
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