What my fair means to my community was the question, but the answer I concluded was most intriguing. For some the fair is something to come and connect with old friends, colleagues or relatives perhaps. For others the fair is to bring their animals to compete, or see who has the best showmanship and the best quality of animal. For the other individuals of the community they come to our fair because they want to take part in showing their business or vending. That is one of the great parts of our fair because usually the products are handmade and unique to their own kind. For some they come for the art, the music, the rides, the food and the list goes on. Overall the most meaningful about my fair is that the community not only comes together,
In Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) the Supreme Court held that a law requiring children to
Tiek’s “fairy tale” of Eckbert the fair strays from the classical conception of style given to modern fairy tales. Fairy tales are often associated with several defining characteristics; extra-ordinary circumstances, “happy endings” and a moral to be learned. While Tieck’s tale does obey two of these three guidelines, he does so in a negative manor going the opposite way of twentieth century thought. Tiek’s protagonist Eckbert is first and foremost described as “…little more than medium height with short, light blond hair that hung in a plain fashion, closely framing his pale, drawn face.” (pg.35). Eckbert is, normal, plain and pale. Average in more
MILLERSBURG — With allegations he made threats against a Holmes County probation officer previously dismissed, an Orrville man on Monday admitted to an underlying drug charge.
Schools have very different policy's when it comes to what the 1st amendment says. 2 cases are proof of this, Tinker vs Des Moines is a case where a simple armband protesting the Vietnam war which shouldn’t be an issue gets into the supreme court. This is because schools can enforce things that are a distracting or disruptive to school activity. A similar case to this is Bethel school district vs Fraser is a case where freedom of speech of a student gets taken away from him. This is due to the fact the student was making sexual remarks in a school speech which the principle deemed inappropriate for some students. Both cases directly relate to the first amendment with Tinker vs Des Moines being freedom of expression and Fraser being freedom of speech. Tinkers case is the best
UPDATE #2: On October 18, 2016, nearly one year after Peyton's arrest, the St. Clair County Circuit Court ordered him to be released from jail and into his father's custody.
Harford County is a fast growing jurisdiction between 1990 to 2010 the county’s population grew from 182,132 to 244,826. Some of the reasons the county has seen such a great population growth is due to job opportunities. Employment in the county has steadily continued to grow making Harford county have a very low unemployment rates better than other counties in the state of Maryland. (HCHD, 2012).
Facts: John Doe was arrested in Marion County in 2000 and convicted of two counts of child exploitation. A recent Indiana statute prohibits most registered sex offenders from using social networking websites, instant messaging services, and chat programs. He was released from prison in 2003 and was required to register as a sex offender under this Indiana law. John Doe, on behalf of a class of similarly situated sex offenders, challenges this law on First Amendment grounds and files suit against Marion County. The district court held that the law implicates Doe's
East Montgomery High School is part of the State Board District of Sandhills and is located in the township of Biscoe in the eastern region of Montgomery County North Carolina. Montgomery County was established in 1779, from a portion of Anson County. Located in the piedmont of North Carolina, (http://thomaslegion.net/threenorthcarolinageographicregionscoastalplainthepiedmontandthemountainsmaps.html) where the Uwharrie National Forest encompasses much of the 491.76 square miles of land, the county is predominantly rural and heavily forested.( https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/POP060210/37123,00) Surrounding Montgomery County are the counties of Moore, Richmond, Stanly, Davidson, and Randolph. The County has a total population of
In May of 1957, in a Cleveland, Ohio suburb, a woman named Dollree Mapp found herself at the center of an unprecedented legal battle over civil liberties. Mapp, who was no stranger to the Cleveland Police Department, ran a boarding house and was involved with illegal gambling. Working off an anonyms tip, the Cleveland police showed up at Mapp's house to look for a suspect in a local bombing case. They believed, along with the suspect, they would find illegal gambling equipment. Upon their arrival, Mapp refused to let the officers into her home because they did not possess a search warrant. However, after several hours, the officers returned and forcibly entered Mapp's house after wielding a piece of paper that they claimed
placements in the state of Maryland totaled 11,520. In Prince George’s County, Maryland, as of
Police officials attempted to search the house of the petitioner without a warrant. The officers returned some time later with a piece of paper that they claimed was a warrant and forcibly entered the dwelling. They searched the house and seized several items that would later convict the petitioner. At trial, no warrant was produced by the prosecution.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., addressed two packed town halls Thursday, with topics ranging from the future of health care to the coal industry.
Repeated inappropriate sexual actions against relatives has landed a 38 year old man in jail after his sentencing hearing last Friday.
The case of Mapp v. Ohio began in Cleveland, Ohio. Police officers in Cleveland forced themselves into Dollree Mapp's house. Mapp demanded to see a search warrant, but the piece of paper they rudely waved in her face was not a proper search warrant. The Police believed that Mapp was helping a suspected bomber hide in her house. No one was found in Mapp’s home, but the police did find a trunk of vulgar pictures in Mapp’s basement. Mapp was arrested on the scene of the crime for the possession of the photos, and breaking the Ohio state law that prohibited the possession of lewd, lascivious, or obscene material. She was proven guilty and charged one to seven years in prison. Mapp claimed that her rights were violated when they searched her house.