Gratiot-Isabella County: A Case Study

What the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot compel a government employee to self-criminate themselves. What the court also ruled was, the police department had no right to terminate those individuals who decided to use their fifth amendment right (Justia, 2016). The court had asserted that “the option to lose their means of livelihood or pay the penalty of self-incrimination is the antithesis of free choice to speak or to remain silent. (Taylor, 2009). With this being the main concern to the court the courts decided not to reach the question on deeming the voluntariness of the statements as the only issues that was presented. Garrity v. New Jersey was based upon if the officers of his or her own free choice to admit,

    The director of Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, Estelle Griswold, and Dr. C. Lee Buxton were accused and found guilty of providing illicit contraception under a Connecticut law. They were both fined $100 each for this crime. Griswold and Buxton appealed to the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut, stating that the law was unconstitutional because it violated the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The Connecticut court endorsed the conviction, so they appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court revised the case in 1965.

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.

Washington County’s health status is in good shape, but has room to improve. It has many strengths and weaknesses. When looking at the length of life comparisons Washington county ranked 63 out of 243. Overall our health outcomes are ranked at 53. When looking at the percentages compared to Texas and the United States, Washington County is high in some health problems and equal in other areas. Some health problems Washington County has includes adult obesity, lack of physical activity, alcohol impaired driving deaths, teen births, excessive drinking, and a very high rate of sexually transmitted diseases.

6. How could we help and take active part in community to make a difference?

Dollree Mapp V. State of Ohio case was brought in front of the Supreme Court in March 1961. After this disturbance occurred with local police officers and in wrongful search of the Dollree home, it brought huge attention on how Americans were being violated of their privacy more often then one would imagine. Since Mapp vs. Ohio was a turning point in our nation’s history due to the facts in this particular case, the changes in our legal system by the forming of the exclusionary rule, and the decision made following the action of officers in the wrong, America is a better place.

Frequent crimes brought to the Suffolk County Court were breaking church law, such as, being found “guilty of the profanation of ye Lord’s day” or “absenting themselves from publique worship of god on the Sabbath dayes”. Also, things such as cursing, drinking, or gathering in groups outside of the church were brought to court as crimes. Alice Thomas was found guilty of “secret and unseasonable Entertainment in her house to Lewd Lascivious & notorious persons of both sexes, giving them the opportunity to commit carnal wickedness”. There were also a few cases that involved violence of some type to a spouse or another person. The preferred method of punishment seemed to be corporal punishment by lashing, “to bee whipt with fifteen Stripes”. While most were to pay fines, and wait in prison for their punishment it appears that there wasn’t such thing as jail time. They preferred to punish the offender quite publically, most likely to serve as an example, and sometime with humiliation. Making one man wear a sign that read “A Prophane & Wicked Slanderd & Impious Reviler of a minister of the Gosple & Church-member”.

The Arc of Larimer County promotes and protects the civil rights and overall wellbeing of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through individual and systems advocacy and education to foster lifelong inclusion in every aspect of community life.

Problem Identification: Prince George’s County children and youth face many challenges when it comes to getting a quality education because of political, lack of quality educators, and communities involvement.

Issue: Was the evidence discovered during the search and seizure conducted in violation of the fourth amendment of the constitution? Also can you obtain items that are not to be seized for the search and seizure?

Before the Civil War, Stafford County was a rural area. The 1860 census indicated 8,555 people lived in the county and there were no urban areas with a population of more than 2,500 people. There were 4,922 whites and 3,633 blacks of which 3,314 were slaves. There were 476 farms in the county, fifty-one percent of farms were between 100 to 500 acres produced 148,975 pounds of tobacco as their largest crop.

In regards to St. Clair County obesity is a leading health issue in the St. Clair County Community and listed to be one of the leading causes of deaths in the United States. It seems that through research the obesity rate has fluctuated over previous years, but has not made any significantly positive changes. If the obesity rate continues to be a major health disparity lives are at risk of premature death. The health commission and several health agencies/ organizations are working hard to decrease the number of obesity cases, and preventing the onset of type II diabetes.

Montana represents hardships or struggles; the characters try to get away from Montana to escape their troubles. “She wants to get out of Montana as quickly as possible” (97). In section two, Mrs. Little Soldier quickly leaves Montana after the death of her daughter. This represents a theme of characters seeing Montana as a reminder of their hard times. David’s family leaves Montana after Frank kills himself to escape the Hayden name.

This is the most common type of marriage we see in the United States today. You’ve seen it, and you are most likely in one of these: the man and woman decide to get married, and in order to make it “official,” they apply for a marriage license, they exchange vows in front of a representative of the state – justice of the peace or preacher - who verifies that said vows were exchanged and the government says, “ok, they’re married now”. The government gives the permission for the marriage to take place and then gives its okay to the union.

Because you are already married, some things are different. For example, you do not need a marriage license or a clergyman. You can simply state your vows, or a relative can read your vows.