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    before the government acts to take away one’s life, liberty, or property. Also, a constitutional guarantee that a law shall not be unreasonable arbitrary or capricious. The due process began and developed in English of 1215 and then in American Law as a procedural concept. It was originated in 1354 translation from Latin for the first time in history, as “the government” was “brought under law”, since they didn’t have basic

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    Kitzmiller v. Dover brought up a global attention. The case arose in 2004, when the Dover Area District High School Board tried to add creationism ideas to a science class curriculum by masking it under scientific gear of a disclaimer promoting the “Intelligent Design”. High School students’ parents sued the school to ban the Intelligent Design from biology curriculum. Judge Jones ended the six-week trial and made his wise decision by ruling out the Intelligent Design from being considered a science

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    in classes.Even though this law says ethnic studies are banned these actions should be taken care of because these remarks are erroneous. After the law was passed many argued that this is unconstitutional and in many ways racist.In an article called Judge:Racism behind Arizona Ban on Tucson’s Mexican-American.Galvan states “The state enacted the ban with discriminatory intent, U.S district.”(Galvan 2).As it is clearly shown.It was the intent if the state to pass this law. As this is seen as racist

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    of substantive justice because he was concerned with how the laws were disenfranchising minorities who had been released from prison by taking away their right to vote. This is substantive justice because Gov. McAuliffe is trying to get justice for prisoners to be able to vote since it is their human right to do so in the United States. This is substantive because it is working towards doing what is right for individuals when the laws are not able to uphold fairness and justice (Sutton 2001). I

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    Illinois Court Structure

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    They say justice is blind. Laws are made only to protect the interest of the wealthy. Anyone can become a judge, one does not necessarily have to attend school to do so. These are just a few myths about our judicial system, some of which that hold some truth, and others that are inaccurate. In this paper, I will provide history about the type of court structure in Illinois, the process in which judges and lawyers are selected within the state, and how judges and lawyers are disciplined. To begin

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    at the national law firm Polsinelli. Ms.Yang, who passed her bar exam in 2016, just began working at the firm in November 2016 in the Science and Technology Area. She ultimately declined to participate, but I thanked her for her time anyway.

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    Common law - that part of the English law not embodied in legislation. It consists of rules of law based on common custom and usage and on judicial court decisions. English common law became the basis of law in the USA and many other English-speaking countries. Trial by jury - There isn't really a definition that holds true everywhere. A trial by Jury in the UK is very different from a trial by Jury in the US. Trial by jury in the 15th century was very different from trial by jury now. In all depends

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    In 1958, Edward Lewis Schempp, his wife and two kids, who attend a Pennsylvania public school, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. district court, claiming their religious rights was violated by state law. The law made public schools read at least ten passages, from the Bible, at the beginning of everyday. According to Britannica “The Schempps, who were Unitarians, claimed that the law was an unconstitutional establishment of religion and that it interfered with the free exercise of their religious faith

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    For the most part, people really don’t take into affect the little amount of training a police officer has for such an important role on our society. The reason for this is that most people are under the impression that police officers are smart, law-abiding citizens. For some people however, getting into contact with police may be a very huge deal. There are thousands of people locked up in jails right now for crimes they didn’t commit. Researches calculated a 4.1 percent error rate among people

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    Ethics and Law was never a main focus in classes I’d taken before entering graduate school. I only remember taking two classes about the topic in my communication studies curriculum. Even though I never had a chance to delve deeply into this area, my Communication Law class was one of my favorite classes in undergraduate study. I enjoyed learning about legal issues and learning the stories behind each case. Years later, I can still recall the stories and people behind some of communication’s greatest

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