Which factors you feel play a greater role pertaining to the problems associated with drugs and crime in the United States. Discuss with your classmates’ possible solutions to the problems of illegal drug use and present a drug-control strategy that you believe would work.
Category: Law
Police Department’s Decision to Dismiss the Case
View the video, Prosecutors drop charges in Newport News due to ‘bad interrogation’ [Video], then respond to the following:
• Discuss whether the police department made the right decision by dismissing the case against the juvenile? Why?
• If you could be a change agent in a police department, describe the changes or procedures that you would institute to reduce any unethical practices during interviews/interrogations
• Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Observing a Protest: The Fight for Climate Justice
Observe an Event Preparation Attend or watch online a protest, demonstration, peace vigil, interest group meeting, or government meeting subject to open meeting laws and report on what you observed at the event.
Instructions
Respond to the following (using approximately 500 words):
1. What was the event? What issue was the focal point of the event?
2. Was the issue framed in social justice terms? If so, what type of language was used? If not, why do you think the issue was not framed as one involving social justice?
3. What strategies were used or discussed to influence social policy? Do you think they were or would be effective?
4. What tips would you provide participants at the event in an effort to increase their effectiveness?
Killing his passenger in the crash
Liza drives 80 MPH on a windy road, drives off a cliff, killing his passenger in the crash. What charges can be filed against Liza? Discuss why.
Intent on theft
Brett sneaks into a warehouse intent on theft and is surprised by a security guard, whom Brett knocks down a flight of stairs, killing him. What crime was committed? Discuss why.
Impact of Wrongful Convictions on the Black American Community in the US
Discus the effects of wrongful convictions and how they affect the black American community in the US
Questions for investigators in the courtroom
What questions could be asked of investigators in the courtroom? Why are these questions important?
The First Amendment
Watch The First Amendment https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-government-and-politics/civil-liberties-and-civil-rights/first-amendment-religion/v/the-first-amendment video and read the First Amendment https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment article, Free Speech and Democracy in the Video Age http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&an=115424861&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s8856897 article, and review all the one-page Supreme Court decisions listed in the Required Resources section.
What is symbolic speech, and is it protected by the First Amendment?
For example: Capital City has an ordinance that makes it a felony to burn or otherwise desecrate the city’s Great Seal. Another ordinance makes it a felony to use profane, obscene, or rude language in a city park or to wear any clothing with such language. Homer and his adult son, Bart, are angry at the government of Capital City for closing down their favorite donut shop for health code violations. In protest, they go to the park, where Homer burns the city flag containing the Great Seal. Bart is wearing a shirt that reads, “Support donuts, Death to the Capital City Health Department!!” Both are arrested.
Is their conduct protected by the First Amendment? Fully explain your answer. Be sure to support your answer with scholarly sources and appellate court opinions.
Civilization
case scenario:
Reverend William B. Slick is the spiritual leader of the Church of the Jurassic Spirit (CJS). CJS doctrine claims that every invention since the dinosaurs has been inspired by the devil and that members must return to the spirit of the Jurassic period in order to be purified. The primary ritual is to publicly bathe in the essence of the dinosaurs (oil). Capital City follows the same format for its permits used by the City of Atlanta, Georgia (i.e., City of Atlanta’s Assembly Permit Application https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/mayor-s-office/executive-offices/office-of-special-events/outdoor-event-applications/assembly-permit-application
The CJS applies for a permit for 500 of their members to assemble to bathe in oil in Capital City Park. CJS plans to march to the Capital City River to dump the oil, thereby “returning it to the Earth.” The mayor of Capital City despises the CJSers, because he feels that their ritual is a waste of petroleum, which is a diminishing resource. He also feels that the dumping of the oil will pollute the river. The police chief of Capital City hates the idea of 500 CJSers bathing in oil in the park and fears their march to the river will cause counter demonstrations and possible violence. The permit is denied. The CJSers appear to perform their ritual anyway and are all arrested.
Research First Amendment cases involving free exercise of religion and freedom of assembly.
If your last name begins with A through M, address the following in your primary response this week:
Whether Capital City has violated the CJSers’ free exercise of religion.
Whether Capital City has violated the CJSers’ right to freely assemble.
If your last name begins with N through Z, address the following in your primary response for this week.
Whether city ordinances that require permits for a march violate the First Amendment.
What the limits of the free exercise of religion clause are.
The Evolution of NIL Rights and the Varying Degrees of Restrictiveness
Term Paper topic:
The evolution of NIL rights and the varying degrees of restrictiveness on student-athletes’ pursuit and entry of NIL deals at both the college and high school levels.
Term paper instructions
The term paper will cover an in-depth examination of an important legal issue or case in sports and its implications to potential employment in sports.