Articles for tag: Due Process, Fourteenth Amendment

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A Comparison of Procedural and Substantive Due Process

School administrators maintain the authority to establish rules and regulations pertaining to student conduct in the school venue. However, this authority is not without conditions and is subject to justifiable criteria (Essex, 2005). Rules in educational settings are essential to sustain a systematic and nonviolent environment and enhance the educational process. The legal system requires ...

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Due Process of Law and Crime Control

Criminal Procedure Policy Throughout this document an analysis will be provided that displays similarities and differences between the Due process of law and crime control model. In addition, a discussion of how each model has impacted and shaped the criminal procedure policies here in the United States. The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to ...

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Criminal Court Cases: An Explanation of Miranda V. Arizona

In 1963, police officers in Phoenix Arizona arrested Ernesto Miranda on suspicion of kidnaping and rape. He was then taken to the police station for a custodial interrogation. During this interrogation, police officers failed to inform E. Miranda of his right against self incrimination and his right to have an attorney present during the process ...

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Overview of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment

These 3 amendments all were focused on helping African Americans and other minorities strive in America, and not be discriminated for their race. All information used from U.S. Constitution Online. 13th Amendment Ratified by 3/4 of states on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery in the United States. It took ...

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Can Martha Stewart Ever Vote Again?

Can Martha Stewart Ever Vote Again? When and whether federal inmate No. 55170-054, Martha Stewart, ever votes again depends on which of her homes she claims as her primary residence after release from the federal correctional facility. Stewart owns several homes, one each in Connecticut, New York and Maine. The Fourteenth Amendment grants power to ...

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An Analysis of the American Judicial System

The judicial system has a very important role in our government. They are the almighty high court that has the highest ruling power when it comes to cases in the country. From this big judicial system two main divisions of the modern thought process prevail. These two are known as judicial activism and judicial restraint. ...

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Supreme Court and Education: Corporal Punishment

  All citizens of the United States of America are governed by the laws outlined in the Constitution. The school system is no different. It too falls under the direct jurisdiction of the U.S. government. When questions arise about the Constitutional rights of students, teachers, and/or a school district, the legal system is consulted. Issues ...