California Gov Case Study

In June 21, 1973, Miller was convicted on the ground of advertising the sale of what was considered by the court as adult material. He was found guilty as he broke the California Statute. The California Statute forbids citizens from spreading what is considered offensive in societal standards. The question that was being asked was that if the action of Miller was Constitution thus is protected under the law. However, he lost the case due to a vote of 5 - 4. The court noted that the material that Miller distributed by Miller was not protected under the first Amendment. The court said that the materials Miller distributed were offensive to people, therefore violates the California Statute. (“Miller v. California.")This is a similar argument that is used

This paper will discuss how censorship denies citizens of the United States our full rights as delineated in the First Amendment. It will outline how and why the first amendment was created and included in the Constitution of the United States of America. This paper will also define censorship, discuss a select few legal cases surrounding freedom of speech and censorship as well as provide national and local examples of censorship.

saying that desecration of the American flag is protected by the Constitution (The Editors of

With a significant amount of research, I could not find a dissent to this specific case of any judges that were for or against the

Summary of the history of the case and its significance on our structure of government.

The results of the trial in Stamford was that Mercy Disborough was temporarily convicted of witchcraft while Goody Clawson was acquitted. The consequences for Mercy Disborough were that despite months and jail and continued peer accusation, she was acquitted. The consequences for the townspeople are blurrier, but it is evident that persistent hysteria was not one of them.

In 2007, the respondent Xavier Alvarez attended a meeting as a board member in Claremont, California, where he introduced himself as the following: “I’m a retired marine of 25 years. I retired in the year 2001. Back in 1987, I was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor” (United States v Alvarez 1). In fact, Mr. Alvarez had never received said award, nor had he served in the United States Armed Forces. As a result of making said false statement, Alvarez was indicted under the Stolen Valor Act. The Stolen Valor Act prohibits the action of falsely representing oneself as having received any U.S. military decoration or medal. Alvarez’s case was brought before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where he made the claim

The 1960’s and 70’s were a time of political turmoil and unrest in Canadian history. The October of 1970 in particular, is a period remembered for its violence and hate. The kidnapping of two Canadian politicians by the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ), a terrorist group, changed Canadian society forever. The FLQ and the October Crisis ignited separatist feelings in French Canadians, changed the way the government handled national emergencies and altered Canadians’ opinions on key issues. The October Crisis is a truly significant moment in Canadian history for many reasons.

On Monday, Blake Shelton has officially filed a lawsuit against the tabloid magazine, In Touch Weekly, over its released article in Late September. It claimed that the country singer had a drinking problem that contributed to his divorce from ex-wife, Miranda Lambert and that he was headed for rehab, AP reported.

Censorship in America can vary between the silencing of young voices and the prevention of exposing others of inappropriate material. Many people are afraid of losing their freedom of speech, as first amendment rights should be mandatory for American citizens. Polar to this argument insists the importance of censorship, as it can shield the public from information that can lead to fear or chaos. Leaving students ignorant to world problems, however, is argued by Sonja West that it removes their first amendment rights and creates a future working-class of Americans who are clouded from the truth. West is a law professor at the University of Georgia who is distinguished for her expertise in the first amendment law and minor in journalism. In her article, “Censorship 101,” West crafts her text through numerous court case experience and skill in rhetorical devices as her background expertise is used to her advantage.

Facts: This case deals with Ted Chimel, who they suspected robbed a local coin shop. On September 13, 1965, several officers from Santa Ana came to the home of Chimel with an arrest warrant for his expected involvement in the burglary. The officers arrived at the door and identified themselves to Chimel’s wife and asked if they could come into the home, she agreed and showed them into the house. While in the house the officers waited 10-15 minutes until Chimel came home from work. Upon his arrival one of the officers showed Chimel the arrest warrant and asked if he could look around, Chimel objected and in the short of it said no. Even with him objecting the officers read Chimel his rights and then continued to look around the small house, garage, and workshop. In the main bedroom of Chimel home the officers found coins, medals, and tokens in the dresser drawer. Chimel was arrested and the items were placed into evidence, were he would be tried on two charges of burglary.

The war fever made the political parties even more divided. People did not trust immigrants. Federalists thought the immigrants would back the Republicans. Congress passed the alien act that raised the time to live in the U.S. to be nationalized from 5 to 14 years (9 years longer) and gave the president the power to deport or imprison any alien he considered dangerous. People thought this was unfair, so Congress passed the sedition act (sedition is activity designed to overthrow government) that harshly limited free speech by making it illegal to write and say anything insulting, false, or with “bad intent” about the government. This law convicted about fourteen people, mostly Republican writers and newspaper editors (and one drunk who was

Edward was born on February 24th, 1811 in England. He devoted himself to public service as both a lawyer, Illinois state house, and State Senate ( Latin library.com). He was also a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. Baker was thought to be an amazing speaker but also had his own personal issue (Latinlibrary.com). Edward D. Baker also was the only serving Senator to fight in the Civil War (Darley).

There are many obstacles of California politics, which contribute to our inability to live the California Dream. For example, California debts continues to escalate, due to our taxation system hasn’t changed over the past years. Hence, during 2012 there was a budget gap of 16 billion dollars, which was more than the total revenues receive for general funds. Since, our taxation system depends highly on the income taxes paid by capital gain, the stock market must increase, so it can create a surplus. If that doesn’t happen, the government must find another way to finance their budget. On the other hand, California is a divided state, which makes hard to pass bills. Thus, the addition of two-third majority and 50% plus one is essential for raising taxes. But the political parties refuses to work together because they have different point of views from the economy. The republicans think that raising taxes won’t solve any problem. Even if the democrats won the supermajority, they will still need the

In order to succeed in their lawsuit, Barry and Giovanni needed to establish that the statement in the article was defamatory. According to Parmiter v Coupland , a defamatory statement is a publication that may damage the reputation of another by exposing them to hatred, contempt or ridicule . By claiming that there were criminal offences conducted by the fashion houses such as drugs taking and sexual exploitation can be regarded as a statement of capable being defamatory as it could reveal them to hatred and hence injuring their reputation. In 2006, House of Lord concluded in the case of Jameel v Wall Street Journal that it was unnecessary for a corporation to show how they were suffering from a financial