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Jerry Falwell Vs. Hustler Magazine
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 335

.... considered an opinion protected by the First Amendment. The court ruled that the issue was whether or not that opinion was outrageous enough to be considered an intentional infliction of emotional distress and awarded Falwell money. This case then went to the U.S. Supreme Court where they decided that because Falwell is a public figure for the purposes of the First Amendment law, he couldn't sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress by “ outrageous” conduct and therefore the Court of Appeals' decision was reversed. Today, this case is still significant and c .....


Drug Smuggling
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1127

.... from all immigrants bringing illegal drugs into the United States of America. There is also a lot of money put into a huge wall/fence going across most of the whole southern boarder line. Along the coast of the east side and the west side are hundreds of check in places to help stop from letting in illegal drugs. Here is a case about 21 sailors that were arrested for smuggling cocaine and heroin to Italy. They have been doing those on a regular basis because most navy trips can go through boarders without being check for illegal drugs. The sailors were caught with .....


Howard Roark's Testimony At The Cortlandt Trial
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 746

.... allowing Keating to propose the project, but he was ignorant to the fact that proposing is just as important as the unique design of the building. In other words, he did not realize that allowing Keating to propose the project to be a threat to his individualistic ideals. Roark’s unnoticed failure greatly changes the logic of his testimony. He explains how the great scientists and thinkers were condemned for their new ideas. He is obviously paralleling this to the Cortlandt project. It is incredibly true that as the ideas endured criticism and condemnation, they were eventu .....


Legalizing Marijuana Legislation
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 817

.... In 1988 the DEA's own administrative law judge, Francis L. Young, said that marijuana in its natural form fulfilled the legal of currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. He added that it was "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man." This request was overruled not by medical authority, but by the DEA itself. This shows the little amount of government knowledge on the subject matter. Presently, the main chemical in marijuana which is THC is being used or in some states being proposed for medical purposes. Marinol, w .....


Marijuana Should Be Legal For Medicinal Reasons Only
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1236

.... (14, p.3). Studies have shown that marijuana clearly controls nausea and vomiting in many chemotherapy patients, helps AIDS patients gain weight, and greatly reduces damaging pressure in the eye caused by glaucoma (4, p.1). The fact that smoking marijuana to relieve medical distress is still illegal is alarming. If marijuana can help so many suffering victims of these ailments, then why keep it out of use? Marijuana ranked ninth in order of preference for the treatment of mild to moderate nausea and vomiting, and sixth for treatment of more severe symptoms induced by .....


DNA And Crime
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1299

.... clothing, sperm cells found in a vaginal swab taken after a rape, or root hairs are all available for analysis. Although other body tissues such as skin cells and saliva can provide genetic information about a person for Forensic Science purposes, blood is the most useful source of inherited traits. If the DNA fingerprints produced from two different samples match, the two samples probably came from the same person. Here are some examples of court cases where DNA plays an important roll in the outcome of the trial. Hauppauge N.Y.: After 11 years in prison for rape Kerry .....


Legal Issues Case Study For Nursing
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1169

.... Hand, RN (fictitious name) administered the medication as ordered and the child was observed for thirty minutes. Miss Hand's charting was brief, almost illegible, and read, "Medicines given as prescribed. Cindy observed without positive results. Physician notified." The physician examined the child; notes read that the child had "minimal clearing" in response to the bronchodilator. The following medications were then prescribed: Elixir of turpenhydrate with codeine one milliliter by mouth, Gantrinsin (sulfisoxazole) 10 Case 3 milliliters, and Quibron (theo .....


Ross Rebagliati And The Marijuana Issue
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 601

.... has little or no effect on an athlete's performance, and it would not give him an advantage over other athletes, a ruling based on the use of marijuana isn't necessary. In addition to this, many doctors have stated that marijuana gives the athlete a disadvantage over others because it could make that athlete tired, or weak. Rebagliati's urine test showed trace amounts of marijuana. Doctors say that it is very possible that one could inhale this small amount, strictly from being in the same room as other people who were smoking it. Ross Rebagliati told the press .....



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