Sample First Amendment Essays to Learn From - Page 4

Policy Change Proposal Section II

Section 2001 of PL 111-148 Change Objectives
The federal government shall pay 100% of the cost of the newly eligible individuals during 2015 and 2016
The federal government shall pay 100% in subsidies to individuals receiving Medicaid healthcare plans prior to the passing of this law
All Americans (individuals and families) with income below 133% of the federal poverty level will be eligible for Medicaid by the end of 2015

Policy Change Options

If section 2001 of PL 111-148 remains as is currently enacted, then its purpose in creating a new eligibility group (expand Medicaid) will partially fail because it will amount Continue reading...

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The State of Ohio v. Farris, Supreme Court of Ohio, Decided: July 12, 2006, No. 2004-0604.

Statement of Facts

The suspect Stephen Farris was pulled over by a state trooper for speeding. The officer smelt burnt marijuana but found no drugs after a pat down search on the suspect. Without reading the Miranda rights, the officer asked the suspect if there were any drugs in the car to which the suspect denied. The officer then read the suspect his Miranda rights, asked the suspect the question again about the presence of drugs and then conducted a warrantless search of the car where Continue reading...

The United States and Great Britain both have democratic forms of government, however each has their own unique system in place to pass legislation. The United States is technically a federal republic, while Great Britain is a parliamentary system, under a constitutional monarchy. As a result, each legislative body employs its own unique method in passing legislation.
Great Britain has two main houses that make up the legislative branch. They are the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In order to get legislation passed, a bill can be proposed by either house. If the bill is proposed Continue reading...

Impacts of Surveillance Cameras on Crime: Privacy in exchange for security?

Local governments across the United States are constantly looking for an efficacious public safety interposition that will provide a bi-fold effect on society. One, this public intervention should help in restraining crime and two, enhance the economic welfare and the sustainability of neighborhoods in the nation. Though the prevailing law enforcement philosophy remains to be anchored on “community policing” strategies, which is believed to be a potent and sufficient police strategy, law enforcement units are still hard put to cope with the increasing demands of curbing crime; here, the use of new systems and mechanisms that can help “community Continue reading...

Riley v California

Summary
The question before the court was whether police would need a specific warrant to search the digital data from say a phone of an arrested person. In this particular case, Mr. Riley was arrested and the police had access to his smartphone in which they (read police) retrieved information connecting the arrested person to a previous shooting. The defendant, Mr. Riley, argued that the information retrieved from his smartphone was contrary to his privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment. In essence, his argument was that the court must disregard the information derived holding that the search had violated Continue reading...

In the Supreme Court case Kennedy v. Louisiana, Patrick Kennedy was convicted by the state for aggravated rape against his 8 year old stepdaughter. Kennedy tried to appeal this conviction under the claim that his constitutional rights were violated. Kennedy presented the case Coker v. Georgia to defend his claim which held that a person convicted of raping an adult woman could not be given the death sentence if the person’s death was not an intended result of the rape. Kennedy’s assertion is that the death penalty should not be given to him for this rape because Continue reading...

The State of Arizona, like many others throughout the Unites States of America, has developed speed management programs with a view to minimize speeding and red light violations, motor vehicle crashes and related fatalities. In Arizona, the red light cameras are stationed in every intersection within the state. If any driver tries to beat the red light to enter an intersection, the camera takes a photo of the vehicle and this ticket is mailed to the owner of the vehicle within 3 to 7 business days. Red light cameras operate 24 hours a day, throughout the week and in Continue reading...

Questions and Answers-Business Administration

Those determined by nature and are therefore universal.
Describe common law legal system.
They are formed by court decisions and are drawn from customs around the country. They are only found in former English colonies and are based on Anglo-Saxon tradition. They are not as widespread.

Describe civil law legal system?

These are widespread compared to common law and are written in codes.
True or False. Louisiana uses the common the common law system. False

Will the case be heard in the criminal court or civil court?

Civil court.
What is statutory law?
b) Law that is written down.

Appellate court

What is the difference between a trial court and an appellate court? In trial courts the plaintiff Continue reading...

Simplifying the Accounting for Revenue Recognition by FASB 2

I. Background 2
II. Scope of standard 7
III. Next steps and implications for practice 8
IV. Conclusion 10

References: 12

Simplifying the Accounting for Revenue Recognition by FASB
I. Background
The elaboration of a new standard simplifying revenue recognition was one of the highest priorities of the joint IASB-FASB convergence project. The purpose of the project was defined as eliminating a range of differences between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP). The project was initiated in 2002 on the basis of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Continue reading...

Introduction

Accounting practice is an extremely disciplinary practice that helps government’s entities, private corporations, and non-government organizations understand the economic viability of their operations through understanding, recording and interpretation of accounting processes. The practice of the accounting process is by the principle of going concern concept that assumes that business entities are artificial persons that will continue to operate their activities in the current and unforeseeable future.

A history is surrounding the FASB/IFRS statement, outlining why and how the report evolved.

Government and business entities are obligated to keep records of their accounting procedure and analyze them in a manner that all pertinent stakeholders may be able to interpret and understand. To enhance Continue reading...