the ideas expressed by Rousseau‚ Mill and Tocqueville is the following: to what extent the rule of the majority in a democracy could become an impediment to minorities and still allow democracy to be considered as such? The rule of the majority is not directly an obstacle to minorities‚ but it could become despotic if it is not limited socially and politically. For
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Contemporary Issues Paper: The Exclusionary Rule Jennifer Howell November 6‚ 2010 The Exclusionary Rule and Its Exceptions Introduction: The Exclusionary Rule The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement personnel. (US Const. amend. IV) Though the Amendment “forbids unreasonable searches and seizures‚ it does not provide a mechanism for prevention or a remedy.” (Jackson‚ 1996) After passage of
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The exclusionary rule is a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. Now imagine how our system would function without the exclusionary rule. A police officer could detain‚ arrest or search an individual and his property based on bias‚ a hunch or because they just felt like it‚ without reasonable cause. If the officer discovered in criminating evidence‚ it could be freely admitted at the individual’s criminal trial. And that evidence that is found without the
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The 7 golden rules of fitness It’s proven: staying fit will keep you healthy and help you live longer‚ regardless of your weight. Follow these seven golden rules of fitness to live your best life By Erin Phelan Regardless of their weight‚ fit people live longer‚ according to recent research from the American Medical Association. Yet we’re falling short of the fitness levels recommended in the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living‚ with only one-third
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over how the NFL rule book is set up. The NFL has many rules that are not clear and should be revised. Almost every rule can have an argument on what is wrong with it‚ as well on how it should be changed to have a clear cut explanation when a play comes into question. Some of the most argued calls come from these Rules and Sections in the NFL rule book: Rule 2- Definitions - Section 2-The Ball‚ and Possession of the ball‚ Section 14- Fouls and spots of enforcement‚ violation‚ and Rule 15- Officials
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Differences in Sociolinguistic Rules and the Misunderstandings Language learners are used to taking advantages of knowledge of their mother tongue language when they are studying foreign languages‚ they may have some misinterpretations that caused by the differences in sociolinguistic rules. For a better understanding of sociolinguistics‚ Wardhaugh (2006‚ p.13) stated that sociolinguistics how people’s talking are influenced by the society and how people’s class‚ gender‚ and age contribute to
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Reece Quade Mr. Brooke English 3 Research paper 10 March 2013 NFL Rules The new rules in the National Football League are changing the way the game is being played and the way it affects the players. One of the many ways it affects the players is benefiting their health‚ and that’s why most of the new rules are added into the NFL. There is an average of 128 concussions per year and about nine concussions per week. There are positive ends and negative ends of the whole situation that can
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Identifying Written Communication Styles CO 2520 Analysis 3.2 Shawn Fye-Potter Mr. Fey 7/22/2015 Were the sound‚ meaning‚ conversational rules‚ and contextual rules appropriately met? Why or why not? I felt that the sound and meaning of the conversation grew more emotional as the discussion went on. Both parties were very passionate on how to approach the situation‚ each making valid points and staying on topic. Although the conversation was primarily between two people‚ the rest of the
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passage Luke 10:25-37‚ Luke tells of the greatest commandment and the Good Samaritan. In this reading Jesus answers the questions asked of him by the lawyer‚ within his answer‚ he tells one of his most remembered parables‚ the parable of the Good Samaritan. What were the questions asked by the lawyer? Why did he ask them of Jesus? What was Jesus’s response to the lawyer? What prompted Jesus to tell the parable of the Good Samaritan? These questions are just a few that enter one’s mind when they read
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In the words of Malcolm Wilkey‚ “few people have considered the enormous social cost of the exclusionary rule‚ and fewer still have thought about possible alternatives to the rule.(Wilkey‚ 2016)” This article will address these issues. This article also brings up the opinion of several other scholars majorly though of one man by the name of Kamisar’s who wrote Is the exclusionary rule an ’illogical’ or ’unnatural’ interpretation of the Fourth Amendment? This article will likewise touch base in other
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