The US court system is comprised of a hierarchy of courts, from the lower local courts to the highest Supreme Court. These various levels of court address matters that directly correlate with the court’s scope and function. A district court is a court that operates within the federal court...
TimaeusBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Persons of the Dialogue-SOCRATES- CRITIAS- TIMAEUS- HERMOCRATES Socrates. One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth of those who were yesterday my guests and are to be my entertainers to-day? Timaeus. He...
Texan John Allen Rubio beheads toddlers, gets death penalty. Rubio was convicted in 2003 for the horrific murders of Angela Camacho's children, Rubio's then common law wife.Rubio stabbed, smothered, and decapitated three toddlers all less than four years old. Hidalgo County District...
Erin Andrews, ESPN reporter, was in the Los Angeles, California U.S. District Court Monday, for the sentencing of the peeping Tom who armed with a camcorder, recorded her in various states of undress. Michael David Barrett was sentenced to two and a half years in prision following his arrest in...
Judge Roger Vinson, a federal judge in the northern district of Florida, has ruled Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. On Monday, January 31, 2011, Judge Vinson voted against Obama's health care reform plan in a 78 page ruling and cited Obama's 2008 campaign promise...
Many types of laws exist to address common issues faced by people. These issues may be broad and general in their scope while others address more specific matters. One type of law that addresses the general area of bankruptcy is referred to as bankruptcy law. This area of law addresses issues...
Nissim Aharon convicted for "Holy Semen." The former Israeli Defense Ministry employee and resident of Rishon Lezion, alleged that his semen was a holy liquid and reportedly "healed" a number of women with physical contact through his "body and soul." Aharon was sentenced to 10 years of jail time...
Gangsta rapper Andre "Dr. Dre" Young wins the lawsuit over The Chronic reissue against his former label, Death Row Records. Dre's Chronic win occurred within a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 with U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder presiding over the hearing. Dre filed the...
There are instances wherein a court case is resolved outside a court trial through the help of a third party. Court mediation is offered by district courts to certain cases that can be settled without need for a trial. Mediation between the plaintiff and the defendant is usually done through a...
Paris Hilton had an explanation for police when she was arrested on Friday for drug possession: $1,300 in cash and several credit cards were hers, but not the purse they were in...
