Ehh, school help please

[Kris10]

I just wrote an essay on campus violence and hate it so I'm starting over. Please give me suggestions on a new topic. A serious topic, please.

Per my professor:

YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!!

He used all the !!!!! I swear, it wasn't me. I just cut and pasted. Thanks for your help.

[marcpsych]

I just wrote an essay on campus violence and hate it so I'm starting over. Please give me suggestions on a new topic. A serious topic, please.

Per my professor:

YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!!

He used all the !!!!! I swear, it wasn't me. I just cut and pasted. Thanks for your help.

I didn't know Crazy Eddie became a college professor after his retail advertising career ended.

Let me try to think of something for you.

[Dougie Brootal]

YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!!


why's he yelling? first mojo and now this??

[mendyweiss]

Down Here In The DC Area, Illegal Workers Are A BIg Story Everday, With Northern Virginia ( AJ !!!) Cracking Down On Workers !!

[Knowledged_one]

Down Here In The DC Area, Illegal Workers Are A BIg Story Everday, With Northern Virginia ( AJ !!!) Cracking Down On Workers !!

I was thinking along the same lines, the effect of mexican gangs (MS-13) on the public

[BoondockSaint]

The misuse of eminent domain laws.

[Furtherman]

YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY.

Faggots vs. Fagoooshes.

[yojimbo7248]

How about the electronic eavesdropping and other anti-terrorist measures? I was thinking about the legal problems with government listening in to conversations between US citizens even if they are suspected of planning an act of terrorism.

[marcpsych]

I just wrote an essay on campus violence and hate it so I'm starting over. Please give me suggestions on a new topic. A serious topic, please.

Per my professor:

YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!!

He used all the !!!!! I swear, it wasn't me. I just cut and pasted. Thanks for your help.

How about Eminent Domain? Although not as hot in the news cycle as it once was, it is a timely and controversial topic that impacts a lot of people (including Eminent Domain for non-governmental purposes, such as forcing people out of their homes for a new condo development tha tis felt will bring in more tax revenue).

[Kris10]

Hmm, some very good suggestions with the exception of Doug & Furtherman. Thanks guys!

[Kris10]

How about Eminent Domain? Although not as hot in the news cycle as it once was, it is a timely and controversial topic that impacts a lot of people (including Eminent Domain for non-governmental purposes, such as forcing people out of their homes for a new condo development tha tis felt will bring in more tax revenue).

Sounds easy enough, now I just need to find some sources to back it up. Off to the internet!

[marcpsych]

Hmm, some very good suggestions with the exception of Doug & Furtherman. Thanks guys!

Good luck with your paper.

Break a leg...or at least a finger typing.

[marcpsych]

Let us know what your topic is when you choose it.

[Lucaine]

Faggots vs. Fagoooshes.

:clap:

[Furtherman]

Hmm, some very good suggestions with the exception of Doug & Furtherman. Thanks guys!

Oh, I was just jokin' Philly girl! I'd give your campus violence paper another shot.. have someone read it. It is a very important topic these days. Also, see this thread by Justice. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=68711) It's a tough choice story and involves campus violence. Good luck!

[BoondockSaint]

The misuse of eminent domain laws.

How about Eminent Domain? Although not as hot in the news cycle as it once was, it is a timely and controversial topic that impacts a lot of people (including Eminent Domain for non-governmental purposes, such as forcing people out of their homes for a new condo development tha tis felt will bring in more tax revenue).

hoo hoo

[marcpsych]

hoo hoo

Well-deserved.

Sorry, Boonie.

I didn't see yours before I posted mine.

[Mike Teacher]

Eminent domain is a great call; not sure where you are but several NJ communities have been dealing with it; off the top of my head i just googled

asbury park eminent domain

long branch eminent domain

Two NJ shore towns dealing with it, and got tons of returns for varied news sources on each.

There are plenty of other towns

[Kris10]

I'm not far from either location. I'm near Toms River. I'm going to do eminent domain... I'm working on it now.

thanks!

[JPMNICK]

i would do the subprime mortgage crisis. there was a lot of illegal things going on, such as false appraisals and faked documents. All this was just put through the banks which is why we are in the mess that we are in now.

any big bank practices could be an encyclopedia, let alone a paper. there actually might be to much info unless you really focus in on one thing

[marcpsych]

I'm not far from either location. I'm near Toms River. I'm going to do eminent domain... I'm working on it now.

thanks!

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html

Eminent domain upheld by Supreme Court in 2005

Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion. O’Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

[Kris10]

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html

Eminent domain upheld by Supreme Court in 2005

Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion. O’Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

You're awesome

[SouthSideJohnny]

I'm going to do eminent domain... I'm working on it now.

Here's a site with some good background info http://www.castlecoalition.org/

Good luck!

[EliSnow]

I was going to suggest defamation law in light on developments on the internet.

For example, I've heard of a gossip site available to a lot of college students, and how messages posted there have injured the reputation of a lot of people, especially since the gossip is anonymous.

[marcpsych]

You're awesome

Glad I could help.

[MadMatt]

How about the FCC, the increase in fines and broadcast regulations, and how many people feel the FCC has overstepped its mandate?

It might be a little too deep a topic for a "one-off" paper though. There are tons of articles and supporting documentation RE: the mandate and how the FCC has gained more control and authority over US communications than it was ever meant to have.

EDIT: Aaaaand reading the rest of the thread you already decided on Eminent Domain. Good subject. However, you may want to hold onto the FCC thing for another paper.

[marcpsych]

I was going to suggest defamation law in light on developments on the internet.

For example, I've heard of a gossip site available to a lot of college students, and how messages posted there have injured the reputation of a lot of people, especially since the gossip is anonymous.

I do know for a fact that potential employers often check sites like myspace and facebook, enter the person's first and last name, and then look for damaging images or information.

[Kris10]

Here's a site with some good background info http://www.castlecoalition.org/

Good luck!

Thanks!

[EliSnow]

Then of course, there's the recent court decision awarding the Siegal family 50% ownership in the copyright rights to the first issue featuring Superman, and what that may mean to DC's ownership, use and profits from the character.

This subject is dear to my heart as I wrote my major paper in law school about what the effect of trademark law on publication of Superman once the copyright protection expires in the future.

[Kris10]

Matt & others-

I'm going to print off this whole thread becase I'm going to need all these topics down the road. I'm a business major and all of this involves business admin major and this all ties in.

[marcpsych]

Excerpts from opinion concerning eminent domain:

[June 23, 2005]

Justice O’Connor, with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas join, dissenting.

Over two centuries ago, just after the Bill of Rights was ratified, Justice Chase wrote:

“An act of the Legislature (for I cannot call it a law) contrary to the great first principles of the social compact, cannot be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority … . A few instances will suffice to explain what I mean… . [A] law that takes property from A. and gives it to B: It is against all reason and justice, for a people to entrust a Legislature with such powers; and, therefore, it cannot be presumed that they have done it.” Calder v. Bull, 3 Dall. 386, 388 (1798) (emphasis deleted).

Today the Court abandons this long-held, basic limitation on government power. Under the banner of economic development, all private property is now vulnerable to being taken and transferred to another private owner, so long as it might be upgraded–i.e., given to an owner who will use it in a way that the legislature deems more beneficial to the public–in the process. To reason, as the Court does, that the incidental public benefits resulting from the subsequent ordinary use of private property render economic development takings “for public use” is to wash out any distinction between private and public use of property–and thereby effectively to delete the words “for public use” from the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Accordingly I respectfully dissent.

It was possible after Berman and Midkiff to imagine unconstitutional transfers from A to B. Those decisions endorsed government intervention when private property use had veered to such an extreme that the public was suffering as a consequence. Today nearly all real property is susceptible to condemnation on the Court’s theory. In the prescient words of a dissenter from the infamous decision in Poletown, “[n]ow that we have authorized local legislative bodies to decide that a different commercial or industrial use of property will produce greater public benefits than its present use, no homeowner’s, merchant’s or manufacturer’s property, however productive or valuable to its owner, is immune from condemnation for the benefit of other private interests that will put it to a ‘higher’ use.” 410 Mich., at 644—645, 304 N. W. 2d, at 464 (opinion of Fitzgerald, J.). This is why economic development takings “seriously jeopardiz[e] the security of all private property ownership.” Id., at 645, 304 N. W. 2d, at 465 (Ryan, J., dissenting).

Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms. As for the victims, the government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result. “[T]hat alone is a just government,” wrote James Madison, “which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.” For the National Gazette, Property, (Mar. 29, 1792), reprinted in 14 Papers of James Madison 266 (R. Rutland et al. eds. 1983).

I would hold that the takings in both Parcel 3 and Parcel 4A are unconstitutional, reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and remand for further proceedings.

[marcpsych]

Excerpts from opinion concerning eminent domain:

[June 23, 2005]

Justice O’Connor, with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas join, dissenting.

Over two centuries ago, just after the Bill of Rights was ratified, Justice Chase wrote:

“An act of the Legislature (for I cannot call it a law) contrary to the great first principles of the social compact, cannot be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority … . A few instances will suffice to explain what I mean… . [A] law that takes property from A. and gives it to B: It is against all reason and justice, for a people to entrust a Legislature with such powers; and, therefore, it cannot be presumed that they have done it.” Calder v. Bull, 3 Dall. 386, 388 (1798) (emphasis deleted).

Today the Court abandons this long-held, basic limitation on government power. Under the banner of economic development, all private property is now vulnerable to being taken and transferred to another private owner, so long as it might be upgraded–i.e., given to an owner who will use it in a way that the legislature deems more beneficial to the public–in the process. To reason, as the Court does, that the incidental public benefits resulting from the subsequent ordinary use of private property render economic development takings “for public use” is to wash out any distinction between private and public use of property–and thereby effectively to delete the words “for public use” from the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Accordingly I respectfully dissent.

It was possible after Berman and Midkiff to imagine unconstitutional transfers from A to B. Those decisions endorsed government intervention when private property use had veered to such an extreme that the public was suffering as a consequence. Today nearly all real property is susceptible to condemnation on the Court’s theory. In the prescient words of a dissenter from the infamous decision in Poletown, “[n]ow that we have authorized local legislative bodies to decide that a different commercial or industrial use of property will produce greater public benefits than its present use, no homeowner’s, merchant’s or manufacturer’s property, however productive or valuable to its owner, is immune from condemnation for the benefit of other private interests that will put it to a ‘higher’ use.” 410 Mich., at 644—645, 304 N. W. 2d, at 464 (opinion of Fitzgerald, J.). This is why economic development takings “seriously jeopardiz[e] the security of all private property ownership.” Id., at 645, 304 N. W. 2d, at 465 (Ryan, J., dissenting).

Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms. As for the victims, the government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result. “[T]hat alone is a just government,” wrote James Madison, “which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.” For the National Gazette, Property, (Mar. 29, 1792), reprinted in 14 Papers of James Madison 266 (R. Rutland et al. eds. 1983).

I would hold that the takings in both Parcel 3 and Parcel 4A are unconstitutional, reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and remand for further proceedings.

Some more excerpts - sorry for the length.

[June 23, 2005]

Justice Kennedy, concurring.

I join the opinion for the Court and add these further observations.

The trial court concluded, based on these findings, that benefiting Pfizer was not “the primary motivation or effect of this development plan”; instead, “the primary motivation for [respondents] was to take advantage of Pfizer’s presence.” Id., at 276. Likewise, the trial court concluded that “[t]here is nothing in the record to indicate that … [respondents] were motivated by a desire to aid [other] particular private entities.” Id., at 278. See also ante, at 7—8. Even the dissenting justices on the Connecticut Supreme Court agreed that respondents’ development plan was intended to revitalize the local economy, not to serve the interests of Pfizer, Corcoran Jennison, or any other private party. 268 Conn. 1, 159, 843 A. 2d 500, 595 (2004) (Zarella, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). This case, then, survives the meaningful rational basis review that in my view is required under the Public Use Clause.

My agreement with the Court that a presumption of invalidity is not warranted for economic development takings in general, or for the particular takings at issue in this case, does not foreclose the possibility that a more stringent standard of review than that announced in Berman and Midkiff might be appropriate for a more narrowly drawn category of takings. There may be private transfers in which the risk of undetected impermissible favoritism of private parties is so acute that a presumption (rebuttable or otherwise) of invalidity is warranted under the Public Use Clause. Cf. Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 498, 549—550 (1998) (Kennedy, J., concurring in judgment and dissenting in part) (heightened scrutiny for retroactive legislation under the Due Process Clause). This demanding level of scrutiny, however, is not required simply because the purpose of the taking is economic development.

This is not the occasion for conjecture as to what sort of cases might justify a more demanding standard, but it is appropriate to underscore aspects of the instant case that convince me no departure from Berman and Midkiff is appropriate here. This taking occurred in the context of a comprehensive development plan meant to address a serious city-wide depression, and the projected economic benefits of the project cannot be characterized as de minimus. The identity of most of the private beneficiaries were unknown at the time the city formulated its plans. The city complied with elaborate procedural requirements that facilitate review of the record and inquiry into the city’s purposes. In sum, while there may be categories of cases in which the transfers are so suspicious, or the procedures employed so prone to abuse, or the purported benefits are so trivial or implausible, that courts should presume an impermissible private purpose, no such circumstances are present in this case.

[Kris10]

This is not the occasion for conjecture as to what sort of cases might justify a more demanding standard, but it is appropriate to underscore aspects of the instant case that convince me no departure from Berman and Midkiff is appropriate here. This taking occurred in the context of a comprehensive development plan meant to address a serious city-wide depression, and the projected economic benefits of the project cannot be characterized as de minimus. The identity of most of the private beneficiaries were unknown at the time the city formulated its plans. The city complied with elaborate procedural requirements that facilitate review of the record and inquiry into the city’s purposes. In sum, while there may be categories of cases in which the transfers are so suspicious, or the procedures employed so prone to abuse, or the purported benefits are so trivial or implausible, that courts should presume an impermissible private purpose, no such circumstances are present in this case.

What are the chances???

[marcpsych]

What are the chances???

The end of Justice Thomas's dissent:

"The Court relies almost exclusively on this Court’s prior cases to derive today’s far-reaching, and dangerous, result. See ante, at 8—12. But the principles this Court should employ to dispose of this case are found in the Public Use Clause itself, not in Justice Peckham’s high opinion of reclamation laws, see supra, at 11. When faced with a clash of constitutional principle and a line of unreasoned cases wholly divorced from the text, history, and structure of our founding document, we should not hesitate to resolve the tension in favor of the Constitution’s original meaning. For the reasons I have given, and for the reasons given in Justice O’Connor’s dissent, the conflict of principle raised by this boundless use of the eminent domain power should be resolved in petitioners’ favor. I would reverse the judgment of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Face! Face!"

[Kris10]

Face, face! Lol

Shit, gotta go get my daughter from daycare. Thanks for the help.. I'll work more on this later after I get her to sleep. I have big plans for MY Friday night! :dry:

[jauble]

This is a really good topic that is a nationwide issue you should be able to find plenty of sources.

That being said I think the legality of public upskirt photos (per yesterdays thread) would be interesting.

[Kris10]

This is a really good topic that is a nationwide issue you should be able to find plenty of sources.

That being said I think the legality of public upskirt photos (per yesterdays thread) would be interesting.

I need a member of our audience to take some personal pictures of me to complete my assignment....

do I have a volunteer??

[Kris10]

Just came on here real quick to say THANKS to everyone who helped me on this paper. I logged onto my school website to do some homework & I got my grade back for my eminent domain paper back.

93/100 A

I really appreciate everyone's help!!!!

You guys rock!

[A.J.]

Down Here In The DC Area, Illegal Workers Are A BIg Story Everday, With Northern Virginia ( AJ !!!) Cracking Down On Workers !!

Actually, I want to hire them to clean my bathroom.

[EliSnow]

Just came on here real quick to say THANKS to everyone who helped me on this paper. I logged onto my school website to do some homework & I got my grade back for my eminent domain paper back.

93/100 A

I really appreciate everyone's help!!!!

You guys rock!

Maybe, you would have gotten 100/100 if you went with one of my topics.



:wink:



Congratulations on the A!

[mendyweiss]

Good Work Rouski !!!

[Dougie Brootal]

congrats!

[Knowledged_one]

Actually, I want to hire them to clean my bathroom.

Why you will just end up with shitty TP in the trash can

[Kris10]

Maybe, you would have gotten 100/100 if you went with one of my topics.



:wink:



Congratulations on the A!

LOL

Next time, I promise!

[Kris10]

Then of course, there's the recent court decision awarding the Siegal family 50% ownership in the copyright rights to the first issue featuring Superman, and what that may mean to DC's ownership, use and profits from the character.

This subject is dear to my heart as I wrote my major paper in law school about what the effect of trademark law on publication of Superman once the copyright protection expires in the future.

OMG! I forgot all about you posting this and I have been working on a paper for my Business Law II class on trademark infringement but I'm stuck. Its the same topic as last term..
YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!! YOU THINK THAT WAY.

I'm mostly ticked off at this whole Wolfgang Puck vs. Wolfgang Zwiener but I keep going back towards international trademark infringement. :furious: I kind of want to focus on trademarking a name but I can't seem to focus myself in that area. Any suggestions?

[led37zep]

OMG! I forgot all about you posting this and I have been working on a paper for my Business Law II class on trademark infringement but I'm stuck. Its the same topic as last term..
YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!! YOU THINK THAT WAY.

I'm mostly ticked off at this whole Wolfgang Puck vs. Wolfgang Zwiener but I keep going back towards international trademark infringement. :furious: I kind of want to focus on trademarking a name but I can't seem to focus myself in that area. Any suggestions?

Here...this story made me livid. Might be a good topic to cover.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/23587019.html

[BoondockSaint]

OMG! I forgot all about you posting this and I have been working on a paper for my Business Law II class on trademark infringement but I'm stuck. Its the same topic as last term..
YOUR TOPIC IS ANY LEGAL PROBLEM THAT YOU BELIEVE CONFRONTS SOCIETY TODAY. YOU CAN SELECT ANY TOPIC...YOU DON'T NEED MY OK...WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS WHAT YOUR ESSAY SAYS. YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACTS ...BUT MOST IMPORTANLY YOUR ESSAY SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS!!! AND OPINION !!!AND WHY!!! YOU THINK THAT WAY.

I'm mostly ticked off at this whole Wolfgang Puck vs. Wolfgang Zwiener but I keep going back towards international trademark infringement. :furious: I kind of want to focus on trademarking a name but I can't seem to focus myself in that area. Any suggestions?

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sued the World Wrestling Federation and forced them to stop using the WWF acronym.

[Kris10]

Here...this story made me livid. Might be a good topic to cover.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/23587019.html

Wow, makes you think twice about insurance policies. What is the point?

[Kris10]

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sued the World Wrestling Federation and forced them to stop using the WWF acronym.

Ohhhhh!!! I remember this one!

[Jubjubs]

What about monopolies as they exist in the entertainment market. In particular, Dish-vs-cable and XM/Sirius merger. I'd just like to read it.

And...begin.