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Drugs, Dogs And The Fourth Amendment: An Analysis Of Justice Stevens' Opinion In Illinois V. Caballes, James Johnston
Drugs, Dogs And The Fourth Amendment: An Analysis Of Justice Stevens' Opinion In Illinois V. Caballes, James Johnston
James B Johnston
When a drug dealer delivers illegal narcotics to the American maret place, he frequently uses out nation's roads. In an opinion authored by Justice John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court that is captioned Illinois v. Caballes, the Court ruloed that drug dealers do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when delivering illegal drugs in their cars. This article agrees with the Court's ruling and argues that we as a society have a right and an obligatio n to protect ourselves from drug abuse and drug traffickers. Justice Stevens' opinionj provides a brilliant examination of judicial precedent coupled with …
"Pre-Negotiation" Counseling: An Alternative Model, Paul R. Tremblay
"Pre-Negotiation" Counseling: An Alternative Model, Paul R. Tremblay
Paul R. Tremblay
This Article describes an alternative model for the process of legal counseling, a model applicable to a very common counseling experience ignored by the conventional Interviewing and Counseling texts—the experience of obtaining negotiating and settlement authority from a client. Counseling is, of course, a basic lawyering skill taught in law school clinics and in simulation courses. It is one of the most critical elements of good lawyering, and it is a skill which can be taught, and taught through the use of models. Every lawyering skills book available includes instruction about effective counseling. But when one reviews the available models …
Trial Fundamentals And Courtroom Strategies For The Civil Antitrust Attorney, Thomas J. Horton
Trial Fundamentals And Courtroom Strategies For The Civil Antitrust Attorney, Thomas J. Horton
Thomas J. Horton
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Forty Years Later: Chronicling The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 And Its Impact On Louisiana's Judiciary, Jonathan C. Augustine, Hon. U. Gene Thibodeaux
Forty Years Later: Chronicling The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 And Its Impact On Louisiana's Judiciary, Jonathan C. Augustine, Hon. U. Gene Thibodeaux
Jonathan C. Augustine
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), pursuant to its Thirteenth Amendment constitutional authority. While the Act was significant in building upon the previous year’s Civil Rights Act of 1964, the VRA’s impact on the judiciary was not evidenced until almost thirty years later. After years of protracted litigation, the Supreme Court finally ruled the VRA applied to judicial elections. This Article was written in celebration of the VRA’s fortieth anniversary and in tribute to Bernette Joshua Johnson, the only African American justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. This Article argues the VRA’s application to the judiciary was …