Another famous case of obeying unlawful orders would be the case of “First Lieutenant William Calley for his part in the My Lai Massacre on March 16, 1968. The military court rejected Calley's argument of obeying the order of his superiors. On March 29, 1971, Calley was sentenced to life in prison. However, the public outcry in the United States following this very publicized and controversial trial was such that President Nixon granted him clemency. Calley wound up spending three and a half years under house arrest at Fort Benning Georgia, where a federal judge ultimately ordered his release.” (Powers, 2013).
James Colson Ms. Emmanuel English 4 February 29, 2012 The importance of the repeal of “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” Overturning the military law “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” has become a major controversy in the United States and demonstrates a significant mile stone in our history. As you can see my argument is why it was important to repeal the policy don’t ask, don’t tell because gays should be able to serve openly in the military. The policy known as "don't ask, don't tell'' was made law in 1993 amid a debate over the role of gays in the military. It limits the military's ability to ask service members about their sexual orientation (don't ask) and allows homosexuals to serve provided they keep quiet about their sexual orientation (don't
Decided January 22, 1973. Facts Hitchcock appeals his conviction by a jury of six counts of presenting fraudulent income tax refund claims to the Internal Revenue Service. He was already serving a life term for murder in the Arizona State Prison when he committed these tax offenses for which he received six concurrent five year sentences to run consecutively to his life sentence. Hitchcock’s Arizona prison cell was searched without a warrant and documentary evidence was found which was received by the court over Hitchcock’s motion to suppress. He contends that his Fourth Amendment right was violated by the warrantless search and seizure in his prison cell.
The receipt of the magazine that his order was legal under Nebraska laws and federal. Laws Was Constructed Found that three months later when he orders the magazines that they were banned of complete sexual depictions of minors. The government puts up his appicalications that was fraud organization, it was legal based. Historical Argument (Jacobson v. United States – (Oral Argument) (Jacobson v. United States – (Opinion Announcement) (Conclusion – 5 votes for Jacobson, 4 votes(s) against) Procedural that had been brought to the attentions of the state courts and he was found guilty. He had beaten the state levels, then in that respect after he filed for an appeal with the supreme judicature of the U.S. Site Issues Involvement of issuing the case was consuming over the time he had bought off the cartridge clips.
Kissinger also believed that the conflict was caused by Congress, which refused to let President Nixon deal with the communist aggressors (Kimball 293). Moreover, a Gallup poll from 1973 indicated that 54% of Americans didn’t believe that South Vietnam wouldn’t last either (Berman 262). Because President Nixon and Le Duc Tho both had different ideas of what an “honorable peace” was, only one politician could have their way. In his speeches, President Nixon stressed that the only way for the U.S. to end the war with honor was to secure South Vietnam’s independence by removing North Vietnamese troops (Tucker 526). On the other hand, Tho insisted that removing North Vietnamese was a blow to their honor, which they had worked hard to maintain since gaining their independence from France on
What is the controversy surrounding Flex Industries? Discuss the chain of events. The controversy surrounding Flex industries is that the company has paid a bribe to government officials for evading the payment of excise duties. Entrepreneur industrialist Ashok Chaturvedi, the owner of Flex group of companies and the chief excise commissioner Someshwar Mishra were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation after it recovered $12,500 from Mishra's office and $12,500 from his car in November 2001. In May 2004, the court exonerated both Chaturvedi and Mishra because of lack of evidence.
Nixon became the first president who was forced to resign and became one of the most of controversial presidents in United States history. Nobody can deny the damage of the Water Gate scandal, even the former president himself. At his the final interview with British journalist, David Frost, Nixon apologized and said that he “betrayed the American people and let American people down” (Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”, London, 2006). However, history and Americans will still remember former president Nixon and give him a fair evaluation for his contribution to the United States, and the world peace and
Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregations statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality” (219). Many people think that it is wrong to be homosexual. In the 1980’s the Department of Defense officially put a complete ban on gays in the military.
In this case, at a post-trial hearing, the judge found by a preponderance of the evidence that Cunningham's victim was particularly vulnerable and that his conduct was violent, making him a danger to the community. The judge then concluded that this aggravating evidence outweighed the fact that Cunningham had no criminal history, and sentenced Cunningham to the high term of 16 years. The California Court of Appeal affirmed. The California Supreme Court denied review because it had recently held, in People v. Black, that the DSL was constitutional under Blakely v. Washington. Cunningham asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, and it agreed to do
Both Presidents appear to have been wrongly impeached. Johnson was attempting to prove a point that the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional and should be repealed. On the other hand, President Clinton’s impeachment appeared to be about rivalry. The Clinton trial was heavily inconsistent; “facts” were tainted by political bias and the charge did not meet any of the constitutional standards to cause impeachment nor removal. Although Clinton’s scandal was unprofessional, it was not a great enough cause for impeachment.