In the US, fracking is also exempted from six other key pieces of regulation relating to hazardous waste and pollution. One of the biggest factors in the legal battles is what they use in chemicals inside the fracking process. The loophole allows them to keep that as a ‘guarded’ secret and they do not have to disclose all the chemicals that are used while fracking. There reservoirs over time have shown wear and tear and even possibly a defect in manufacturing of the well. There have been reports of the well collapsing and creeping into other water sources where the ecosystem around it has become a ‘dead zone’ for any type of life animal or vegetation.
Kirkingburg applied for a waiver for this condition under a Federal test program; however Albertson’s fired Kirkingburg while he was waiting for this waiver. The District Court that heard this case ruled against Kirkingburg, stating that he was not “qualified” for his job due to failure of the DOT vision test and Albertson’s did not have to give Kirkingburg additional time to get his waiver. The Court of Appeals reversed the District Court ruling and ruled in favor of Kirkingburg based on (1) ADA definition of a qualified disability; (2) compliance with DOT regulations could not be used as a basis for dismissal due to the presence of an test waiver program (3) vision standards that were set by Albertson’s could not be justified by the case as
P disputed their claims on the basis that “the agreement to arbitrate was unenforceable.” P filed individual and class counterclaims against D for “violations of Title VII and for a declaration that the arbitration agreements were unenforceable against the class.” In response, D requested that the district court halt further legal process on the counterclaims until after arbitration as required by 9 U.S.C. 16. In March of 1998, the district court rejected this
Monitoring the release of patient information is extremely important, especially now with the HIPAA Laws. If I was in his situation, I would not release information to anyone regarding any of my patients unless the patient has signed the proper consent for HIPAA and all of the steps have been taken to make sure that they only receive the information that is necessary. Some of his patients may have had hereditary, cultural, and environmental influences that impacted their behavior when making the decision to let Kevorkian assist them with suicide. Someone that is very religious may be against this because they would feel that only God is in control of what happens to us and we are not supposed to play his role in deciding when our lives end. There are some cultures that do not believe in suffering and that it is ok to end your life when it gets to that
Assault Weapons Ban I am against the idea of banning assault weapons. I wouldn’t have voted for it. I read the San Francisco Chronicles articles on this matter. In the article Senate Charles Grassley (R of Iowa) made a good point. He mentioned how Feinstein’s previous ban did not prevent, control or stop the Columbine School massacre.
Amid this hostility against the student-held prayers, the Supreme Court debated whether this practice violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. The Establishment Clause prohibited the preference by the U.S Government of one religion over another. Furthermore, this clause declared that preferential religious actions held in public domains were unconstitutional. Although this clause prohibited public religious invocations, it did not prohibit religious practices within enclosed settings. After analyzing the case and calling for several holdings, on June 19th of the year 2000 the Supreme Court decided that these practices were indeed a violation to the United States Constitution.
John must also take into consideration that just because his complaint is going ot court, that doesn’t mean that he will automatically win the case. “The Constitution says the government may not “deny to any person … the equal protection of the laws.” Public employees can bring job bias lawsuits that claim constitutional violations. Lawyers say only a handful of public employees have won such claims, which have been filed with increasing frequency” (Savage, 2008).
Blair Zuo English 135-06 Prof. V. Warder July 29, 2014 The effects of the use of Bottled Water Whether to prohibit the development of bottled water has been an issue in society, some experts suggest drinking more tap water in term of environment protection and health care, however, the bottled water companies hold a strong opinion that there is no connection between these two things. In the “Water bottles- A letter to the Editor and a response” written by John Challinor and Richard Rolke and the news “In Depth: Consumers: Bottled Water” reported by CBC News, both passages depict the effects of the use of bottled water through three different rhetorical strategies, which are language choices, the use of examples and the use of persuasive appeal. Language choice is the first difference between two passages. Although both authors expound heir statement with logical reasons, the CBC news is more specialized while the letter tends to be easier for the audience to understand. In the “Water bottles - A letter to the Editor and a response”, Challinor quotes that “about 70 per
Allison Darr Mrs. Arny April 4th, 2013 Chemical Dependency Learning Activity 2 1. Should clients be able to refuse to take prescribed medications for their mental illness? Yes, with life threatening situations (e.g. depression, eating disorder or dementia) they should not be able to because evidently this is the one thing they need along with counseling. But in non life threatening situations (e.g.
“Green Energy Future with Fracking!” The United States should not include hydraulic fracturing as a part of their energy future because of environmental risks. Hydraulic fracturing is a new drilling technique that extracts hard to reach oil or gas from shale-rock (Whitten & Beinecke, 2013). Proponents of hydraulic fracturing argue that this process is not harmful to environment. Although some studies have shown that hydraulic fracturing may be safer than traditional oil drilling techniques, this new drilling technique poses danger to environment (Inglesby & Jenks & Nquist & Pinner, 2012). In fact, hydraulic fracturing causes air pollution.