The United States Supreme Court ruled in Reno v. ACLU that the Communications Decency Act was unconstitutional. It violated First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. The Act may have been wrong legally but should ethics be considered?
The act may be illegal but is it immoral? Should ethics become a part of the decision when child victims are involved?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Should include these potential items.
The Court must render decisions based upon the law.
To consider ethics or other non-legal material opens the door to abuse of discretion.
However, it may be difficult to understand the Court's rulings when children are involved.
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a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
In order for a stop to be permissible, officers must have:
A. reasonable suspicion. B. probable cause. C. legal insight. D. preponderance of the evidence. E. reasonable doubt.
In a study entitled Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, researchers found that chronic offenders:
a. are more likely to continue criminality if they are female. b. become adult repeat offenders c. are deterred from further criminality if arrested during youth chronic offending. d. commit the most violent acts of all criminals.
One problem with the media propensity to sell Dirty Harry as a "hero" is that
a. It implies that Harry's ignorance about how the law works is acceptable b. It implies that Clint Eastwood is a poor actor c. It implies that Harry is an excellent police role model d. Both (a) and (c)