Category: Law

Line-Drawing in ForfeituresCompetencies Addressed in This DiscussionCompetency 3: Explain the substantive and procedural interpretations of individual freedoms based on case analysis.Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.IntroductionThe Eighth Amendment protections extend to the impositions of fines. That provision of the amendment applies to forfeitures, which is a process utilized...

Ensuring Eighth Amendment Compliance Behind BarsCompetency Addressed in This DiscussionCompetency 3: Explain the substantive and procedural interpretations of individual freedoms based on case analysis.Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.IntroductionThe Eighth Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment. Those protections apply in a corrections setting. You are a warden...

Right to CounselCompetencies Addressed in This DiscussionCompetency 3: Explain the substantive and procedural interpretations of individual freedoms based on case analysis.Competency 4: Document philosophical underpinnings and public policy influences associated with the U.S. Supreme Court decisions.Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.IntroductionThe right to counsel exists under the...

Speedy TrialCompetencies Addressed in This AssignmentCompetency 3: Explain the substantive and procedural interpretations of individual freedoms based on case analysis.Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.Assignment DescriptionThe right to a speedy trial is a right protected under the Sixth Amendment. Often, that right is waived by the defendant to enable the attorney to fully prepare...

In the prior units, you refined your topic and prepared drafts for four competencies. You should be making revisions to your final deliverable, due in Unit 10, based on the feedback you have received.You will continue drafting in this unit, focusing on Competency 1. Throughout the units, you will continue to build out project content specific to each competency.InstructionsIn this unit, you will...

Public Administrative EnvironmentsScenariosThe city manager has hired you as the chief of staff for your local government and has contacted you about the following issues concerning various governmental departments and external stakeholders:Issue 1In the past year, citizen, department, and outside stakeholder complaints have been filed against the Department of Health administrators. Such...