Christian attorney William J. Bryan and opposed by famous agnostic attorney Clarence Darrow. At issue in the 1925 trial were certain chapters on evolution and eugenics in a biology text by George W. Hunter, titled A Civic Biology (1914) ...
Talc injury claimants in the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge Monday that the company filed for bankruptcy as …
Apr 28, 2013 · A method to madness: Our Learned Friend. We argue before the Hon’ble Court on the basis of facts we have pleaded in our pleadings, and to elucidate the points of law. However there is a method to our madness. We are not supposed to use such language as is un-parliamentary or would show discourtesy to the Hon’ble Court or the opponent.
Aug 31, 2012 · While Paul McBride’s response to my Chapter 3, “Human Origins and the Fossil Record,” in Science and Human Origins ignores most of my arguments, one area where he does attempt a substantive rebuttal pertains to the history of hominin skull sizes. Even here, however, he again ignores some of my most important points regarding skull size in Homo, and cites a …
Data is intrigued, until he discovers that it is Maddox's intention to "dump" Data's memories from his positronic brain into the Starbase 173 main computer, then deactivate and disassemble Data in hopes of deriving enough technical knowledge to enable him to construct more Soong-type androids.Feb 1, 2022
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) supports Data's position, and is advised that the only way for Data to evade the order is to resign from Starfleet, which Data does. Maddox, however, argues that Data is Starfleet property, not a sentient being, and as such does not have the right to choose to resign.
The title of this episode is from the poem "The Wants of Man" by John Quincy Adams. In the context of this poem, the term "ensign" means a flag or symbol, not the Starfleet rank.
Commander Bruce MaddoxCommander Bruce Maddox is played by Brian Brophy. Maddox is not part of the Enterprise's crew. He appears in a handful of episodes in TNG, “The Measure of a Man” being his first appearance. He is an expert in cybernetics and wishes to continue Doctor Soong's work on androids.
(TNG: "Future Imperfect") Later, Data would make two contractions ("I'm" and "can't"), but when Riker asks what he said, Data retracts by saying "cannot." However, Riker states that Data said "can't" and therefore used a contraction.
Lore quickly tried to take over the ship and was beamed into space thanks to a clutch move by Data. But Lore didn't die; he and Data separately responded to a homing beacon (as seen in the episode “Brothers”) activated by their “father,” Noonian Soong.Jan 28, 2020
In the Enterprise commanded by Jean Luc Picard, Data is the third in command. He understands command quite well, as this clip shows when he was left in command, with Worf as his first officer.
Origin: Shelia star system. A technological, non-humanoid life-form of classification R-3; in appearance, a wrap of black, mucous-secreting folds appearing as at least a head and gesturing upper appendages (not too unlike the look of the creature Armus on Vagra II).
Definition of ensign 1 : a flag that is flown (as by a ship) as the symbol of nationality and that may also be flown with a distinctive badge added to its design. 2a : a badge of office, rank, or power. b : emblem, sign. 3a : an infantry officer of what was formerly the lowest commissioned rank.
In "Encounter at Farpoint," when he first met Data, Riker called him "Pinocchio" after he said his dream was to be human. Here, he calls him that again after turning Data off.
Data is thrown into conflict with Starfleet. Picard is thrown into conflict with a former lover. Even Riker is thrown into conflict with Picard. After all, Riker is a character who was really neutered by the “no conflict” directive.Jan 6, 2014
Data is a self-aware, sapient, sentient and anatomically fully functional male android who serves as the second officer and chief operations officer aboard the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D and later the USS Enterprise-E.
Whether “statements obtained from an individual who is subjected to custodial police interrogation” are admissible against him in a criminal trial and whether “procedures which assure that the individual is accorded his privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution not to be compelled to incriminate himself” are necessary.
Miranda was found guilty of kidnapping and rape and was sentenced to 20-30 years imprisonment on each count. On appeal, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that Miranda’s constitutional rights were not violated in obtaining the confession. Vignera v. New York: Vignera was picked up by New York police in connection with the robbery ...
The Supreme Court’s decision in Miranda v. Arizona addressed four different cases involving custodial interrogations. In each of these cases, the defendant was questioned by police officers, detectives, or a prosecuting attorney in a room in which he was cut off from the outside world. In none of these cases was the defendant given a full and effective warning of his rights at the outset of the interrogation process. In all the cases, the questioning elicited oral admissions and, in three of them, signed statements that were admitted at trial.
At the second trial, Miranda’s confession was not introduced into evidence. Miranda was once again convicted and sentenced to 20-30 years in prison.
Even though quite a long time back Francis Bacon, then Lord Chancellor, commented about garrulous Judges that a much-talking Judge is like an ill-tuned cymbal, in real life they are the norm.
One of the most important weapons in a lawyer’s arsenal is “argument”. The word “argument” engenders visions of debate, the heat and fury of positions attacked and defended strongly, though with words.
Mr. Protik Prokash Banerji, popularly called Protik da by law students is an advocate at the Kolkata HC. Interning at his chambers is an experience of a life time. People who learn drafting and oratory skills from him swear by the excellent teacher he is. He talks about movies and literature as authoritatively as he talks on law and wrote on such subjects for the Economic Times in 1994-1995. Presently Protik Da is the Junior Standing Counsel, Govt of West Bengal, HC at Calcutta.
How these things were formulated has many answers, but the most commonly accepted one is that these hark back to the courtly culture of a High Court of the King, where unless the King was pleased to suffer you speak, you had to keep quiet. What you say must please him. A bit like “Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition”.
The lawsuit further alleges that Fox programming about COVID-19 amounts to the “tort of outrage” (intentional infliction of emotional distress). Fox has vigorously denied the accusations by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, also known as WASHLITE.
Fox was having none of it. In a statement to Law&Crime, Fox News Executive Vice President and General Counsel Lily Fu Claffee said that the plaintiff is absurdly seeking to turn the judiciary into managing editors:
A self-styled ethics group from Washington State is arguing that Fox News Channel and Fox Business programming does not enjoy strong First Amendment protection because the two entities are cable channels, not broadcast television stations or newspapers. That’s according to a response the group filed late Monday to a Fox motion ...
Legally, political questions are matters the courts leave to the political process to solve. Courts, in other words, decide legal matters, not political issues. The political question doctrine is an excuse for a court to drop a case; it is not a way for a court to examine broadcast content. Here’s where WASHLITE tried to bring home the argument: ...
1823 - Purkinje. In 1823, Jan Evangelista Purkinje, anatomy professor at the University of Breslau, published his thesis discussing nine fingerprint patterns. Purkinje made no mention of the value of fingerprints for personal identification.
A murderer was identified using fingerprint identification in Mark Twain's book "Life on the Mississippi.". A dramatic court trial, including fingerprint identification, was depicted in a later book, "Pudd'n Head Wilson.". This book was adapted into a movie in 1916, and a made-for-TV movie in 1984. 1888 - Galton.
The IACP's Bureau of Criminal Identification fingerprint repository and the US Justice Department's Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) fingerprint repository were consolidated to form the nucleus of the FBI Identification Division fingerprint files (originally including a total of 810,188 fingerprint cards).
NBI files included mugshots, fingerprints and related Bertillon records from criminals. In 1902, the parent organization's name was changed to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the NBI moved from Chicago to Washington, DC. 1897 - India's Fingerprint Pioneers. Qazi Azizul Haque.
1891 - Vucetich. Juan Vucetich, an Argentine Police Official, began the first fingerprint files based on Galton pattern types.
Fingerprints provide a reliable means of personal identification. This is the essential explanation for the fact that fingerprints have replaced other methods of identifying people who are reluctant to admit previous arrests using different names.
Picture writing of a hand with ridge patterns was discovered in Nova Scotia. In ancient Babylon, fingerprints were used on clay tablets for business transactions.