COMM 317- Due Process of Law- Britney Spears

The issue of a legal due process is to treat an individuals rights respectfully and give him or her a fair chance.

Britney Spears's rights are protected by the 5150 because it allows a medical professional to help an individual that is a danger to herself and other people by which she is disabled and can be sent to a mental institution by family or friends. The California law evaluates a patient and decides whether or not that individual meets 5150 requirements.

The rights are the same because she is protected by the amendments, but also that her family members could also not have her processed into a mental hospital. Also the 5150 gives Britney a 72- hour time period for trained professionals to figure out her case.

His Girl Friday

Most journalists seem to be friendly and the boss seems to think highly of himself in the movie. All reporters try to get most stories that have an impact in the paper. The editor (Walter) is very full of himself and doesn't care what event occurred just as long as he has the story in the paper. The editors wife, Hildy, is divorced and wants Walter husband to stop being selfish. His morals are to the paper and money and not caring about his ex-wife.

Walter's values are mainly about what should be in the paper. This movie is about a man and a woman that have many differences and are having a divorce simply because the husband cares more about the newspaper than his wife. Walter is very open about his personal life and is very self-centered, but he also has some people do some dirty work for him. During lunch, Walter was acting like a jerk around his ex-wife while she is seeing another man.

Hildy is trying to dig up some information out of a group of men who play cards. She seemed to be trying to figure out a way to go to Albany without bringing her ex-husband.

COMM 317- Due Process of Law

Due process of law is an "unwritten" rule that allows a fair trial for the plaintiff and defendant. The government cannot take away a person's basic individual rights because it would violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

Walter Burgwyn Jones was a judge that served in the Alabama state legislature for a year, until he became a judge in 1935 for a circuit court who eventually, in 1956, ran for President. He wrote the Alabama Pleading and Practice of Law and The Confederate Creed.

T. Eric Embry was a defense lawyer in the libel case New York Times Company versus Sullivan. He became a justice of the Supreme Court in Alabama.

The climate of public opinion in Alabama in the 1960s was very low in my opinion because the court judges were prejudice against African Americans due to the fact that the Confederacy was gone.

Jimmy Breslin

After reading Breslin's comments, mostly about Iraq, I can clearly understand why he is upset about U.S. soldiers dying in the Middle East. You find some of his comments at the Newsday Website and read about it. When I read his literature, I realize that he was speaking out to people who have loved ones fighting in Iraq in which he showed some empathy. Basically, he was trying to tell others that he cares about the soldiers and that it is time to bring them "home."

Successful Blog!

What I would like to learn for this class is how journalists publish information to the public by not harming a person or using facts that are false to gain credibility. I would also like to learn how to be a better writer and how to properly write for a newspaper or make a transcript for a radio and television station.