Criminal Law Paper

Criminal Law

CJA 354

Criminal Law

Former Chief Justice and President of the United States from 1909 to 1913, William Howard Taft once stated "Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever." That statement currently remains to hold true. The first Supreme Court was called to assemble on February 1, 1790, at which time the powers and duties of the Supreme Court were established. The United States Supreme Court currently has one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices and is the highest judicial body in the United States.

In the 2009 case of the Supreme Court vs. Joel Tenenbaum, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum for file sharing 30 songs he illegally downloaded from the Internet....