Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...show when or how often the prosecution had excluded qualified jurors on the basis of race, besides the case at hand. A dissenting opinion was written by Justice Arthur Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Warren and Justice Douglas, pointing out that this reasoning unfairly put the entire burden of proof on the defendant...
...instant case," Goldberg wrote, "is really a unique case, as the court implies, surely the burden of proof should be on the State to show it....It is part of the established tradition in the use of juries as instruments of public justice that the jury be a body truly representative of the community. For racial discrimination to result in the exclusion from jury service of otherwise qualified groups not only violates our Constitution...but is at war with our basic concepts of a democratic society and a representative government...
...further proof of the absurdity of the Core subcommittee's distinction, one need only examine a 1982 analysis of the original goals of the Lit and Arts B division of the Core and compare the course descriptions of the two courses...
Nozick said that an attempt by God to communicate proof of His existence might involve stating this outright to people or by "some underlying trend of the universe," such as the motion of elementary particles. Neither method is foolproof, though, since an outright statement could come from aliens and the motion of particles could occur as an aberrance. At present, he said, no method for such a communication has been devised...
Since humans cannot formulate proof of a perfect being's existence, Nozick said, belief in God is based on a faith based upon personal experiences...