Batson v. Kentucky,, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor's use of peremptory challenge — the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so — may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race.

In his dissenting opinion, Chief Justice Warren Burger argued that the court's decision in Batson effectively did away with the peremptory challenge, " a procedure which has been part of the common law for many centuries and part of our jury system for nearly 200 years ".

Since it has become such an oft-used tactic, the term " Batson challenge " has come to mean the act of claiming, based on this decision, that a trial should be invalidated on the basis of peremptory challenges having excluded a cognizable group from the jury, such as excluding on the basis of race alone.

Daniel Batson is a psychologist who examined this question and argues against the social exchange theory.

He is an ancient wizard ( Whiz Comics # 2 gives his age as 3, 000 years ) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel.

This does not show Salcombe but its area is part of Badestone ( Batson ).

Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, QC who is usually referred to as A. E. B. Davie, ( born in Wells, Somerset, November 24, 1847 – August 1, 1889 Victoria, British Columbia ) was a British Columbia politician and lawyer, and was premier of British Columbia from 1887 until his death.

Alexander Edmund Batson Davie is interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia.

Part One ", Firestorm, Booster Gold, B ' wana Beast and Captain Marvel help Batman fight Starro, and when Billy Batson is possessed by a Starro clone, Firestorm realises that he can free him by overloading the Starro clone with energy.

During this visit, Mighty Adam is grateful to meet Captain Marvel, as Marvel's presence demonstrates that his legacy will survive him even with his children gone, and, when Marvel transforms back into Billy Batson, Adam expresses admiration for the young man's ability to handle the power of Shazam at such a young age, something he doubts he could have achieved himself.

She is the alter ego of teenager Mary Batson ( adopted name Mary Bromfield ), twin sister of Captain Marvel's alter-ego, Billy Batson.

Mary was introduced in Captain Marvel Adventures # 18 as Mary Bromfield, a girl who discovers she is the long lost sister of Captain Marvel's alter ego Billy Batson.

Captain Marvel arrives at the Bromfield estate and changes back to Billy Batson to deliver the package, but is immediately kidnapped by the thugs who helped Primm forge Mary ’ s adoption records.

The Monster Society of Evil, written and illustrated by Jeff Smith, Mary Batson is depicted as a prepubescent child who does not age when she transforms into Mary Marvel.

He finally appears in Flashpoint # 4, confronting the Flash after Billy Batson is killed.

Despite a glimpse into the future, which showed an adult Starwoman married to Albert Rothstein ( a. k. a. fellow JSA member Atom Smasher ), Courtney briefly dates another JSA member, Captain Marvel, who in his true identity of Billy Batson is the same age as her.

Later she is present when the JSA meet a depowered Billy Batson who reveals his secret identity to the others.

Batson is now a construction worker in Louisville, Kentucky and says of the media attention regarding the famous case that bears his name, " It's so old, they ought to let it go.

Later, Professor Zoom finally appears in front of Barry in the middle of the Amazon / Atlantean war just after Billy Batson is killed.

: The Monster Society of Evil, and its ongoing follow up series, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, Tawny is a benevolent shapeshifter who prefers to become a tiger when appropriate.

Her melodramatic acting coach ( Susan Batson ) is also extremely displeased.

Batson is a surname.

Furthermore, in 2009 the United States Supreme Court found in a unanimous opinion in Rivera v. Illinois that " there is no freestanding constitutional right to peremptory challenges ," even when a court was mistaken in applying Batson.

Mercury also gathers heroes from the Justice League of Earth-One ( Superman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Green Arrow, Hawkman and Hawkgirl ) and the Justice Society of Earth-Two ( Batman, Robin, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman and Johnny Thunder ) to deal with the situation, Because of Shazam's paralysis, he is unable to send out the magic lightning that transforms Billy Batson, Mary Batson and Freddy Freeman into the Marvel Family.

Billy Batson, unable to remember his magic word, is seen falling from the Rock above Gotham City.

Finding Isis and freeing her from Faust's control, Black Adam then journeys to the Rock of Eternity and battles Billy Batson ( now Marvel, the wizard of the Rock of Eternity, rather than Captain Marvel ), using the same scarab necklace that once imprisoned him to strip Billy of his powers with help from Isis sending lightning at Marvel and use them to take control of the Rock of Eternity.

Some of these offered to serve as native guides for U. S. forces commanded by General Henry Lawton and, after authorization by General Elwell Otis, a company of " Macabebe Scouts " was formed under Lieutenant Matthew A. Batson.

On the Medical Center campus, the University Hospitals and Health System includes the University Hospital, Winfred L. Wiser Hospital for Women & Infants, Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children and, for faculty practice, the University Medical Pavilion.

After touring the University of Mississippi Medical Center's Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, Manning undertook a 5-year campaign in 2007 to raise $ 2. 5 million for the construction of " The Eli Manning Children's Clinics " at the children's hospital.

mythos, and neither Mary Batson nor Mary Marvel appeared in DC Comics for several years.

In Batson the court ruled that the defendant could make a prima facie case for purposeful racial discrimination in jury selection by relying on the record only in his own case.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit doubted that Batson covered sexual orientation but that even if it did the prosecution in this case had " offered legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for striking the panel member ".

* 2005 article for which Batson and Gutmann were interviewed

* Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Lillooet ( 1882-1890 ) and during that time the eighth Premier of British Columbia, Canada ( 1887-1889 )

Later issues clearly establish Stargirl's true feelings, as various friends ( Billy Batson, her friend Mary ) accuse her of liking Al, and she promises to wait for him upon his return from prison.

Three young men from different areas of the country ( Texas, the Ozarks and Brooklyn ) all named Billy Batson were reading Captain Marvel ’ s comic book adventures and happened to wonder if saying “ Shazam ” would work for them as well.

People leisurely on their way to an unimportant appointment usually stopped to help, but those late for an important date seldom stopped ( Batson et al., 1978 ).

A local resident of Springfield, Billy Batson, donated the land for Highland Crest.

The Binder character, drawn by C. C. Beck, meets a young Billy Batson and is astonished that the boy, who has been missing for 20 years, is still a kid.

She also shows a disdain for fellow broadcaster Billy Batson, aka Captain Marvel.

WHIZ is the fictional radio station for which Billy Batson, who is also the superhero Captain Marvel, works.

However, in the United States, if either party excludes a minority group member and the other party challenges, under Batson rules the party exercising the peremptory strike must provide a race-neutral reason for the exclusion ( later extended by court rulings to gender-neutral reasons as well ).