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Protocol of Public Schools and the US Constitution's 4th Amendment

The case is clearly poignant in a sea of cases concerning individual rights and freedoms. It is certainly apropos in todays climat...

The Violation of 4th Amendment Rights

Charlotte, North Carolina, Police Department, on duty at the time. He was watching the store, and seeing Graham enter and then le...

An Analysis of Our Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms

In this six page paper the author explores one of the most controversial topics of today, the right granted by the Second Amendmen...

2nd Amendment and Gun Control

In fourteen pages this research paper supports the 2nd Amendment's declaration of an American's 'right to bear arms' and opposes g...

An Argument Against the Balanced Budget Amendment

This eight page paper argues against the Balanced Budget Amendment. The writer presents facts and statistics to support their ar...

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Involving Freedom of Religion

In eight pages this paper examines the 1st Amendment's free exercise clause as it has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court i...

1992 Case of Luke Records v. Navarro, 960 F.2d 130 Legal Brief

In two pages this paper presents a background of the case involving the 1st Amendment's freedom of speech as it relates to the roc...

'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

Pertinent Issues in First Amendment Law

interests, property in interests, security interests, public safety and morals, and even countervailing speech interests" (Carter,...

NGRI Defense Plea

be considered. Expert witness testimony is necessary and, in fact of law, certain individuals always pose a danger to society or t...

Women's Right to Vote Movement Success

status quo in order to embrace her own intellectual redoubt ("The feminism," 1998). In the 1850s, the vote was really the only co...

Examining the Bill of Rights

example provided is that one cannot yell fire in a crowded theater. Public safety cannot be compromised. Also, another point of th...

Individual Protections Offered by the US Constitution's 4th Amendment

when the worst impact of colonial times was taking place and people held no inherent human rights when it came to search and seizu...

The Talking Cat Strikes Back

they violate the First Amendment (1961). However, if the ordinance is issued for some other legitimate reason, such as crowd contr...

Freedom of Religion, A First Amendment Right

travel to Massachusetts for the sole purpose of disrupting Puritan church services and heckling their ministered (Woods 2). This a...

CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND DISCLOSURES

could measure all financial assets and liabilities on a company balance sheet at fair value, with hedging fitting into an overall ...

Education and the Constitution

involves school and the condition of religion in schools. In recent times there has been a great deal of controversy over the simp...

The Victims' Rights Amendment

federal and state courts. But that didnt sit well with senators who favored a statutory approach" ("Senate Affirms," 2004). The...

The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act

Then there was reform. The Poor Law Amendment Act which was passed in 1834 is "a classic example of Benthamite reforming legisl...

The Patriot Act Violates the Fourth Amendment

laws and by increasing terms of punishment" (p.134). The legal response had been driven by the public fear about attacks in the fu...

Due Process and the Definition and Delineation of Individual Rights

Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...

Stifling Talk Radio/First Amendment Issues

the Bill of Rights. The rights ensured in these amendments were considered by the Founding Fathers and the original States to be f...

Amendment to the Constitution to Ban Tobacco

Convention that is called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures (Mount, 2010). The second method has never been used, but, i...

Constitutional Law and the Illegal Acquisition of Evidence

are carried out because of precedent. Because laws are instruments which do not always map directly to the varying nuances of real...

The 19th Amendment

women finally truly focused on their own needs and fought for the right to vote. As one author notes, "The 19th amendment...

Gun Control Debate, An Overview

This research paper offers background information pertaining to the gun control debate and then reviews 5 articles that pertain to...

Legalizing Marijuana Compared to the Prohibition

Special interest groups and propaganda played a strong role in Prohibition and they have played a strong role in drug laws today, ...

1st and 2nd Amendments' Examination and Revision

the Constitution (and its Bill of Rights) is a living document, which was written in such a way so as to fit the times. While this...

10 Commandments and the First Amendment's Establishment Clause

In eight pages this paper examines why the public property display of the 10 Commandments is unconstitutional based on the Establi...

1990 Clean Air Act Amendments' Implications

waters of the nation. The Clean Air Act is one of several laws designed to protect the environment and the living things that thri...