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Arguing Against Gun Control

have also pointed out that those who are involved in a gun fatality are also involved in alcohol, drug abuse and domestic violence...

Judicial Activism and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

has identified himself "with a jurisprudence of original intent" and adds that he shares the same opinion with Rehnquist that "onl...

U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment

In five pages this paper discusses how the 14th Amendment has been interpreted by the Supreme Court. Five sources are cited in th...

The US History of Equality from a Legal Standpoint

In thirteen pages this paper discusses historic Supremen Court decisions such as Regents of University of California v. Bakke, Br...

Supreme Court Case of the State of Florida v. J.L.

In one page this Supreme Court case is examined in terms of the 14th Amendment and state sovereign rights regarding citizen protec...

American Revolution's Failure to Secure Equality for African Americans and Women

In five pages this paper considers the ideology behind the revolution of 'equality for all' but concludes that this has never been...

1962 U.S. Supreme Court Case Robinson v. California

In two pages this paper presents a brief of this 1962 Supreme Court case and how the California interpretation was found to be vio...

Agenda for American Civil Reform Justice A Response

Civil litigation is considered in this overview of six pages and incorporates examples to reveal civil justice inadequacies includ...

Overview of Pretrial Identification Factors

protection against self-incrimination does not apply to pre-trial identification. The Kirby rule (from Kirby v. Illinois 1972) ev...

Alexander Hamilton and Judicial Review

alternative of force, in an organized society. It is the right, conservative of all other rights, and lies at the foundation of or...

Criminal Profitability at the Victim's Expense

In eight pages victims rights and restricting a criminal from profiting off of crime and victimization is discussed in a considera...

Free Speech Issues Delegated by the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist Courts

This paper examines First Amendment cases seen by The Supreme Court under different Chief Justices. This five page paper has one ...

Nursing's Legal Issues

In ten pages this paper considers a legal brief's argument regarding nurse participation in patient deprivation of water and food ...

Restrictive Environment and Application of Social Impact Analysis III

In fifteen pages this continuation of two other papers includes the Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. U.S. Supre...

Effective Weapon of Nonviolence and Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the factors that fueled the civil rights movement including 'Jim Crow' laws and the Supreme Cour...

Microsoft's Court Ordered Breakup

In seven pages this paper discusses the court ordered 2000 breakup of Microsoft and the company's counterattack. Seven sources ar...

Legal Objectivity and Impartiality

In seven pages this paper examines past and present court cases in a consideration of legal impartiality and objectivity. Four so...

Legal System of Canada

In seven pages the Canadian court system is the focus of a proposed research study that includes questions, characteristics, juris...

Opposing the Use of School Vouchers

In five pages this paper examines the school voucher controversy and opposes it based upon court cases and research findings. Sev...

U.S. Supreme Court and the 2000 Presidential Election Between George W. Bush and Al Gore

In eight pages this paper discusses how the Supreme Court dealt with this controversial election of George W. Bush as President wi...

The Miranda v Arizona Case, Due Process, and Miranda Rights

with empirical studies. But interest in the subject quickly waned, and research in the last couple of decades has been virtually n...

Reform of the U.S. Supreme Court

In five pages this paper discusses reforming the U.S. Supreme Court in terms of habeas corpus. Two sources are cited in the bibli...

Improving American Life with the North American Free Trade Agreement

In five pages this paper examines the economic and labor improvements promised by NAFTA. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Her Life and Career

Court in August of 1993 by a Senate vote of ninety-seven to three (Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Indeed, it can e...

Jim Crow's Emergence and Decline

The Jim Crow laws are examined in five pages in an overview of the 'separate but equal' 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court deci...

Government's Judicial Branch

In six pages this paper discusses how different courts within the government's judicial branch operate. Three sources are cited i...

4 Articles on Insanity Defense and Mental Disability

not prison. II. THEME OF THE FOUR ARTICLES The theme of these four articles -- Craziness and Criminal Responsibility, Introducti...

Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court Nomination

In ten pages this paper examines the controversy surrounding the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. Eight sou...

Reverse Discrimination and Regents of University of California v. Bakke

history of slavery alone but also that a whole people were marked as inferior by the law. And that mark has endured. The dream o...

Evaluation of the Drug Court Program

In twenty one pages this paper assesses the drug court program which started in 1989 in Miami, with an abstract also provided. Tw...