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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...

2 Articles on Parenting

growth of a child: the mother provides stability and sanctity, while the father contributes strength and a work ethic; as such, ea...

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...

Comparison Between the Nigeria Election of 1993 and the United States Election of 2000

the deadline mandated by federal law. "That date is upon us, and there is no recount procedure in place under the state Supreme Co...

The Court of King Hrothgar in Beowulf

The writer uses a close reading of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and in particular the events at King Hrothgar's court, to ex...

Assisted Suicide and Cruzan v. Harmon

Legal responsibility, government boundaries, and the Cruzan v. Harmon Supreme Court decision on legalizing physician assisted suic...

Biographical Profile of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

and 1955, Stevens became a member of the Attorney Generals National Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws (Court TV Library, 1999;...

Overview of the Antitrust Case Involving Microsoft

develop Internet streaming technologies, would squelch competition. * October 27, 1997: The Justice Department files a complaint d...

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...

Journey from Childhood to Adulthood in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

due to the fact that he is young and inexperienced (Anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight gawain.html). . In the following pap...

Ethical Court Case Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife

In five pages this case is analyzed in a consideration of the controversy that it symbolizes, the litigants involved, the decision...

Trade Dispute between Expando and Flexo Wristwatch Band Manufacturers

business operating within its borders. Flexo has asked its own State B customs service to impose a stiff import tax on Expa...

Victoria Supreme Court Case of Parish v Smyrnos

door bell ring at an early hour, that she looked outside and saw a naked man with an erect penis (2003). She was frightened. This...

U.S. Supreme Court and Its Power

Ginsburg has a certain way of drawing out the agitated masses when she has ruled in a particularly unpopular direction. Case in p...

Fate in Bleak House by Charles Dickens

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

Aileen Wuornos and Court TV

at a standstill when abuse has occurred. There can certainly be no argument surrounding the fact that family dynamics -- which re...

North American Colonial Period, Native Americans and African Slaves

It was also based on the Europeans ability to see Africans as a source for slave labor. Africans who were captured and shipped to ...

Comparative Analysis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Rape Trauma Syndrome

is administered by a trained counselor for sexual assault victims. The test determines if the alleged victim has indeed been the v...

The Legal Issues Involved in Animal Rights

groups, such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), have won some legal battles. Germany has changed its constitut...

Campaign Reform Bill and the Opposition of the American Civil Liberties Union

Campaign Reform Act of 2002, n.d.). The sponsors of the bill were John McCain (R-AZ), Russell Feingold (D-WS), Christopher Shays...

Rwanda, Genocide, and the War Between the Tutsis and Hutus

back layer after layer of incidents and events, it becomes clear that the conflict is not merely a tribal conflict. Nor is it prim...

Defining Judicial Review Throughout History

civil and criminal courts, all lawsuits were treated as civil suits (Long). The victim prosecuted the case rather than any legal r...

Comparing Federal and Texas State Judicial Systems

well as handling legal matters. Although literature is sparse as to why the Texas justices are elected rather than appoint...

Racial Issues and the Cases of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger

a "tremendous victory" (Peterson, 2003) by U of Ms President Mary Sue Coleman - allows for colleges and universities to continue a...

Supreme Court Case Adarand v. Pena

from the other direction. Some critics contend that affirmative action has had a crippling effect upon minority groups because of...

Proportionality and Australian Law

in alignment with Constitutional standards. It can be argued, then, that the High Courts acceptance of the relevance of proportio...

The Contribution to American History and Jewish American History by Henry Kissinger

a man of great power and a man who apparently worked within all sorts of cultures, working with China and then with Vietnam, earni...

Pledge of Allegiance and the U.S. Supreme Court

lawsuit was filed in 2000, but failed to draw any media attention until a Ninth Circuit Court panel handed down a 2-1 ruling in Ju...

Overview of the 1857 Dred Scott U.S. Supreme Court Decision

in his 1859 examination of the case points out that the US Supreme Court in hearing this case was also concerned with issues of co...

Conservative Response to Roe v. Wade

threatening the life of the mother. After much deliberation and extreme media frenzy, Roe won her suit of right to privacy stati...