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The History of the 16th, 17th & 18th Amendments

party "bosses," as well as state political "machines," and, in the process, eradicate the undue influence of special interest grou...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Crises in the Constitution

took until 1791 for the states to agree on the ten that have endured (Mount, 2005). However, as needs arose, and different concern...

Overview of the 1865 to 1877 Era of Reconstruction Following the U.S. Civil War

became tenants and landlords (Ruef and Fletcher, 2003). Slaves who escaped this fate were still unskilled and had to take jobs f...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

An Overview of Chandler v. Siegelman and Adler v. Duval

establishing a precedence that requires public schools to remove any private religious expression during graduation, an inevitable...

Workplace and Hidden Cameras

fit, even if that extends to protecting that which is his. However, while this seems logical, one has to wonder about the vast amo...

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...

Civil Liberties, Terrorism, and Immigration Laws

the arrests and the consequent interrogations that they were outraged and told officials that these tactics would not prove to be ...

United States v. Eichmann Supreme Court Case

Texas statute criminalizing desecration of the flag and had provided the flag protection language for the Flag Protection Act of 1...

Drug Testing and the Constitution

right to work doctrine is not necessarily the rule of employment. For instance, in Texas, an employee challenged her employers man...

Twenty First Century and Appropriateness of Australia's Constitution

to address the current realities of the American people. As visionary as the men who created the American constitution were, they ...

The Fourth Amendment and Airport Security

at the store. A reasonable belief that something is awry can requisite a search. Also, in some cases, searches are allowed on a ro...

2003 New York Smoking Ban and its Constitutionality

there are a lot of other things that people do not like such as talking loud on cell phones or wearing an extraordinary amount of ...

Arguing Against the Practice of Public School Book Banning

to limit access to so-called sensitive issues and concepts, radical right wing supporters have pushed their weight around to remov...

Why English Should Not Be the U.S. Official Language

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

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...

French Revolution Progression

led to a clear indication of twentieth-century totalitarianism that lay ahead (Sachs 253+). B. Georges Jacques Danton had...

How Our Criminal Justice System Reflects the U.S. Constitution

as US citizens are protected even at the point where the system has essentially labeled us as a criminal. Due process is, in fact...

Terrorists in Detention and the Rule of Law

that "not only ... [are] there are rules creating legislative, executive and judicial powers, but that these rules impose limits o...

Minority Rights and the Tyranny of the Majority

fact that there is an electoral college, and no direct democracy actually exists, it does seem to be the case that the majority do...

Canada's Monarchal Rule

large. John Hauber explains that while many Canadians feel a sense of loyalty to their queen, there have been changes in the past ...

Terrorism and Wartime criminal law

an individual may initiate a private lawsuit, that is, in regards to "contracts, injuries, real and personal property and family r...

IS EAVESDROPPING ON EXPATS CONSITUTIONAL?

Asian background, though they were American citizens (Anonymous, 2006). The lawsuit, filed in 2006 by the EFF and Asian L...

Argumentative Essay on the Personal Decision of Abortion

involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...

Flu Shot

essentially quit their job if they did not want to take the flu shot, again indicating that there is no "mandatory" legal enforcem...

New York Times v. Sullivan and the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment

in part: "In Montgomery, Alabama, after students sang My Country Tis of Thee on the State Capitol steps, their leaders were expel...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Black Rights

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction...

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...

Individual Rights Usurped by the U.S. Supreme Court

generally supports freedom of speech, the current conservative move is to protect children from pornography and foul language on t...

Comparative Analysis on the Legal Reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses constitutional and 'Rule of Law' as each pertains to Gorbachev and Yeltin's Russian...