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Capital Punishment and the Philosophy of Thurgood Marshall

This 3 page paper gives a detailed analysis of Justice Thurgood Marshall's philosophical rejection of capital punishment,w hich he...

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...

Washington Community's Importance According to James Sterling Young

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Texas and Wisconsin Judicial and Constitutional Structures

states and joining the Union. One of the features of the United States government is that individuals can disagree yet stil...

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...

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...

Critical Measures Undertaken by US Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson

"The Senate concurred with this decision and voted ratification on Oct. 20, 1803. The Spanish, who had never given up physical po...

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 ...

Constitutional Separation of Powers in France and Russia

republic, that separation undergoes an evolutionary process which allows it to become more successful the longer it is in operatio...

The Trial of John Proctor - A Constitutional Assessment

evidence, and is an insufficient base upon which to press charges in the first place. Moreover, Proctor was not granted the due pr...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

Examining the Criminal Justice Process

justice process: pre-trial, trial, and appeals (Washington State Department of Corrections, 2011). These three phases play out in ...

Herring v. U.S. and the Exclusionary Rule

proceedings provides a means whereby any evidence that was obtained by law enforcement officers by violating the Fourth Amendment ...

Multiple Appeals and Death Row Inmates

is unlikely that the founders of our country thought so. Most of us know that portions of our Constitution were borrowed, o...

Charles Pinckney of South Carolina

In six pages Pinckney, South Carolina's 1787 representative at the Constitutional Convention, is examined in terms of his public s...

Censorship and Lord of the Flies

The classic book "Lord of the Flies" by William Gerald Golding was first published in 1959. Although...

The Patriot Act Needed Protection of Constitutional Degradation?

The Patriot Act, H.R. 3162 ENR, is one of the most controversial laws ever imposed on Americans. Passed by the House...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

Significant Constitutional Issues

In nine pages this paper examines issues important to constitutional history including the Equal Rights Amendment, affirmative act...

U.S. Government Development

In five pages this paper examines h ow the American government development in a consideration of Shay's Rebellion and the 1787 Con...

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...

The Fourteenth Amendment

the objections of the womens movement, the amendment passed with the inclusion of the offensive and unjust focus on male voters. ...

Journalism: First Amendment And Freedom Of Speech

was able to see harmful speech as a bridge between issue and resolution by applying the hateful commentary as a social awaken, cla...

Barack Obama's Speech On March 18, 2008: Race

represents every aspect of black heritage. Religion embodies the black way of life from the very first moment slavery came into e...