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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 ...

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 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...

Relationship Between the U.S. Constitution’s First and Second Amendments and Political Issues of Protecting Information Sources, School Prayer, and Gun Control

the press and freedom of speech were considered closely related, but in recent years the print media has suggested this implies th...

Democracy in Europe

and perhaps within nations will act as springboards to the transfer of power to the centre in Europe" (Siedentop, 2001; p. 25), su...

School Vouchers and Their Constitutionality

In five pages this paper discusses the school voucher concept and assesses it with regard to whether or not this practice is const...

Individual Freedom and Rights in Assisted Suicide Issue

In eighteen pages whether or not the government at either state or federal levels have the right to interfere in the wish of a ter...

Defending President William Jefferson Clinton

This paper consists of five pages and presents and argument that in the best interests of the United States along with questions r...

U.S. Political Culture's Development

In five pages this paper examines the growth of American political culture from British colonization until the 1787 Constitutional...

Controversy and NEA

sexism, racism, and capitalist exploitation. Photographs as social statements blatantly pushed aesthetic boundaries. And people w...

Elements of Firearm Issues in the United States

This paper examines various elements of US citizens' right to bear arms. The author addresses legality, constitutional issues, an...

A Review of Bowen's Miracle at Philadelphia

This paper analyzes and reviews this book on the US' Constitutional Convention. This five page paper has no additional sources li...

U.S. and the Rights of States

about. The issue of state power versus central power has been significant throughout American history, but was most significant d...

Analysis of Euthanasia and Its Legal Perspectives

In ten pages this research paper discusses euthanasia in terms of its legal and constitutional implications. Ten sources are cite...

Constitutional Convention Debates and the Notes of James Madison

This paper consists of five pages in an examination of James Madison's Constitutional Convention debate notes in a consideration o...

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...

History of the Gay Marriage Debate

In eight pages gay marriage is examined from a historical perspective in a consideration of constitutional and legal rights and al...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

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...

The Establishment Clause by Leonard Levy

In five pages the issues presented by Levy are explicated in order to present the argument that Congress frequently exceeds Consti...