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Korematsu v. United States and an Assessment of the Patriot Act

them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...

Brown v. Board of Education Summarized

In another case, heard twelve years later, the Supreme Court it approved a Mississippi statue that had required segregation on int...

Equal Protection Clause Application and Different Approaches

according to this position. At the same time, homosexuals argue that they should receive protection because their lifestyle is dif...

Miranda v Arizona, Implications for Law Enforcement

system of checks and balances in the national government the framers divided the duties of the government into three sections. Th...

Lying by a Police Officer

This research paper/essay describes a scenario in which a police officer is shown to have lied. The writer hypothetically takes th...

The Right to Bear Arms

The U.S. Constitution has an amendment that addresses this issue. Numerous Supreme Court cases have been filed regarding the Secon...

A Landmark Event, Brown vs. Board of Education

This paper recounts the details associated with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education and discusses why thi...

Plessy v. Ferguson, an Overview

This paper presents a synopsis of Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court case that institutionalized racial segregation in the...

Fourth Amendment Rights

This paper summarizes Fourth Amendment rights and focuses on the Supreme Court case of Payton v. New York. Four pages in length, f...

How Justice William Brennan and Edwin Meese Would Have Decided the 1952 Case of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579

This Supreme Court Case and how Justice William Brennan and Edwin Meese would have articulated a majority opinion are examined in ...

Nancy Cruzan Case, the U.S. Constitution, Attorney General Edwin Meese, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan

In five pages this report considers the 1990 'right to die' case involving Nancy Cruzan in a comparative analysis of the views of ...

David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

In five pages this paper examines David Souter the man and the Supreme Court Justice and what can be learned by his position in ...

Supreme Court Cases in Canada and Marriage Breakdown and Evolution

to determine when deciding whether or not economic contribution had any bearing on equitable distribution. As it turns out, the r...

Concept of Eugenics

In six pages the eugenics concept is examined as its political development pertains to Social Darwinist Oliver Wendell Holmes and ...

Roberts v. Louisiana and Mandatory Capital Punishment

In nine pages this paper examines mandatory capital punishment in a historical chronicle that includes Roberts v. Louisiana, the l...

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...

Legal Considerations Regarding Workplace Sexual Harassment II

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses workplace sexual harassment in various legal considerations featuring definition, r...

Avis and Racial Discrimination

In nine pages this paper discusses the racial discriminatory practices of Avis Rent A Car with landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases o...

First Amendment and Free Speech

In six pages relevant Supreme Court cases are discussed in a consideration of the 1st Amendment and the importance of free speech....

The Christ Child Goes to Court by Wayne Swanson

In five pages this text by Wayne Swanson is examined within the context of the Lynch v. Donnelly US Supreme Court case. There are...

Abortion Legislation in the Early to Mid 1990s

of legislation that authorizes the state to develop and enforce regulations regarding the licensure and operation of abortion clin...

Higher Education in the Supreme Court

question, as well as the basic rights of student athletes who are often governed under the auspices not just of schools but of ind...

Overview of the US Supreme Court Case United States v. Marion

process leading to the indictment, and that no issues of expediency were claimed regarding the time frame between the indictment a...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison

In five pages this research paper considers the history and importance of the U.S. Supreme Court's Marbury v. Madison decision. E...

Dred Scott v. Sandford Decision Examined

In three pages this essay supports Dred Scott with an argument based upon freedom constitutional rights and argues that the Suprem...

Plessy v. Ferguson and Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

In five pages this paper discusses the problems associated with the Emancipation Proclamation and the U.S. Supreme Court Case of P...

Students, Constitutional Rights, and Tinker v. Des Moines School District

In five pages this paper discusses students 1st Amendment rights to protest were violated in this consideration of this Supreme Co...

The Effects of Litigation On Special Education

This paper addresses three US Supreme Court cases that led to legislation aiding handicapped and mentally-challenged students. Th...

Outcomes/Pressy v. Ferguson

On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for challenging Louisianas Separate Car Act in a deliberate act of civil disobedience a...

History of Minimum Wage, Supreme Court to Rule on ACA

in the current minimum wage of $7.25, which became effective on July 24, 2009 (WHD, 2011). This history is also characterized by t...