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In Favor of Affirmative Action

that is a part of American life. Attorney Linda Wong explains that the whole debate over affirmative action comes down to the fal...

U.S. Religious Freedom

In six pages the U.S. church and state separation is examined in an overview that argues how the rights guaranteed by the 1st Amen...

U.S. Constitution's Thirteenth Amendment

In six pages this paper examines the amendment that abolished slavery in a background and case history. Five sources are cited in...

October 2001 Patriot Act Passage

provision. The objections that required this were due to the impact that the powers would have in terms of freedom and libraries. ...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

Case Study Analysis of Freedom of Speech

shoppers. What is proposed is a nuisance law, with a nuisance being defined as something that contributes nothing to the social go...

Reconstruction Period and Social Welfare

total disregard toward the Southern people and their hardships as a result of the war"(Jennings, 2002). In such an atmosphere, it ...

Obscenity and the US Constitution's 1s Amendment

what is or is not obscene (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Different commissions have arrived at different answers how...

Kennewick Man Controversy and the NAGPRA

from Indian lands (Clark, 1999). The act has caused a great deal of controversy in the field of archaeology and has in many ways c...

Constitutional Protections Case Study

one where fear is in the air. Certainly, giving up a few rights is necessary. Of course, not everyone thinks so, and further, alth...

Vehicle Searching and the U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment

provides protection for innocent citizens, it is only to some extent, when circumstances are such that a judge will rule that the ...

U.S. Constitution's 5th Amendment

property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."1 This parti...

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...

In Custody Search and Seizure Searches

is most typically the police who conduct search and seizure but it is the courts which decide exactly in which contexts search and...

Examining the American Constitution's Victims' Rights Amendment Proposal

and pardon or commutation decisions; To be notified of a proposed pardon and to be heard on the proposal; To be notified of esc...

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...

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...

Should Washington D.C. Become a State?

feel that they have enough representation as they live in districts with specific representatives who are numerous and carry elect...

American Constitution, the Second Amendment, and the National Rifle Association

the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still be, construed as an individu...

Civil Liberties' Protection and the U.S. Bill of Rights

Thomas Jefferson this should be a task of the federal judiciary, James Madison also agreed that a system that utilised independent...

5th and 14th Amendment Applicability of Palko vs. the State of Connecticut

In five pages this paper examines this case in terms of the rights guaranteed by the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitut...

Education Law New Jersey v. T.L.O. Analyzed

smoking in a restroom ("New Jersey," 2003). A teacher escorted the two girls to the principals office, and one of the girls was T....

Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution

the right to counsel under Miranda, where there is a necessity to be clear and unequivocal, an invocation of the Sixth Amendment r...

Fair Use Doctrine and the Rodney King Videotape

of communications between Holliday, KTLA and the national networks, the outcome was that two days later the images had been transm...

History of the Wright Amendment

any of these deals simply because they didnt fly at the time the deals were made (Irving, 2003). After fighting many legal battle...

US Constitution's 14th Amendment

not be questioned; and 5) Congress is equipped with the authority to enforce aforementioned provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment...

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...

Overview of the 8th Amendment

their offense against society" (Hamden 15), which leaves a fine line between Eighth Amendment violation and standard procedure. ...

U.S. Prohibition Movement from 1920 to 1933

per centum or more of alcohol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes" (Volstead Act of 1919, 1997, p. 1). Furtherm...

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 ...