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Life and Career of Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

B, however, would prove enduring and she would return to continue her education at the age of 13. In her childhood memoir, OConno...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

talks of having a bobcat and javelinas as pets (Marie, 1985). She rode horseback and even learned to drive a car by the age of se...

AGING, STEROTYPES AND SEXUALITY

(When Alzheimers Patients Fall in Love, 2007). In a USA Today article that further explored the John OConnor love affair,...

'Right to Die' Case of Nancy Cruzan and the U.S. Government

In a report consisting of five pages former Attorney General and Edwin Meese and late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan a...

Life and Times of Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger

Warren Burger's life and career are the focus of this biography consisting of eight pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

US Supreme Court and Women

are clearly in the minority. There seems to be less women taking judgeships in the high courts, even though there are increasing...

Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren

In twelve pages Earl Warren's life and role as Supreme Court Justice are discussed with a consideration of whether the President c...

Necessity of the US Bill of Rights According to William J. Brennan Jr.

Brennan, Jr. points out that it is only during the last forty or fifty years that the Bill of Rights has been enforced by the cour...

US Supreme Court Case of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer

The Court issued a divided opinion, striking down the seizure order. The decision was 6-3, but 3 of the 6 justices wrote concurri...

Biographical Profile of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

and 1955, Stevens became a member of the Attorney Generals National Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws (Court TV Library, 1999;...

Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Study:

vary somewhat from state to state, juvenile justice typically has a similar protocol. At the time a juvenile is arrested, a decis...

Procedure and Criminal Law IV

do not always perfectly align, however. Though the police had the right to arrest Frank and they needed to respond to the worried...

A Judiciary Overview

as well. Today, the Supreme Court consists of the following judges; their names and years or appointment are listed as follows: St...

Kelo v. New London

before the New London Superior Court, asserting that the "taking of their properties would violate the public use restriction in t...

Constitutional Provisions and Freedom of Religion

In six pages this paper presents a fictitious situation in order to consider the U.S. Constitution's provisions regarding religiou...

Interstate Commerce and the Opinion of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice

lines. "Its no secret that criminals and minors will do the easiest thing they can in order to get guns" (Vertuno PG). The...

A Matter of Interpretation Federal Courts and the Law by Antonin Scalia

in the US. Glendon says that it no longer seems to limit even judges in the civil law tradition. Tribe and Dworkin argue that to i...

US Tobacco Industry and the Food and Drug Administration

the legal product that is promoted by the tobacco industry should be better regulated. But understanding the rationale for the fu...

Life and Contributions of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In 5 pages this paper discusses this powerful and important woman's contributions to justice and her championing of women's advoc...

Legal Cases and Appeals of Mike Tyson

Alan Dershowitz, filed an appeal immediately following sentencing. After the conviction, Tyson was denied an appeal for a new tria...

Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 Brief

In two pages this Supreme Court case involving a case brought against a school board in Southern Ohio by students that were suspen...

The Supreme Court's Role

That is why certain issues become controversial like capital punishment, abortion, freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. T...

Habeas Corpus

to a hearing by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal. At such hearings, evidence is presented that the detainee should be considered...

Reflections on the First Amendment

burned an American flag, so although he did not literally speak, his act is still a form of protest. The facts are these: during t...

Morse et. al. v Frederick: An Analysis

not been violated but the Ninth Circuit Court reversed that decision. Although that reversal accepted the argument that the event...

Lawsuits Have Changed How Schools are Funded

money because they do not have it. These schools and districts are severely limited in what they can do to provide a quality educa...

The ADA, Two Supreme Court Cases

This research paper pertains to 2 Supreme Court cases involved the provisions of the the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of ...

llegality of Assisted Suicide in Regards to the 14th Amendment

This 5 page paper provides an overview of a case where physicians were sued for assisting terminal patients with suicide and were ...

George S. Patton

was quite proud of his heritage and also of the nations founding. One could say that he was extremely patriotic. Patton would grow...

U.S. Supreme Court and the Georgia State Supreme Court

In eleven pages this paper considers the histories of both courts and also provides case details of N.Y. Times v. Sullivan, City o...