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The Death Penalty and Mental Retardation

arguments about the death penalty run the gamut and include rhetoric embracing issues of constitutionality to morality to fairness...

The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Constitutional Amendments

respect to a typical traffic stop, is guaranteed by the fourth amendment and it is a Constitutional guarantee. Yet, the fourth ame...

Canada's Monarchal Rule

large. John Hauber explains that while many Canadians feel a sense of loyalty to their queen, there have been changes in the past ...

A Life's Significant Event

three full revolutions. Just then his entire body lurched forward out of the wreckage, he staggered and fell, his bloody face daz...

French Revolution Progression

led to a clear indication of twentieth-century totalitarianism that lay ahead (Sachs 253+). B. Georges Jacques Danton had...

How Our Criminal Justice System Reflects the U.S. Constitution

as US citizens are protected even at the point where the system has essentially labeled us as a criminal. Due process is, in fact...

Terrorists in Detention and the Rule of Law

that "not only ... [are] there are rules creating legislative, executive and judicial powers, but that these rules impose limits o...

Significant Events After World War II

1960S One of the most significant reasons why the United States became involved in the politics of Southeast Asia is becaus...

Constitutional Violations by Police

attorney, who was present by then; 4) They made an extended search of the premises, far beyond what was reasonable and necessary-i...

New York Times v. Sullivan and the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment

in part: "In Montgomery, Alabama, after students sang My Country Tis of Thee on the State Capitol steps, their leaders were expel...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Black Rights

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction...

Amendment to the Constitution to Ban Tobacco

Convention that is called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures (Mount, 2010). The second method has never been used, but, i...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

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...

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...

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...

Significant U.S. Economic Events (1950-1990)

(Carroll, 1995). First, as with all wars, there was a wartime boost because of defense spending and the manufacturing of war mate...

The Nature and Purpose of Criminal Law

of law" (Lippman, 2006, p. 3). This is what sets crime apart from acts we might find morally objectionable or distasteful, such as...

Constantine and Diocletian

making the announcement from Nicomedia after the fact (Kamm-Partial recovery). As his co-ruler, Maximian "had no choice but to do ...

Technology and the Criminal Justice System

and foremost, its reliability for identification purposes (Technology and Human Values, 1997). In addition, it is widely used and...

Alcoholism: A Significant Social Problem

those that imbibed but also those that did not. This means, of course, that those who imbibed consumed much more than 7.1 gallons...

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...

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...

Historical Changing of America

authorized veto power over state legislation. New Jersey also argued that there was no need for two houses, which prevente...

Comparative Analysis of Monarchal and Constitutional Forms of Government

An argument that a constitutional government is superior to a monarchy is presented in five pages. Five sources are cited in the ...

Significant Historical Events Between the Years 1900 and 1939

air travel. It is such an important innovation of the time period that the state has the "First in Flight" designation on its lice...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

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...

Examining the Criminal Justice Process

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

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 ...