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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...

Case Law and Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Although the right to public trial is protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that rea...

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...

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...

Plea Bargaining

This 12-page paper deals with the effect of plea bargaining on the criminal justice system. It argues that the relatively new pra...

Three Ways in Which the U.S. Constitution Has Influenced the American Criminal Justice System

terrorist acts? The practice of electronic surveillance was certainly nothing new. Two months prior to the attacks on the World ...

A History of Women's Suffrage

he should remember the ladies (Adams, 2003). Of course, the term "ladies" would be discarded down the road as being derogatory. To...

Constitutional Amendments Affect on African Americans

No constitution is perfect, but the beauty of it is that it is always changing as the countrys needs change. Instead of scrapping ...

Should Juveniles be Sentenced to Death?

The death penalty has consequently been in and...

A Consideration of the 14th Amendment

In 5 pages this paper discusses the purpose and subsequent Supreme Court decisions that affected this Amendment. There are 5 bibl...

1962 U.S. Supreme Court Case Robinson v. California

In two pages this paper presents a brief of this 1962 Supreme Court case and how the California interpretation was found to be vio...

Workplace Privacy and Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Association, 489 U. S. 602, 1989

In five pages this paper examines privacy in the workplace with regards to this case that considered whether or not mandatory work...

1989 Case of Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 109 S.Ct. 2533, 105 L.Ed.2d 242

In eight pages this paper features a legal brief involving protections of the 1st Amendment, federal and state laws regarding free...

4th Amendment Assessment

the grounds for getting writs of assistance for various kinds of raids and dragnet seizures. The goal was to suppress sedition an...

Crime, the Exclusionary Rule, and Constitutional Amendments

the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendments of the Constitution to comprehend the length to which Americas foref...

Developing the U.S. Constitution

The U.S. Constitution has grown and changed greatly since its ratification. This paper examines how amendment and reinterpretation...

Second Amendment Rights to Gun Ownership

Since the mid twentieth century our understanding of what our Second Amendment rights to gun ownership have been seriously challen...

Government Branches and Balance of Power

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the three main government branches. This paper includes how amendment and other governmenta...

Student Privacy Concerns Should Not Trump Effective Safety and Security Measures

This paper argues that student safety trumps Fourth Amendment rights when it comes to campus security. There are four sources in ...

Title IX Violations Colleges

Sexual harassment is covered under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972. The EEOC defines this as unwelcome sexual advan...

A Legal and Social Perspective on Privacy

This paper describes the intent of the Founding Father in crafting the Fourth Amendment, as well as the meaning of "probable cause...

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...

Freedom and Rock Star Marilyn Manson

In eight pages this paper examines the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in a consideration of how...

The Eleventh Amendment

the Revolution" (Orth, 1987, p. 7). The case that started the furor, as mentioned, was Chisholm v. Georgia, which was heard by th...

ADA And Fourth Amendment Rights

Section 504 was enacted in 1973, its full implications are only now being realized. This is particularly true of those components...

An Overview of the Sixth Amendment

is the right that some reporters claim allows for cameras in the courtroom. Certainly, even if cameras are not allowed by the judg...

THE PATRIOT ACT, AN OVERVIEW AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT

"wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism..." (Ball 51). Along with this, Title II also allows the seizing ...

Myth Surrounding Freedom of Speech

This paper consists of six pages and discusses the freedom of speech concept and the myth that has arisen that all types of expres...

Gender Equality and Sports Law

that: "Much has been written on the difficulty a school faces in being equitable to its students and fielding a football team. But...

Capital Cases and VIS' Constitutionality

In twenty five pages this paper examines capital case sentencing in an overview of Victim Impact Statements and their constitution...