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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 ...

Overview of the 8th Amendment

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

US Constitution's 14th Amendment

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

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...

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...

Post 911 Considerations of Search and Seizure and the 4th Amendment

In the past our governments right to search our homes or our bodies was limited primarily to situations in which there was a warra...

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...

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...

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...

Constitutional Issues Q and A

systems as well as other venues. Schools are notoriously at odds. What occurs sometimes is that religious groups object to scienti...

Proposed Victims' Rights Amendment and the Constitution

is deemed illegal by the court--even if it has to do with a technicality--the case is not supported. There is in...

Allowance Trading Program and Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide

in the Midwest as that is where most of these plants are located. As a consequence of the continued emission problems EPA require...

Procedure and Criminal Law V

was properly arrested or whether he was offered counsel. He could not be made to incriminate himself, and it is likely that an at...

US Constitution's Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure That is Unreasonable

a deep desire to be secure in their own homes. Interestingly, the question arises "whether the Fourth Amendments two clauses must...

An Examination of The Fourth Amendment

restroom ("New Jersey," 2004). When one of the girls was told by administrators to empty her purse, she complied, but marijuana w...

Changes to the Bank Secrecy Act

altered since the terrorist attacks. The BSA has many provision, mostly related to money laundering. To sum up the gist of the act...

Constitutionality and Capital Punishment

During the 1970s, the case of Furman vs. Georgia pretty much wiped out the constitutionality of capital punishment when the Suprem...

U.S. Constitution, Civil Rights, and Slavery

that blacks, even if they were freed blacks, were not due citizenship and could never become citizens of the United States. As suc...

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...

Justice and Ethics II

it is likely that he is carrying a significant amount. If he reaches his destination in no worse physical condition than that whi...

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...

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. ...

Educators and Copyrights

or translating copyrighted materials for visually handicapped persons (NLS, 2010). Prior to this amendment, authors and publishers...

Rights under the 6th Amendment

In a paper of five pages, the author provides the seven different rights under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, including ...

The 4th Amendment

The new nation did not wish to allow the government the right to search an individuals property, or seize anything they wanted, be...

The 4th Amendment

this clause it is stated that if an unreasonable search was conducted nothing found in the search can be used in a court of law fo...

The Constitution and Bill of Rights

United States. The federal courts are responsible for addressing offenses against the country, including issues of treason. Ou...

The Fourth Amendment and Airport Searches

Abstract This paper examines some of the impacts the Patriot Act has had on our rights as US citizens....

Should the U.S. Officially Speak English?

there have been a number of attempts to pass a Constitutional amendment making English the official language of the United States....