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even if the federal government could buy the slaves, the freed slaves could not be turned into citizens without an amendment to th...

This single, historic decision brought forth a great many opportunities for each state to recognize the importance of allowing peo...

treated as employees at the companies for which they had applied (Baskin PG). Other courts were split on the issue and so the Supr...

in his views. Freedom of speech should be given precedent over the reaction which that speech may cause. This precept has been u...

In three pages this paper provides a history and general overview of this landmark case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court as prese...

history of slavery alone but also that a whole people were marked as inferior by the law. And that mark has endured. The dream o...

In five pages this paper examines how a similar judgment in a preliminary case regarding liability in a shopping center parking lo...

The Jim Crow laws are examined in five pages in an overview of the 'separate but equal' 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court deci...

Court in August of 1993 by a Senate vote of ninety-seven to three (Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Indeed, it can e...

In ten pages this paper examines the controversy surrounding the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. Eight sou...

from terrorism, no rights should be accorded to suspects captured in the war on terror. Terrorism is not an activity endorsed by ...

After putting a name and a face on the social issue of child abuse, and considering the dilemma of the social worker who seeks to ...

equal access of students to educational benefits and opportunities, for "student-on-student" harassment?" (The Oyez Project, 2008)...

down the road to create a society that embraces both people of color, and women. Although many contend that the Framers were inter...

race, Snyder refers to Batson v. Kentucky, a case in 1986 that would not allow the practice of eliminating jurors due to race ("Co...

by electric chair, hanging, and shooting squad seem quite morbid! Those, however, have been the primary means that have been used...

Neff does not appear in court (Shecket). Having won his suit, Mitchell knows that Neff will be getting some land because he file...

invite more personal discussions and verbal altercations are somewhat acceptable. Interestingly, on that show, a woman came on boa...

considered right to life, as well as an individuals right to choose. The Court elected not to address the right to life issue, fo...

This case involves the rights of a registered student religious group to use the facilities of the University of Missouri, facilit...

should be awarded the equivalent of funds equal to the obligation from 1877 through the present plus interest. That is exactly wha...

an issue that directly impacted on Cornerstone, but could equally impact on any religious group wanting to use any public grounds,...

forma pauperis, which means that the usual fees for filing such a petition were waived. Issue The question before the Court in G...

family reasons (United States: Rehnquists legacy, 2005). If either of these justices retire, the country, President George W. Bush...

law and serve as final interpreters of that law. Our concept of the United States, of course, is inextractibly tied with th...

disingenuous. Yet, that is a valid view. Some people believe that abortion is not good. It is not healthy and impinges on some rel...

did not take the same stance as Olsen, commenting that the First Amendments free exercise of religion guarantee "does not require ...

and two only ("Employment Division, Ore. Dept.," 1990). They did not concur with the judgment and Blackmum as a result filed a dis...

found in the Constitution are specific and straightforward as well; however, many are not ("Marbury," 1992). Much is up to the cou...

school district and some question as to whether the deletion of information resulted in a violation of student rights. The United...