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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...

A Sample Appellate Brief Case Study

In six pages this paper presents an appellate brief sample that is based upon a student supplied New York case study of search and...

Adult Entertainment Television Station and Advice from Legal Counsel

be censored and deleted as it could be argued in court that such depictions had a significant influence that prompted the commissi...

Illinois v. Robert S. Lidster and Search and Seizure

At issue in this decision is the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Under most interpretations our governments right to search our home...

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 ...

US Constitution's 14th Amendment

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

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...

Wording of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution

to practice his or her religion but also notes that the state will never have an official religion. This has been the subject of m...

Why English Should Not Be the U.S. Official Language

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

Analysis of 3 Legal Issues

adverse to removing them from the law abiding citizen, who often needs a gun to protect himself from the very criminal element of ...

Fair Use Doctrine and the Rodney King Videotape

of communications between Holliday, KTLA and the national networks, the outcome was that two days later the images had been transm...

Education Law New Jersey v. T.L.O. Analyzed

smoking in a restroom ("New Jersey," 2003). A teacher escorted the two girls to the principals office, and one of the girls was T....

Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution

the right to counsel under Miranda, where there is a necessity to be clear and unequivocal, an invocation of the Sixth Amendment r...

The Fourth Amendment and Its Meaning in America Today

of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effect, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be ...

Obscenity and the US Constitution's 1s Amendment

what is or is not obscene (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Different commissions have arrived at different answers how...

1st Amendment and TFRs

racial profiling as the dog days of September lingered. It was simply a non-issue. As weeks and years pass, airport security will ...

Protection for the Rights of the Individual in the U.S. Constitution

and prohibits someone from being tried twice for the same crime (Findlaw.com (a), 2002). In addition, this amendment states that n...

Kennewick Man Controversy and the NAGPRA

from Indian lands (Clark, 1999). The act has caused a great deal of controversy in the field of archaeology and has in many ways c...

Constitutional Protections Case Study

one where fear is in the air. Certainly, giving up a few rights is necessary. Of course, not everyone thinks so, and further, alth...

Reconstruction Period and Social Welfare

total disregard toward the Southern people and their hardships as a result of the war"(Jennings, 2002). In such an atmosphere, it ...

Case Study Analysis of Freedom of Speech

shoppers. What is proposed is a nuisance law, with a nuisance being defined as something that contributes nothing to the social go...

U.S. Constitution's 5th Amendment

property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."1 This parti...

Bench Memorandum Example

A grade. However, after this grade was awarded there were complaints from parents to the school principle; Principle Skinner. Foll...

Social Commentary of Charles Dickens

the influence of modern industrialized society and the move from rural to urban settings, but it can also be said that this testin...

Legal Brief on Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier Case

shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of s...

FOIA

a reference guide or guide for obtaining information (NIH, nd; Department of Justice, 1996). * Require agencies to establish elect...

First Amendment Interpretation and Theory

the First Amendment and the right to free speech did not come before the Supreme Court until 1919 with the case of Shenck v. the U...

US and a History of the Women's Suffrage Movement

movements, such as slavery and temperance3. Following the Civil War, womens rights leaders hoped to receive universal suffrage, an...