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The Supreme Court In American Life

In this five page paper the writer explores The Marble Palace The Supreme Court in American Life, the book by John P. Frank. The ...

How Justice William Brennan and Edwin Meese Would Have Decided the 1952 Case of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579

This Supreme Court Case and how Justice William Brennan and Edwin Meese would have articulated a majority opinion are examined in ...

First Amendment and Free Speech

In six pages relevant Supreme Court cases are discussed in a consideration of the 1st Amendment and the importance of free speech....

Analysis of Abortion Law Evolution

an 1879 Connecticut state law which made contraception in any form illegal and also forbade the assistance of anyone wishing to us...

Kluger and Brown v. Board of Education

In five pages the implications of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision are examined. There is no bibliography i...

Dred Scott v. Sandford Decision Examined

In three pages this essay supports Dred Scott with an argument based upon freedom constitutional rights and argues that the Suprem...

Should Supreme Court Decisions Be Considered Groundbreaking 'Landmarks?'

In four pages the argument is presented that Supreme Court decisions are not in effect as groundbreaking as they are portrayed and...

Progressive Reform Movement and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

In five pages this paper discusses how the Progressive Reform Movement perspectives relate to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell...

Students, Constitutional Rights, and Tinker v. Des Moines School District

In five pages this paper discusses students 1st Amendment rights to protest were violated in this consideration of this Supreme Co...

The Moral Issue of Abortion

A ten page realistic examination of the abortion argument from political and social perspectives includes relevant issues and beli...

Concept of Eugenics

In six pages the eugenics concept is examined as its political development pertains to Social Darwinist Oliver Wendell Holmes and ...

A Matter of Interpretation Federal Courts and the Law by Antonin Scalia

in the US. Glendon says that it no longer seems to limit even judges in the civil law tradition. Tribe and Dworkin argue that to i...

1776 to 1914 Global Power Rise of the US

In five pages this paper chronicles the rising world power of the US during this time period in an overview of change, geography, ...

Texas Flag Burning Case Arguments

In three pages this paper argues that the overturning of this decision by Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist was correct. On...

Supreme Court Justice Appointments and the 2000 Election

In five pages this report discusses how Presidents can influence constitutional law interpretation through Supreme Court justice a...

Supreme Court Chief Justices

In three pages Supreme Court Justices John Marshall and William H. Rehnquist are discussed within the context of the 1832 case Wor...

Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet

face of all odds endows Gideons Trumpet with all the elements that typically comprise an American bestseller. On the other ...

Quebec and Secession from Canada

if in fact a majority of Quebec residents wanted to secede, the prime minister and premiers were obligated to negotiate Quebecs in...

School Environment and Sexual Harassment

terminology likely is not. The difficulty in defining the term is further complicated with the settings in which it can occur. ...

78 in The Federalist Papers and Alexander Hamilton

This paper analyzes no. 78 in seven pages in regards to Hamilton's contention that the Supreme Court needs a permanent appointment...

Supreme Court Case of Stenberg v. Carhart and Partial Birth Abortion

In eight pages this paper examines privacy issues with regards to partial birth abortion as addressed by this April 2000 Supreme C...

Canada's Abortion Laws

This is a paper consisting of ten pages and discusses the topic of abortion as it relates to Canadian law and includes the 'Bubble...

1985 Robert Echols v. State of Florida State Supreme Court Case

wife unconscious. On their way to the airport, they discarded the gun, jewelry boxes, the victims wallet, and a bag taken from th...

Policy of the United States Military from Nixon to Clinton

In seven pages this paper refers to The Logic of World Power An Inquiry Into the Origins, Currents, and Contradiction of World P...

Decision Making, Politics, and Public Policy

In seven pages this paper examines the roles of the Supreme Court, the president, and the significance of public interest groups i...

Supreme Court Case of Casey v. Planned Parenthood

In six pages this Supreme Court decision and its ramifications are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Supreme Court Cases in Canada and Marriage Breakdown and Evolution

to determine when deciding whether or not economic contribution had any bearing on equitable distribution. As it turns out, the r...

Pennoyer v. Neff/Attachment of Land

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

Lethal Injection: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

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

The Landmark Case of Roe v. Wade of More Than a Generation Ago

which to base her arguments in favor of abortion rights. The question on which the case rested was whether a woman had the...