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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...

1920s' Prohibition and Its Impact Upon U.S. Crime, Religion, and Economics

reality throughout the United States and many wished to end these corrupt practices seen in many a saloon across the country. T...

Issues of First Amendment Law

In the first of these cases, Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr, a trash hauler in Kansas had his contract terminated because...

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...

Education, the Separation of Church and State and the 2002 US Supreme Court Case of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

The controversy over this program surrounded the fact that in the 1999 to 2000 school year some 82% of the private...

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...

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...

First Amendment and Minersville School District v. Gobitis

In five pages this paper discusses the case involving the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment that was overturned subsequently. Six...

Constitutional Amendment to Balance the Budget

In six pages this paper assesses the advantage and disadvantages of having a balanced budget amendment added to the U.S. Constitut...

U.S. Constitution and Freedom of Religion

In five pages this paper examines how the courts have interpreted the 1st Amendment clauses of free exercise and establishment. S...

4th Amendment Rights and the Practice of Search and Seizure

In ten pages this paper discusses the rights guaranteed by the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in terms of search and seizu...

Past History of NEA

different media contributed to the "culture wars", photography--perhaps because of its relationship to reality--played a pivotal r...

Eudora Welty's Timeless 'Path'

In a paper consisting of five pages the theme of former slaves after the passage of the thirteenth amendment is considered within ...

Arguing Against the Censorship of Music

When something bad happens in society, one has to find someone or something to blame. One of the things that is...

1st Amendment and Hate

In five pages this paper examines the ongoing conflict between the protection of free speech as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment an...

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...

Free Expression and Obscenity

In eight pages this paper discusses the rulings on obscenity and their impact upon the guaranteed free speech of the 1st Amendment...

First Amendment and Freedom of Speech

In five pages the 1st Amendment as it relates to freedom of speech is discussed as it relates to the famous rhetoric of James Alex...

Arguing for a First Amendment Enactment Supported by Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

that Locke discusses the role of the individual, and the rights of that individual when he/she enters the State. He gives an acco...

Legislation Regarding Gun Control

Some politicians are clamoring for greater restrictions on guns. They include licensing that is mandatory, and a maximum number o...

3 Strikes Law and Sentencing

10,500 juvenile facilities, which represents an over-capacity rate of 186% (24). Prisoners are doubling-up in cells. They are sl...

Buckley v. Valeo, the 1st Amendment, and Free Speech

the United States Senate has commented twenty-three years after the decision, "We believed that these restrictions were fundamenta...

Essay on the Pros and Cons of Gun Control

It is a very small price to pay in order to fortify the level of safety that is so quickly plummeting in todays society (Anonymous...

Opposition to Gun Control in the State of Texas

In twelve pages this paper discusses the opposition to gun control legislation in the state of Texas in a consideration of its int...

Hate Crimes, Wisconsin, and the 1993 Case of Wisconsin v. Mitchell, U.S. # 92-515

In eight pages this legal brief discusses the 1993 case and whether or not hate crime penalties like those in the state of Wiscons...

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...

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...

Libel Laws and Their Impact on Reporters

In five pages this research paper examines the effects of libel laws on reporters in terms of limitations placed upon work range a...

Amicus Curae Brief Filing, the 1st Amendment, and School Prayer

This report consists of twelve pages and considers issues pertaining to the Establishment Clause and the U.S. Constitution's 1st A...

Developing the U.S. Constitution

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