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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...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

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...

Texas and Wisconsin Judicial and Constitutional Structures

states and joining the Union. One of the features of the United States government is that individuals can disagree yet stil...

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...

Second Revolution in America, the Civil War

he knew nothing of the causes for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the Ameri...

Crime Reporting Techniques and an Examination of the U.S.A. Patriot Act

under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Const...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

1787's Constitutional Convention

wherein there would be two houses in the government, the lower house being elected by the people and the upper house elected by th...

Causes Initiating the Civil War

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

Royal Prerogative and the Unwritten Constitution

Hallam (1992) however, points out that citizens of the U.K.: "cannot fairly consider as part of our ancient constitution w...

AGAINST GUN CONTROL

The firearm prohibition movement has been less than honest about many issues surrounding gun control, arguing that "there is every...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

Censorship and Lord of the Flies

The classic book "Lord of the Flies" by William Gerald Golding was first published in 1959. Although...

Herring v. U.S. and the Exclusionary Rule

proceedings provides a means whereby any evidence that was obtained by law enforcement officers by violating the Fourth Amendment ...

Examining the Criminal Justice Process

justice process: pre-trial, trial, and appeals (Washington State Department of Corrections, 2011). These three phases play out in ...

Due Process and the Definition and Delineation of Individual Rights

Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...

The Nature and Purpose of Criminal Law

of law" (Lippman, 2006, p. 3). This is what sets crime apart from acts we might find morally objectionable or distasteful, such as...

Minority Rights and the Tyranny of the Majority

fact that there is an electoral college, and no direct democracy actually exists, it does seem to be the case that the majority do...

Relationship Between the U.S. Constitution’s First and Second Amendments and Political Issues of Protecting Information Sources, School Prayer, and Gun Control

the press and freedom of speech were considered closely related, but in recent years the print media has suggested this implies th...

Democracy in Europe

and perhaps within nations will act as springboards to the transfer of power to the centre in Europe" (Siedentop, 2001; p. 25), su...

Journalism: First Amendment And Freedom Of Speech

was able to see harmful speech as a bridge between issue and resolution by applying the hateful commentary as a social awaken, cla...

Canada's Monarchal Rule

large. John Hauber explains that while many Canadians feel a sense of loyalty to their queen, there have been changes in the past ...

The Death Penalty and Mental Retardation

arguments about the death penalty run the gamut and include rhetoric embracing issues of constitutionality to morality to fairness...

Terrorism and Wartime criminal law

an individual may initiate a private lawsuit, that is, in regards to "contracts, injuries, real and personal property and family r...

IS EAVESDROPPING ON EXPATS CONSITUTIONAL?

Asian background, though they were American citizens (Anonymous, 2006). The lawsuit, filed in 2006 by the EFF and Asian L...

The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Constitutional Amendments

respect to a typical traffic stop, is guaranteed by the fourth amendment and it is a Constitutional guarantee. Yet, the fourth ame...

Argumentative Essay on the Personal Decision of Abortion

involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...

Flu Shot

essentially quit their job if they did not want to take the flu shot, again indicating that there is no "mandatory" legal enforcem...

French Revolution Progression

led to a clear indication of twentieth-century totalitarianism that lay ahead (Sachs 253+). B. Georges Jacques Danton had...