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1st and 2nd Amendments' Examination and Revision

the Constitution (and its Bill of Rights) is a living document, which was written in such a way so as to fit the times. While this...

Civil Liberties, Terrorism, and Immigration Laws

the arrests and the consequent interrogations that they were outraged and told officials that these tactics would not prove to be ...

United States v. Eichmann Supreme Court Case

Texas statute criminalizing desecration of the flag and had provided the flag protection language for the Flag Protection Act of 1...

Romantic Comedy Conventions and William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

eye"(Shakespeare Act 1, sc. 1, line 140). Thus, this first criteria and/or convention has been met. Hermia wants Lysander, bu...

War and Noncombatants

In five pages this essay examines the concept of 'just war' within the context of the Geneva Convention guidelines and affirms tha...

'Golden Thread' of Woolmington, Presumption of Evidence, and the Burden of Proof

fact been committed by the defendant, the burden of proof was on the defence to show that the act had not been one of murder ("fou...

Freedom of Expression and the Desecration of an American Flag

Americans take many things for granted in our society. Freedom of expression is one of those...

The Trial of John Proctor - A Constitutional Assessment

evidence, and is an insufficient base upon which to press charges in the first place. Moreover, Proctor was not granted the due pr...

What Psychologists Gain from Attending Conferences

and the experiential. There was also a series of master clinician seminars and several institutes. Both the seminars and the insti...

Constitutional Law - An Overview

and each is also imposed with unique limitations, such that the overall power wielded by any one branch of government is not suffi...

Examining the Criminal Justice Process

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

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 ...

Comparison of Poems by Keats and Blake

William Blakes "The Divine Image" have little in common, as the first poem relates a mystical enchantment of a knight with a super...

The Congress of Vienna - Good For Europe?

doubt that a great deal of good came from the congress, and it is interesting to note there was a condemnation of the slave trade....

The Patriot Act Needed Protection of Constitutional Degradation?

The Patriot Act, H.R. 3162 ENR, is one of the most controversial laws ever imposed on Americans. Passed by the House...

Censorship and Lord of the Flies

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

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 ...

Portrayal of Women in Two Play by G.B. Shaw

that there is little, if any, true relationship or familial feeling between the two women, as Vivie tells Mr. Praed, "I hardly kno...

Advancement of Women's Rights

Committees recommendations, particularly in regards to its efforts to fight HIV/AIDS and promote sex education ("Combined...Burund...

AGAINST GUN CONTROL

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

Legal Refugee Status

people who were refugees and/or who were seeking asylum to leave an environment of persecution. On the other hand, refugees are ma...

Does Australia Need Constitutional Reform?

was a referendum that asked whether or not the electorate wanted to retain the Queen as the head of state, remaining a constitutio...

Constitutional Amendments Affect on African Americans

No constitution is perfect, but the beauty of it is that it is always changing as the countrys needs change. Instead of scrapping ...

New York Times v. Sullivan and the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment

in part: "In Montgomery, Alabama, after students sang My Country Tis of Thee on the State Capitol steps, their leaders were expel...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Black Rights

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction...

Amendment to the Constitution to Ban Tobacco

Convention that is called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures (Mount, 2010). The second method has never been used, but, i...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

Exploring a Doll’s House

House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...

The Historical Path to the US Constitution 1215 to 1787

has played a part in shaping numerous other documents relating to constitutional law. One of the documents that the Magna...

Patriot Act Evaluation

This essay asserts that the Patriot Act is detrimental to American constitutional rights. Two pages in length, one source is cited...