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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...

The Eleventh Amendment

the Revolution" (Orth, 1987, p. 7). The case that started the furor, as mentioned, was Chisholm v. Georgia, which was heard by th...

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...

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...

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...

Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

In five pages this paper examines the women's suffrage debate both in support and opposition and how the movement eventually led t...

Examination of the U.S. Constitution's 2nd and 4th Amendments

in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no Warrants s...

Arguments Favoring the Demise of Hate Speech

In ten pages this research paper advocates an abridgement to the 1st Amendment that would prohibit hate speech in the U.S. with a ...

History and Contemporary Message of the U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment

which it came to fruition and correlate this history to current applications. A number of critics of law enforcement suggest that...

O.J. Simpson Double Murder Case and the US Constitution's 4th Amendment

to exercise over things or people before they could be considered seized. From 1886 on, the Court assumed that the Fourth Amendmen...

Women's Rights and the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment

clause. In fact, the court gave V.M.I. and the commonwealth of Virginia (a co-defendant in the case) three options which would sat...

Flag Descration

In five pages this argumentive paper supports a constitutional amendment prohibiting American flag desecration. Four sources are ...

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...

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...

8th Amendment Controversy

rights under the Eighth Amendment have been violated, there is a window of protection within the scope of this amendment that affo...

Sexual Conduct and Privacy Rights

In eight pages this research paper discusses sexual behavior and argues that privacy rights are guaranteed in the U.S. Constitutio...

Constitutional Change and the Influence of Abraham Lincoln

critics considered Lincoln far too moderate, Lincoln clearly addressed the major issues of the day, working towards a free America...

'The Noble Experiment' of Alcohol Prohibition in the United States

In a paper consisting of five pages the many problems caused by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution are examined. There ...

Amendments V and VI of the U.S. Constitution and the Magna Carta

such a system was ripe for bribery, corruption and extortion, and complaints such as these had been made before King John took the...

Big Business Versus Monopoly

brands. This is called a combination company that is organized in a horizontal fashion because competing companies are governed by...

The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment

the arrestee might access the vehicle at the time of the search or that the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest" (G...

The Fourth Amendment: Three Interpretations

of these cases support the notion that when the police enter a home without a warrant, they are sometimes violating the fourth ame...

Theodore Roosevelt's 'The Roosevelt Corollary'

In fourteen pages this paper examines the Monroe Doctrine's amendment known as Theodore Roosevelt's 'corollary.' Twelve sources a...

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...

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...

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...

Unfulfilled Promises of Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

In five pages this paper examines how education programs at the elementary and secondary levels often violate Title IX of the Educ...

Defeat of the The Boren Medical Reform Bill

In four pages a health care provider reviews the Boren Amendment and opines that its demise is in the best interest of health care...

In Support of Gun Control Legislation

stress and arming robots with shotguns (Hanchette PG). And while these things did occur in Waco and Ruby Ridge, they prompted gun ...