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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...

Analysis of 3 Legal Issues

adverse to removing them from the law abiding citizen, who often needs a gun to protect himself from the very criminal element of ...

U.S. Prohibition Movement from 1920 to 1933

per centum or more of alcohol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes" (Volstead Act of 1919, 1997, p. 1). Furtherm...

2003 New York Smoking Ban and its Constitutionality

there are a lot of other things that people do not like such as talking loud on cell phones or wearing an extraordinary amount of ...

Overview of the 8th Amendment

their offense against society" (Hamden 15), which leaves a fine line between Eighth Amendment violation and standard procedure. ...

US Constitution's 14th Amendment

not be questioned; and 5) Congress is equipped with the authority to enforce aforementioned provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment...

History of the Wright Amendment

any of these deals simply because they didnt fly at the time the deals were made (Irving, 2003). After fighting many legal battle...

The Fourth Amendment and Airport Security

at the store. A reasonable belief that something is awry can requisite a search. Also, in some cases, searches are allowed on a ro...

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...

Case Law and Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Although the right to public trial is protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that rea...

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...

An Examination of The Fourth Amendment

restroom ("New Jersey," 2004). When one of the girls was told by administrators to empty her purse, she complied, but marijuana w...

Constitutionality and Capital Punishment

During the 1970s, the case of Furman vs. Georgia pretty much wiped out the constitutionality of capital punishment when the Suprem...

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...

Obscenity and the US Constitution's 1s Amendment

what is or is not obscene (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Different commissions have arrived at different answers how...

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...

4th Amendment and Thermal Imaging Technology Search Reasonableness

lack of narrow definition. It was not until 1967 in Katz v. United States (389 U.S. 347 (1967)) that the Supreme Court arrived at...

A Sample Appellate Brief Case Study

In six pages this paper presents an appellate brief sample that is based upon a student supplied New York case study of search and...

U.S. Supreme Court Case of Hoffa v. the United States

on appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court (349 F2d 20). The Supreme Court in this case ultimately had to make a...

Civil War and Reconstruction Effects

life, liberty or property without due process of law, (or) deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the ...

Flag Descration

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

Law and Due Process

In ten pages the law's due process applications to the 5th and 14th Amendments are examined as they exist under Gideon and Miranda...

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...

US Constitution's 4th Amendment

In five pages this paper analyzes the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution as it pertains to privacy rights and 'search and seizur...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...