Essays Tagged: "Supreme Court"

The right to Life. On abortion from a religious point of view.

there is a huge controversy about who chooses. In the 1970's the Roe v. Wade was tried in the U.S. Supreme Court. 'Jane Roe' took the District Attorney of Dallas county to the Supreme Court because s ... not afford to travel elsewhere to have it 'preformed' so she went to court. On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court said that it was legal for any woman to have an abortion and terminate her pregnancy a ...

(3 pages) 88 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Euthanasia

iginal leader Rev.Djiniynni Gondarra put forward the NT euthanasia law .But was dismissed by the NT Supreme Court. After appealing and with the support of three major party leaders the law was passed. ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Some Landmark supreme court decisions

injunction to be issued by Iowa. This court refused the idea, forcing them to take the case to the Supreme Court. After hearing their case, the Supreme Court agreed with the Tinkers. They said that w ... ession and that students do not have to give up their 1st Amendment rights at school. This landmark Supreme Court case was known as Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District.From the case of Ti ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Case: Tinker v. Des Moines, Kuhlmieir v. Hazelwood

injunction to be issued by Iowa. This court refused the idea, forcing them to take the case to the Supreme Court. After hearing their case, the Supreme Court agreed with the Tinkers. They said that w ... ession and that students do not have to give up their 1st Amendment rights at school. This landmark Supreme Court case was known as Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District.From the case of Ti ...

(4 pages) 103 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Censorship: A Growing Issue

ne in our survey believed in censorship to some extent. The issue of censorship was ruled on in the Supreme Court in the 1970's. The case that most affected this issue was the case of Hazelwood v. Khu ... the First Amendment. Next, everyone should follow the example of other states who are reversing the Supreme Court decision of Hazelwood v. Khulmeier. This ruling gives the administration the power of ...

(5 pages) 136 0 3.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A term paper on Democracy

Liberties are the "specific rights of a free society that are protected by the Bill of Rights." The Supreme Court makes decisions in the area of civil liberties and individual rights, these decisions ... never be satisfied regarding the balance between the rights of an individual and rights of society.Supreme Court and the Bill of RightsThe Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments of the constitutio ...

(3 pages) 155 0 3.6 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Judicial Choices

Judicial ChoicesSupreme Court conformations, much like everything else in politicsand life, changed over the years. ... onged trials, because ofthe changes in the political parties and institutions. The parties found theSupreme Court to be a tool for increasing their power, which caused anincreased interest in conforma ... y nolonger had control of the presidency so it needed to find other means tofurther its agenda. The supreme court was that other method as displayed bythe Warren Court after deciding liberal opinions ...

(3 pages) 102 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

An essay on the reasons to stop the use of racial profiling.

are continually discouraged and condemned throughout our legal system, yet are promoted by even the Supreme Court when used by law enforcement in the practice of racial profiling. Police officers nati ... acial profiling an unjustified method of law enforcement. Racial profiling, though permitted by the Supreme Court and lawmakers, must be stopped before it is taken any further than it already has been ...

(6 pages) 324 2 3.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Freedom to say what we want is a more basic right than freedom to buy what we want. Analyze critically. The Professor wanted no more then 220 words.

l freedom to the degree of the United States. Within the past years, America courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms of the free ...

(1 pages) 235 2 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Role of the Supreme Court, Government, Economics, and Protests in the Civil Rights Movement

here were four different elements that contributed to the success of the Civil Rights Movement: the Supreme Court, the Government, the economic situation of the time, and the protests of the movement. ... vernment, the economic situation of the time, and the protests of the movement. The role, which the Supreme Court's played in the success of the civil rights movement, was essentially one of neutralit ...

(7 pages) 190 0 4.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Essay looking at the abortion issue from a strictly legal standpoint, with opinion based thesis pro-abortion. From 1973 to 1995, landmark cases, political climates and bibliography included.

overturned at this very moment. This apathy could lead to our downfall. Nearly thirty years ago the Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Roe vs. Wade which overturned the Texas statute outlawing ... But the true groundwork for the abortion issue was set in 65 when in Griswold vs. Connecticut, the Supreme Court used constitutional privacy rights to overturn a Connecticut birth control statute. In ...

(7 pages) 140 0 4.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Finely v. the National Endowment for the Arts: One Battle in America's War over the Arts

. the National Endowment for the Arts:One Battle in America's War over the ArtsIn June of 1998, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley decidi ... Endowment for the Arts v. Finley deciding to uphold the status quo. In an eight to one decision the Supreme Court upheld that Section 954(d)(1), the "decency and respect" clause, passed by congress in ...

(7 pages) 85 0 4.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

The U.S. constitution throughout the years.

The U.S. Supreme Court has played a major role in either expanding or limiting constitutional civil liberties ... government. The Articles of Confederation, which was the first constitution of the U.S., designated Supreme Court as the head of the judiciary branch with the intent to establish justice in the U.S. T ... of the African Americans by passing legislation in favor of slavery. In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court declared that African Americans were not U.S. citizen and thus depriving them of freed ...

(2 pages) 156 1 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A formal analysis of the famous UT austin tower and main building. (excellent for art history classes. guaranteed).

e need for a recognized architect. Hence, an architect namedGilbert who had previously designed the Supreme Court and the monument to commercewas hired. Later, Herbert Greene was hired too. Eventually ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Gideon vs Wainwright.

ed of crime if they cannot afford one. In the 1963 landmark decision Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court expressed an opinion that had major consequences upon the interpretation of civil libe ...

(3 pages) 80 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

This paper is a research and persuasive paper on the legalization of euthanasia.

icide. One must weigh both sides of the argument before they can decide. On July 26, 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld decisions in New York and Washington State that criminalized assist ... , terminally ill adults, violated the 14th Amendment. In striking the appellate decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court found that there was no constitutional right to die, but left it to individual states ...

(7 pages) 450 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The impact of states rights during the Reconstruction Era of the US.

ted States. In 1787, debates arose on whether to ratify the Constitution, which would create a more supreme federal government, or to keep the Articles of Confederation, in which states had many more ... atified, Kentucky and Virginia wanted to nullify a federal law that they didn't agree with, but the Supreme Court established that the right to nullify a law didn't rest with the states (22-24). From ...

(6 pages) 118 1 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Same Sex Marriage, Acceptance in the United States.

s of society. Interracial marriage was prohibited, and unacceptable in the United States, until the Supreme Court ruled such bans unconstitutional in 1967. There is no reason that the federal governme ... of gender that clearly indicated that only heterosexual couples could marry.... In 1993, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a refusal to grant marriage licenses violated the state constitution (18). ...

(8 pages) 444 0 3.2 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Society make us human.

rom the beginning oftime no less. Starting with the Ten Commandments, the bill of rights and now theSupreme Court system, laws have been thought up and enforced. Also, if someone wereto break these ru ...

(2 pages) 40 0 2.2 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The dominance of black athletes in Sport.

be argued.This is an ongoing debate since the uprising of black athletes from around 1945 when the Supreme Court decided to make racial segregation illegal. (J. Coakley sport in society 1986) Whether ...

(5 pages) 100 1 1.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism