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- 1: The Supreme Court
- The Supreme Court The Supreme Court has had many different places where it was located over the years. There has been a struggle to find a permanent home for the most powerful court of ...
- 2: Mitchell v. Wisconsin: Why Mitchell v. Wisconsin Sucked
- Mitchell v. Wisconsin: Why Mitchell v. Wisconsin Sucked On June 11, 1993, the United State Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin's penalty enhancement law, which imposes harsher sentences on criminals who "intentionally select the person against whom the crime...is committed..because of the race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry of that person." Chief Justice Rehnquist deliverd the opinion of the unanimous Court. This paper argues against the decision, and will attempt to prove the unconstitutionality of such penalty enhancement laws. On the evening of October 7, 1989, Mitchell and a group ...
- 3: Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
- Landmark Supreme Court Decisions About 32 years ago, in December of 1965, a group of adults and students from Des Moines, Iowa gathered to show their dislike towards American involvement in the Vietnam ... the armbands. All of them did not return to school until after New Years Day. Acting through their parents, the Tinkers and some other students went to the Federal District Court, asking for an 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 ...
- 4: Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
- ... homosexuality, and there is virtually no one who can claim that they have never had contact with a homosexual. In the middle of all this publicity, there lingers a pending Supreme Court case in which the fate of the homosexual lies: Romer v. Evans, a case that dominated Colorado that has come to "symbolize the controversy over gay legal rights" throughout the nation. This paper will trace the elements behind that case, and attempt to focus on the steps the Supreme Court will follow to determine whether homosexuality must be legally considered a "suspect class" for the purposes of "quota preferences, protected status or claim of discrimination" as outlined by ...
- 5: Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
- ... homosexuality, and there is virtually no one who can claim that they have never had contact with a homosexual. In the middle of all this publicity, there lingers a pending Supreme Court case in which the fate of the homosexual lies: Romer v. Evans, a case that dominated Colorado that has come to "symbolize the controversy over gay legal rights" throughout the nation. This paper will trace the elements behind that case, and attempt to focus on the steps the Supreme Court will follow to determine whether homosexuality must be legally considered a "suspect class" for the purposes of "quota preferences, protected status or claim of discrimination" as outlined by ...
- 6: What Went Wrong: An Examination of Separation of Church and State
- ... at the same time of its emergence as a world power, the United States began to slip into a form of judicial fascism. This slide began when the U.S. Supreme Court began to abandon the religious principles on which this nation was founded. The abandonment officially began in 1947 in Everson v. Board of Education, when the court announced, “The 1st amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.” (Barton, Original… ...
- 7: Court Trip Essay: Efficiency and Effectiveness of our Criminal Court System
- Court Trip Essay: Efficiency and Effectiveness of our Criminal Court System Our court systems have, in recent years, been said to be inefficient, sometimes ineffective, and even backlogged to the point where cases have to be dismissed because of how long it ...
- 8: Sixteen Most Significant Events in US History between 1789 to 1975
- ... threat to the United States. In return, the United States agreed to stay out of European affairs. Marbury v Madison is arguably one of the most important decisions by the Supreme Court in United States' history. The case, which was presided over in 1803 by Chief Justice John Marshall, concerned President Adams's appointment of William Marbury as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia. Adams's term ended before Marbury took office, and James Madison, the new Secretary of State, attempted to withhold the appointment. Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court under Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 to force Madison to grant the appointment. The court refused to rule on the appointment since Section 13 gave ...
- 9: Gun Control
- ... will push harder for more gun control laws. The President of the United States is responsible for enforcing the legislation passed by Congress and to enforce the rulings of the Supreme Court. The President is the gatekeeper in the area of National Agendas. The outcome of the Presidential Election this November 5th will determine Administrative agenda and policy on crime, guns, and ... they voted to repeal the 1994 Clinton gun and magazine ban. Last year, Bernie Ward, a prominent Radio Talk Show host on KGO radio out of San Francisco said "The Supreme Court has yet to strike down any law affecting gun control" and he is right. The Supreme Court has not heard a case involving gun control since 1934. In ...
- 10: Gideon vs Wainwright
- ... to make their own legislation regarding the right of the indigent accused to have counsel appointed to them in the state trials, or does the Fourteenth Amendment prevent this? The Supreme Court was faced with answering these questions in the case of Gideon v. Wainwright. In June of 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon, a fifty year old petty thief, drifter, and gambler who ... Gideon informed the Judge that he was not prepared for the trial to begin because he had not assembled a legal counsel in his defense. He then requested that the court appoint counsel to represent him (Goodman 62). The Judge responded with the following statement: "Mr. Gideon, I am sorry, but I cannot appoint Counsel to represent you in this ...
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