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- 21: The Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs Wade
- The Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs Wade It has been over a quarter of a century since the Supreme Court made it’s controversial ruling in the case of Roe vs Wade. From that day forth, that ruling changed the lives of many, and still has repercussions that ...
- 22: Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice
- Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice. The second Afro-American ever elected to hold the highest Judicial post in America. His story is one of uniqueness as well as perseverance, learned lessons of ...
- 23: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- ... reaching implications on a movement that was just starting to take root in America. In 1954 the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka descion by the Supreme Court overshadowed Baton Rouge, but the ideas and lessons were not forgotten. They were soon used 400 miles away in Montgomery, Alabama, where the most important boycott of the civil rights ... train, locked up in the New Orleans jail, and was taken before Judge Ferguson on the charge of violating Louisiana's state segregation laws. In affirming Plessy's conviction, the Supreme Court of Louisiana upheld the state law. Plessy then took the case to the Supreme Court of America on a writ of error ( an older form of appeal that ...
- 24: Euthanasia
- ... applied to resolve another. In the medical realm, interpretation of medical doctrine concerning treatment of terminally ill patients can result in entirely different applications. In two relatively recent cases, the Supreme Court had to decide the future of patients that were considered to be in chronically persistent vegetative states. The courts had to decide whether to continue with the existing treatment, as ... the patient’s right to privacy? Do a patient’s guardians have the right to refuse treatment on behalf of a patient? What constitutes ordinary and extraordinary medical treatment? The court indicated that a patient’s right to refuse treatment was an extension of the constitutionally derived “right to privacy” and, more importantly, permitted the assignment of those rights to ...
- 25: Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement
- ... numbers of recent European immigrants for job opportunities and almost always lost. Early Black Resistance to Segregation Blacks fought against discrimination whenever possible. In the late 1800s blacks sued in court to stop separate seating in railroad cars, states' disfranchisement of voters, and denial of access to schools and restaurants. One of the cases against segregated rail travel was Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional. In fact, separate was almost never equal, but the Plessy doctrine provided constitutional protection for segregation for ...
- 26: Tinker v. Des Moines, Kuhlmieir v. Hazelwood
- ... 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 Supreme Court agreed with the Tinkers. They said that wearing black armbands was a silent form of expression and that students do not ...
- 27: When the Government Stood Up For Civil Rights
- ... The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 were passed, guaranteeing the rights of blacks in the courts and access to public accommodation. These were, however, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, who decided that the fourteenth did not protect blacks from violation of civil rights, by individuals. This decision allowed white Southern conservative leadership to make laws and policies regarding blacks ... The problem was helped by the migration of black soldiers out West to take advantage of wartime prosperity. The civil rights issue was now gaining a national face. Then the Supreme Court handed down its devastating decision in Plessey vs. Ferguson (1896), that segregation is constitutional as long as facilities are "separate but equal." In the words of the one ...
- 28: Treating People Fairly Is A Right That Has Been Changed By Affirmative Action
- ... they were the same. The ability to discriminate against people who are qualified should not be a right given to someone. From affirmative action has come many legal documents and Supreme Court cases to try to set things straight. Affirmative action should be illegal and the person who is most qualified for the job should be hired. The Declaration of Independence states ... trainees, spoke out saying that the white trainees were being discriminated against in section 703 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 29, 1979, a court case named the United Steel Workers of American V. Weber was brought to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that this action violated Title VII and entered judgment in ...
- 29: Comparison of Mexico and the United States
- ... of the same three branches as Mexico, which each branch specifically designed to check and balance each other, all interrelated and overlapping, yet each quite distinct. (Adrian, 1978). In Mexico, supreme executive authority is vested in the president, who is elected to serve one six-year term; a bit longer than a U.S. president who is elected to serve a ... enforces; often the mayor also controls the functions of the council. (Adrian, 1978). III. Justice In Mexico, the administration of justice, at the federal level, is the responsibility of the Supreme Court of Justice and of the circuit and district courts. In each state or federal unit, there is a Superior Court of Justice, as well as civil, criminal, and mixed ...
- 30: Environmental Law: Nollan vs. CCC
- ... protested to the condition, but the CCC overruled the objection and granted the permit with the condition intact. Case Decision: The Nollans filed a petition to the Ventura County Superior Court asking that the condition to supply easement be removed from their permit. The Nollans' argument was that there was not enough evidence to support the developments limiting of public access to the beach. The argument was agreed upon by the court and the case was remanded to the California Coastal Commission for a full evidentiary hearing on the issue of public access to the beach. The CCC held a public hearing ... filed a supplemental petition for a writ of administrative mandamus (a writ that would order a public official or body to comply with a specified duty issued by a superior court). The Nollans argument was that the permit condition violated the Takings Clause in the V Amendment, and also in the XIV Amendment of the Constitution. The court agreed that ...
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