Slaughterhouse Cases: The state of Louisiana made a monopoly of slaughtering operations and sold it to one specific company, eliminating all other companies against their will. The companies said that since it was not voluntary, it was considered involuntary servitude, and infringed on their equal protection rights and also burdened their access to liberty and property without due process. The first section forbids the landing or slaughtering of animals whose flesh is indented for food within certain boundaries. Another section authorizes the company to establish and erect within certain territory, one large scale slaughterhouse is to exist and the rest are not allowed business within those territories. Also, all other stock landings and slaughterhouses are to be closed as a result of this case.…
There have been many cases where private security officers searched someone and found illegal contraband which that person was later for being in possession of that contraband. State v. Keyser is a case where a cashier searched a box a customer was about to leave the store with and found $147.98 unpaid item inside. The security guard who was working in the store at that time escorted the defendant in the back. The security officer calls the cops and the defendant was arrested and later charged with theft by deception. The defendant tried to suppress evidence of the item he was intending to steal.…
The Wolf v Colorado case questions the fourth amendment. The argument was about whether it was against and illegal for the police to search and seizure Wolf’s medical office and obtain daybooks without any warrant. The reason for the unauthorized raid was because a women had called 911 about having medical complications after having had an illegal abortion. She named Wolf as the doctor who performed the procedure and arrested him under the conspiracy to perform an abortion. The information contained in the daybook led to police interrogated other women who had illegal abortions and admitted Dr. Wolf was the one who performed them.…
cases also relates to the Fourth Amendment, which requires "search and seizure" of evidence, also known as the exclusionary rule (Srinivas, 2012, p. 179). The exclusionary rule states that, “Evidence must be collected and analyzed without violating the rights of the defendant; if the rights of the defendant are violated, then the evidence will not be upheld in court” (Srinivas, 2012, p. 179). Savana Redding is a 13-year-old eighth grader enrolled at Safford Middle School. She is an honor student who has no history of disciplinary problems or substance abuse.…
In the United States constitution, people are given protection and rights that allow their religious beliefs to exempt themselves from laws and regulations. Religious freedom is very important in America because of the protected rights to all people. The religious freedom restoration act that was put into place in 1993 by the Federal government as well as the state of Indiana to protect people as well as corporation’s religious beliefs and background. There are many instances for cases dealing with religious differences at the state and federal level.…
The amendment also declares that states may not pass laws that take away a citizen's rights. Nor can a state “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person… The equal protection of the…
Chirag N. Rao Political Science Essay#2, Topic= the Civil Rights and the Liberties Scenarios, Due= Thursday, February 19th, 2015 The hearing of an appeal to post Ten Commandments on the walls of a public or government building is an interesting case, whose relevance goes back to the famous phrase, namely, “Separation of Church and State”. Roots of this phrase can be traced all the way back to a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in January of 1802 to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut. Though the First Amendment clause against establishment of religion by law was to ensure that there was separation between religion and government, various courts to this day are still hearing cases and this remain an ongoing subject of interpretation and perspectives. I believe this is so because the various court decisions and legislation such as First Amendment, Lemon Test, Civil Rights and Liberties make it ambivalent between separation of religion and that of freedom to practice religion.…
In The Returned, society views the infected humans known as the returned, as a vicious plague on earth. The contaminated humans are discriminated against because they are considered different from the rest of the world. In order for the infected to function as adequate human beings, they must inject themselves with every day doses to stay in human form. The main protagonist Alex is a returned who is not only is affected for his condition, but goes through police searches, a murder attempt towards his life, and irritated protestors. The returned are not normal, but rather inhumane.…
1. After framing the constitution it seems that there was a need to change certain guidelines in constitution, Hence they came up with the term Amendments (changes in documents). in 4th Amendment it talks about the unreasonable/unnecessary searches of someone's possessions or seizures (also arrest) which is against the right to privacy. The scope of seizures/Searched should be limited and only warrant should be issued by law enforcement officer before police taking necessary action. in 1792 US State secretary Sir Jefferson, Thomas declared the amendment adoption.…
The 4th amendment, which is contained in the Bill of Rights, is a crucial part of the United States Constitution. This single sentence offers great protection to everyone, against government and its power. Although it was not always this way, this portion of the law that govern our great nation was inserted shortly after the establishment of The United States Constitution. Throughout history, there have been many cases where this single guideline has protected an individual, and through their case it has changed the way people’s privacy is respected, to include encounters with law enforcement. Although protection is of primary importance, there are also legal ways that law enforcement and government can circumvent this great protection.…
Is drug testing of students who participate in extracurricular activities permitted under the fourth amendment? fourth amendment states that a person has the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Meaning that the people are protected from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government while it does not guarantee against all searches and seizures, only those the law deems unreasonable. Which is determined by the balance of two important interests being…
The Supreme Court adopted the exclusionary rule as a way of prohibiting the use of evidence in a court of law in situations where government officials directly or indirectly violate an individual’s constitutional rights to obtain evidence to secure a conviction. In other words, the exclusionary rule is a means of protecting the constitutional rights of the people from authoritative misconduct in violation of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments against unreasonable search and seizure, coercion, and provides the right to counsel under due process of the law (Cornell Law School, 2007). The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine can result in the dismissal of evidence collected at a crime scene as proof of guilt found in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment clearly states that the rights of the people are to be secure in their homes and person, papers and effects, and shall not be violated by unreasonable search and seizure, and no warrants shall be issued unless it is supported by probable…
Amendment IV The fourth amendment is one of the primitive and mainly significant entitlements bestowed to the citizens of The United State of America; the law, distinctively states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” What Does the Fourth Amendment Mean? The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution stipulates, the entitlement of individuals to be secure in their individualities, dwellings, documents, and possessions, against irrational searches…
There have been many opinions about the ruling of the United States v. Fields case. In 2011, Abel Fields spoke at a public safety meeting and stated that he had received the Purple Heart and that he was a part of the military for over eight years. However, his claims were false. Some say that his statement is protected under the first amendment, however, it violates the Stolen Valor Act. This case went through different courts and the ruling was in favor of Abel Fields.…
People often reject the unique, they look with a quirked eyebrow and a disfavouring eye on those who are different. In an unspoken agreement, the majority decided to don a negative attitude to the minority. Perhaps one of the most finespun, subtle discriminations in the world we live in today is that against the left; so inconspicuous is it, that most never realise its existence. Most would sneer, “how can there be discrimination against left? It’s just a direction, a handedness, an adjective,”, but ‘most’ are the unwittingly biased majority.…