Wade just affected abortion rates and the legality of abortion. The decision in Roe v. Wade had a profound impact on the social and political climates of the day as it questioned the viability of life and when life actually begins. It insinuated ideas about the Constitution’s application to daily life that had never been previously explored. For the first time, a clear divided had spread across the United States between those who supported the decision and those who wanted to nullify it. The topic of abortion was then a debate topic for the masses and not just legislators.…
The United State’s government is attempting to limit the rights of the states once again, this time while also violating the commerce clause. Now, the United States Government is trying to tell my state of Montana, among others, that we cannot create our own firearms laws and that we must follow the federal government’s. The weapons were made and sold within the state of Montana, so we should have say about what laws are placed upon these firearms. To regulate our products made in the great state of Montana, the federal government is undermining the meaning of the commerce clause. The clause has to do with interstate commerce, not intrastate; therefore, defining it as intrastate as well as interstate practically means that the 10th amendment is useless.…
In 1803, Marbury v. Madison was sent to court and the long trial began. Many events had been leading up to the case that would change the United States government forever. Marbury v. Madison proved to be no ordinary case when it increased the powers of the judicial branch. The continuing expansion of the government forced the existence of the case to be debated. It was only a matter of time before the branches would increase in power.…
They believed that Congress was violating the Twenty-first Amendment by taking away states decision for their minimun drinking age. This case brings the issue of federalism into play by questioning who has the power over law-making. Does Congress have the right to take away a states right to decide the legal drinking age? While South Dakota obviously thought that this was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had believed otherwise. With a 7 to 2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Congress' law constitutional.…
The president was put under judicial review and the Supreme Court is the only one that has the right interpret the constitution2. This case was considered one of the most controversial cases in the history of the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison established an important precedent for today. Justice Marshall's ruling interpreted the Constitution to mean that the Supreme Court had the power of judicial review.…
One of the most intellectual forces of the Marshall Court was its importance on the Supreme Court's power in Marbury v. Madison. Preceding to the Marshall Court, organizers of the Constitution, For example, Alexander Hamilton inquired the Supreme Court part as the lowest part of the major branch of government. The Marshall Court changed this knowledge in Marbury v. Madison. The case's crucial issue was whether the court had the power to support a constitutional check on the case.…
Grassley Cruz Legislation The Grassley Cruz Legislation is a bill that aims to achieve a variety of gun control issues in order to allow for greater safety from guns. The attempt to better gun safety is to first increase resources and tools for prosecuting criminals of these crimes. It is able to achieve this be criminalizing straw purchases of weapons along with adding additional penalties and qualifications for trafficking guns. The bill also aims to increase school safety.…
Name: Kevin Meyer Case Name: Bush v. Gore Case Number: 00-949 Facts of The Case: Bush v. Gore (as many believed), was the case that had determined which candidate would win the United States presidential election of 2000 between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. The issue that caused the whole case to erupt was in Florida when the elections results were so close it was not possible to determine who won Florida. Even though Bush received 1,784 more votes than Al Gore did in Florida, the gap between votes was small enough to cause an automatic machine recount under Florida law. Strangely, by doing this it had decreased the amount of votes Bush had. The machine recount had set Bush out of the lead.…
Texas vs. Johnson (An analysis of the supreme court case Texas vs. Johnson and the current repercussions of the decision) The first amendment protects many of our basic rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, etc. The framers of our constitution left a broad wording to leave room for our country to grow and change as time went on. One of the adjustments our country has made over time is to define the actions and words protected under the freedom of speech. There are three basic categories of free speech; pure speech, is communication only through words, speech plus is speech plus an aid such as a sign or a chant, and symbolic speech, an action that communicates meaning without the use of words.…
Prior to this case, it was looked down upon for people to be supporting abortions. However, after this case interpreted the Constitution to respect the privacy of people, and for the privacy to include abortions, many more people began to be supportive of supporting them. This demonstrates how judicial review has allowed the constitution to be and continue to be relevant through numerous…
The court case was eventually partially overruled by the Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio but officially secured that free speech could be drastically limited. Oyez states, the “The Court used a two-pronged test to evaluate speech acts: (1) speech can be prohibited if it is ‘directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action’ and (2) it is ‘likely to incite or produce such action’” (Oyez). Thus, the limitations of free speech in Brandenburg v. Ohio were solidified and displays how the effects of Schenck v. United States inadvertently affected many prominent court cases Overall, Schenck v. United States illustrates how one case limited the scope of the 1st amendment's free speech. Along the way, the court case paved the way for other court cases to be settled upon Schenck v. United States results, all of which solidified the deprivation of rights.…
This case was used to discuss the Washington v. Trump case. In the Washington v. Trump case, the executive order was discriminatory in its application. This case related to most of the chapter because the chapter also talked about due process, which was a concern in this case. The 5th and 14th amendment both have the due process clause. We mainly focused on procedural due process.…
In a Democracy it is important to have frequent elections where all adults have the availability to participate. Until recent history the United States had mechanism put in place where some groups of society had multiple obstacles. Mechanisms like poll tax and literacy tests were given to reduce the number of minority voters. Individuals were even disfranchised and had no capability to vote. Devices and mechanisms able to break the burden of disfranchisement had first began in 1965 when a group of peaceful marchers traveled to Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery to push and promote legislation for the creation of new voting rights legislation.…
One of these cases in which this can be seen is United States v. Eichman, which was a case ruled in 1990 regarding the legality of flag burning on the grounds of First Amendment protections. When the Supreme Court rules on a case, it can use its power…
SCOTUS cases involving the First Amendment are important to learn about about because they can and will influence how the First Amendment is applied to all citizens. The First Amendment grants everyone the freedom to express their own religious…