2Nd Amendment Essay

According toAfrican Americans, the 14th amendment was adopted in order to eradicate inequality between races. This posed as a common argument against originals that often delivers patently unjust results. This was likely the case in the Plessy v. Fergusson in which the defendants argued that racial segregation was constitutional. This was likely since separation was highly tolerated and even endorsed by numerous citizens who voted for the fourteenth amendment. However, African Americans claimed…

Employment Division v Smith brought upon the issue of what extent does the free exercise clothes of the first amendment accommodates for. Alfred Smith and Galen Black worked as counselors for private drug rehabilitation. They were fired from their jobs because they ingested peyote. Both ingested peyote for sacramental purposes at a ceremony of the Native American Church, which he was a member of and both were denied benefits because they had been discharged for work-related "misconduct". The…

Case: Bensusan Restaurant Corp. V King, 126 F.3d 25 (2nd Cir. 1997) Parties: Bensusan Restaurant Corporation, Plaintiff/ Appellants Richard B. King, (individually and in his capacity as business owner of The Blue Note jazz club), Defendant/ Appellee Facts: Appellant owned a successful jazz club named “The Blue Note” located in New York City and the appellee operated a small jazz nightclub in Missouri also named “The Blue Note”, for which he established a website to promote events happening at…

1 Why was it necessary to intervene in the situation? On patrol as a special constable, there was an urgent report over the radio of a male that had been seen with a handgun. A description of the male was given and a direction of travel, which was the area I was patrolling. On patrol I saw a male matching the description and informed the control room straight away. Following him from a distance, it was necessary for me to be cautious in these circumstances as he was going into the town centre…

is part of the home itself for Fourth Amendment purposes. Police officers cannot go beyond the scope of that invitation. Entering a person's porch for the purposes of conducting a search requires a broader license than the one commonly given to the general public. Without such a license, the police officers were conducting an unlawful search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Florida v. Harris & Florida v. Jardines, both are related to the fourth amendment. Although, citizens have right to be…

of students. Restricting controversial literature in public education infringes upon the right to freedom of speech, deprives students from potential learning experiences, and violates their ability to freely make choices. Protected by the First Amendment, Freedom of Speech guarantees the right to read books and magazines, to make telephone calls and write letters to family and…

Vitale court case, causing an incensed populace of America. The Engel vs. Vitale case was a landmark in U.S Supreme Court cases, which caused a significant disturbance in America that ruled school-sponsored prayers to be in violation of one of the Amendments. The Supreme Court is known as the highest federal court in the United States, which also means that the Engel vs. Vitale case has been heard at least one other time before reaching the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court case, Engel vs.…

possessing handguns. In 2008, after the Court had decided Heller and said that the Second Amendment includes an individual right to keep and bear arms, Otis McDonald and other Chicago residents sued the city for violating the Constitution. They claimed that Chicago’s handgun regulations violate their 14th Amendment rights. Specifically, the residents argue that the 14th Amendment makes the Second Amendment right “to keep and bear Arms” applicable to state and local governments. The federal…

Speakers Corner is a symbol of freedom of speech. In the documentary "Speakers’ Corner” it explain what a speakers corner is. A speaker corner is place where people can freely express themselves and their beliefs’. It doesn’t matter how harsh or wrong that person opinion is, they have the rights to express themselves. Many people believe that speaker corner is one of the best places to go for freedom of speech. People from all around the world go to London, England to see the speakers’ corner.…

13th Amendment It may be hard to imagine a world where people were withheld the right to vote, and a federal government allowing enslavement. While many issues were discussed in the bill of rights it wasn’t until the amendments that followed were put in place that it had brought new light to rights that many had taken for granted. More specifically the thirteenth amendment was to abolish slavery in the United States. Its date of passage by Senate was dated April 8, 1864, was in house on January…