Antonin Scalia

adults to have handguns in their homes for protection. Also the court did acknowledge that most forms of gun regulation are still constitutionally permissible. “Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited,” Justice Antonin Scalia, explained. They also claim that more armed individuals lead to less crime, which is not true. In states with more guns, level of violence, robberies, killings are generally higher than in those with less registered guns. In my opinion…

power to run a criminal justice system at all ends (Barnes, R., 2010). Once, the individual completes his/her sentence in prison. Then is also aware of his/her release into the community where they live. Kagan’s and the chief antagonist is Justice Antonin Scalia, who said, there isn't any constitutional power on the part of the federal system to defend society from sexual predators (Barnes, R., 2010). In the interim of state and federal, there's a lot of miss interpretations of actions that one…

arms shall not be infringed." While it is understandable for people to own guns as means of self-defense, this amendment does not grant people unlimited freedoms. As Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has accurately explained, there are many cases in which gun ownership has distinctive limits. For example, Scalia indicates that there are various restrictions on “the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill” and there continues to be “laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in…

On June 26, 2015 the United States Justices decided on a pivotal case in American history. In a close 5-4 vote the Justices deemed that same-sex marriage was constitutional via the 14th amendment. The Obergefell et al. v. Hodges case was the finality of a slow evolving progression for same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges). This landmark decision allowed same-sex marriage to be legal in the United States. After this decision same-sex couples rushed to their nearest marriage clerk to solidify…

Second Amendment “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Archives, 2016). Gun control topic relates to criminal law and criminal procedures by giving a punishment to the defendant if individual violated the law or a police officer violated citizen’s rights. Most states allow people to bear a gun, but some of them not. So it depends the state law a person will be punished by bearing a gun.…

communities,” stated Schwarzenegger, “to protect (them) against the effects of games that depict ultraviolent actions, just as we already do with movies.” Despite the ex-governor’s sentiments, the law was vetoed by a majority vote of 7-2. One justice, Antonin Scalia, having voted for the majority, gave his own personal reasoning behind his decision. “As a means of assisting concerned parents, (the law) is seriously overinclusive because it abridges the First Amendment rights of young people…

DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD: THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS Jay Barber 25938654 HIUS-221 November 16, 2017 As seminal decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sanford brought the issues of racism and slavery to the forefront of American political culture during the nineteenth century. It has also been considered by legal and political scholars to be a “ghastly error”, the “product of an overly ideological and reactionary judge”,…

regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Some people take this to mean only militiamen are completely protected by the constitution. However Justice Antonin Scalia, LLB, in the June 26,…

Racism has been a part of the U.S. since the beginning. From the colonial era to now, there has been many things that have been done to improve the lives of whites. Throughout the years, many laws and court decisions directly benefit white people. This had led to many generations either benefiting or being hurt by these race driven decisions and events. These decisions and events have led to structural racism. Structural racism is when racism becomes part of many social institutions like work,…

foundation of the government. If the Constitution were to change, its original significance would be completely lost. Once the citizens of The United States deem it acceptable to tweak the Constitution, they may never stop. As the witness, Justice Antonin Scalia, on a CBN news article claims, “if judges start to redefine the Constitutional text according to their own views, then they have rendered the…