Antonin Scalia

In this country, a rising issue that is being openly debated more often is gun control. This topic is becoming important in this country because of the rapid increase of mass shootings located all around the country. I am against gun control because studies have shown, that stringent gun control laws cause more issues related to gun related crimes than before. In 1996, after the worst mass shooting in Australian history occurred, then prime minister, John Howard created the National Firearms…

to the idea of originalism, which means the document’s meanings and interpretations should be interpreted exactly the same as when they were enacted 200 years ago. One popular advocate for this idea was recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who argued that “…originalism is the only proper way to interpret the United States Constitution so that judges aren’t given a license to create or eliminate constitutional rights as they see fit” (Faller). To further elaborate, in looking…

The United States is a land of arguments, by nature. Thankfully serious legal arguments can be settled through the judicial system if necessary, as the United States is also a land governed by law. However, interesting situations arise when the law itself is the subject of the argument. Even more interesting situations arise when the Constitution, the supreme law, is the cause for debate. The situation in question is the status of the Constitution 's life, or lack thereof. Is it a living…

The debate of gun control has been circulating throughout the government. It has become an issue because of the recent shootings occurring in public areas. People feel that there should be a tougher regulation of how and who can buy guns. However, there are others who believe that if gun control became more strict it would cause more problems and it could infringe on their right to bear arms. No matter the outcome of the issue, there will be repercussions that will be good and bad. A…

The president nominates the judge or justices and the senate conform if the senate and the P.O.T.U.S say yes the judge stay in the job for life. In real life they supposed to be nine justices on the court right know with justices Antonin Scalia decease there are eight four to four when it is a tie the supreme court of the United State goes to sleep then it’s not a third branch of government. As of this year the supreme court are tie for conservative four liberal we have no supreme court…

Democrats in the Senate used the nuclear option and removed the filibuster over some of the Obama appointees only to get the same treatment from the Republicans when it came to confirming Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia. The gridlock in Washington was the norm for the last eight years and the American public did not like it. As a result, both parties moved away from the center, Republicans to the right through a wave of so-called tea party legislators…

On March 10, 1992, Alfonso Lopez Jr. brought a .38-caliber handgun and five bullets to Edison High School in San Antonio, TX. He was arrested under Texas law but the next day, state charges were dropped after he was charged by a federal grand jury for violating the Gun- Free School Zones Act of 1990. He was convicted and sentenced to 6 months in prison and 2 years of supervision. Lopez’s lawyer, John R. Carter, a federal public defender, argued that the Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) is…

intellectually disabled at the time he was arrested. Henry was later then sentenced to death in jail, which in my opinion isn’t fair because he has an illness and should be in a psychiatric hospital. A man of the Supreme Court justice by the name of Antonin Scalia cited his case or justification. While the case was still being held to prove Henry’s innocents (eji.org) states that “The 30-year delay in announcing McCollum 's innocence can be traced to prosecutors who illegally hid evidence,…

This is the sound that is heard at 1:40 am on the West Side of Chicago as another innocent victim killed. Kentrell Thompson sat in his car at a gas station when someone fired several shots at his vehicle (WFLD). Thompson suffered from a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at 2:29 am (WFLD). This is becoming progressively common in the City of Chicago. The first twenty-two days of 2017 at least 40 people had been murdered (dnainfo.com). Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson…

Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and Bear Arms shall not be infringed.” The court case District of Columbia V. Heller ruled trigger locks and the disassembly of firearms unconstitutional. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the opinion of the…