Babe Ruth

to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment. However, the case was not finalized yet as the Supreme Court would hear the case. On March 9t, 2009, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on Vermont vs. Brillon. A majority opinion was authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The majority found that Brillon’s Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was not violated. The Court took into account Barker vs. Wingo which declared that the right to a speedy trail relied on both the actions of both the…

who is a possible candidate for canonization. She fulfills most of the requirements: (1) She’s dead. (2) She demonstrated heroic virtue. (3) Cults have been formed around her work. (4) Her invention is considered by many to be a miracle. The woman: Ruth Graves Wakefield. Her contribution to the world: the chocolate chip cookie. One day in the 1930s, Mrs. Wakefield, an owner of the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Mass., 23 miles south of Boston, was busy baking in her kitchen. Depending on which of…

During this week’s reading, my eye was caught by the actions of then-Governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education II (1955). Even as he felt pressures from both the judicial and executive branches of government, he refused to comply with the new standards of racial equality. In 1955, the Supreme Court issued a decision on the case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education II, ruling that states must immediately end any segregation in their school…

Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. Misty Copeland endured a tumultuous home life to dance, eventually she began to study under California ballet instructor Cindy Bradley. Misty joined the studio company of American Ballet Theatre in 2000, becoming a soloist several years later an starring in an array of productions such as The Nutcracker and Firebird. An icon whose star shines beyond the world of classical dance, in late June 2015 Misty became the first…

In some states it can take a court order to receive Medicaid for an abortion that meets the criteria for a federally funded abortion. Clinics in many states have little to no relationship with Medicaid because reimbursement for qualifying abortions rarely happens. Some clinicians are reluctant to sign Medicaid request forms when there is not a police report not because they question the validity of the woman’s claim, but because they are afraid of being accused of Medicaid fraud. Some women…

The Judicial branch in the U.S. government is an important branch because this branch interprets the Constitution. More specifically, it is the Supreme Court justices that are entrusted to interpret the Constitution. The Supreme Court justices help shape our legal system. There are usually nine Supreme Court justices. This paper will be focusing on Supreme Court justice Stephen G. Breyer in regards to his early life and his legal career before he became a Supreme Court justice. Also, this paper…

He served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (CNN). Thomas won Francis Boyer Award, which was once the highest honor conferred by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (biography.com). Clarence has made great judgements and is still well-known today. One…

Abortion: Pro-Choice Shouldn’t you be able to decide what you do with your body? How would you feel if someone told you what your could or could not do to your own body? This is the dilemma women face every day since abortion is constantly a topic of much debate. There are many opinions on whether or not women should be able to have an abortion or not. I think women should definitely be able to have an abortion if they want to. Women’s health can be affected if she is not able to have one, the…

68-year-old Edna was never the kind of lady to sit around and knit all day. She’d be more accurately described with words like adventurous, plucky, and impressive. Her live in male nurse, Colin, was a different story. His descriptive words mostly consisted of apprehensive, clumsy, and irritable. He, of course, had every right to be crabby for the wild Edna would constantly be dragging along the poor fellow on one of her many escapades. You’d think these scenarios would be few and far between in…

Freedom of speech is a right that is granted to all American citizens, but even though it is a right in the first amendment many people take it for granted and some take it too far. The Phelps family are of those who took their right of freedom of speech and used it in a negative way. The Phelps family are the founders of the Westboro Baptist church, yet their practice of religion has nothing in relation to common Baptist churches. The Phelps family practice a rather negative form of protesting…