Balanced Budget Amendment

accommodations for white and non-white passsengers of the train cars. This lead to the Plessy v. Ferguson case because when Plessy was prosecuted he claimed that his 13th and 14h amendment rights were being violated. In the Brown v. Board of Education case Linda Brown and her family went to court claiming that her 14th amendment right…

In 1993 there was a court case was brought into the light in reference to whether or not schools should be allowed to send students outside of the district to fulfill their educational needs. The case was called Oberti v. Board of Education and the plaintiff was Rafael Oberti who was an eight year old boy with down syndrome who was being told he needed to go to a school forty-five minutes away instead of the local school. The defendant was the Clementon, NJ Board of Education, who were the…

By any means the Federal courts shouldn 't be able to interpret the U.S. Constitution, they should see it as a living document in which the meaning changes with the times. The courts shouldn 't interpreted the constitution in its original meaning. As the times change and things are viewed differently as they once were, people 's views on things change with the time. Why should we allow the courts to constitution when everyone sees it differently. The issue of judicial restraint vs.…

Case title: Herring v. United States Citation: 555 U.S. 135 Year decided: 2009 Facts: Bennie Dean Herring was arrested on July 7, 2004 after he went down to the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department to obtain items from his truck which was impounded. Investigator Mark Anderson became suspicious of Herring and began to inquire about his past. He had Sandy Pope, the county’s warrant clerk, to run Herring’s name in the system to see if he had any active warrants for his arrest. After running…

thirteenth amendment had passed. Childs has the overarching argument that the thirteenth amendment actually has an exception clause that allows chattel slavery to occur. Evidence of African-Americans being sold as property differently than traditional slavery and the use of the exception clause of the thirteenth amendment is apparent throughout the chapter. Slavery was not done because it transformed as a way of punishment. The continued slavery is done through the thirteenth amendment and its…

1950s America was a very difficult time for African American communities. Segregation was at its peak, and the country as a whole was experiencing growing pains while trying to make acceptance of African Americans a common way of life. During this time many court cases had been filed in attempts to help move this progression further along. One of the court cases involved is known as Brown V Board of Education. Brown V Board of Education involved an African American man by the name of Oliver…

College and The Freedom of Speech Revolution Is the first amendment actually safe to use at any given time? According to Greg Lukianoff in the essay “Feigning Free Speech on Campus”, students are being restricted from demonstrating personal beliefs on college campuses across the United States by way of “speech codes”, these codes; detract from the unalienable right of freedom of speech. Most affected, are students between the ages of 18 to 25 who are entering college with unrealistic…

important document to our country. As such, over the years we have made changes (amendments) to it in order to keep up with society’s changes. At the time when the Constitution was signed and enacted, many people were not included in the statements of this agreement. The 14th Amendment ratified it so citizens were considered as “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” which includes formed slaves (“14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution”, 2015). It also forbids states from…

information was 14 times more likely to happen early in the process” (Fessenden). In the U.S. torture is illegal and any kind of treatments that causes physical or mental pain, committed for any reason, is a violation of international law. Also the 8th Amendment states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” (Stevenson). I think torture would be considered as cruel and unusual punishment. Personally, I think that our…

The first amendment, “The Freedom of Speech”, adopted in 1791 gave people the right to voice concerns or opinions, peaceably assemble and to petition the government. This amendment is one of the most important in the Constitution allowing society free expression of oneself allowing the voices of the country to promote growth. There are arguments of the freedom being abused and taken for granted to belittle others for their race, disabilities or ethnicity. Slandering of people or groups publicly…