Chief Justice of the United States

We fight for what we want, Justice! For over a decade, “Chicanos” have been treated differently especially in the rural East Los Angeles area in 1968, “It is a community of small Mexican restaurants painted in reds and greens… where people and their complicated lives spill into the streets” (p.15). From the Mexican students who did attend school that did not live in LA “just over a quarter had completed high school, while in Los Angeles as a whole 62 percent had high school degrees” (p.16).…

northern antislavery justices John McLean of Ohio and Benjamin R. Curtis of Massachusetts agreed with scott, arguing that he should be freed under the Missouri Compromise since he had traveled north of the 36°30′ line. Where freedom had been issued to all races. Showing, that he had no freedom since he came from a slave state and this was constitutional. In regards to Plessy, The Separate Car Act did not conflict with the Thirteenth Amendment, according to Brown (Associate Justice that…

institutions. South Carolina’s judicial system has drastically evolved over the past fifty years. The state has made great progress in modernizing the structure of its judicial system and its operating procedures in spite of the state’s reputation of being hesitant to change. I believe that South Carolina’s judicial system is one of the better systems in the country because of the progress the state has made restructuring the system and developing a more professionalized and independent…

society and American democracy had its pitfalls, Robert Williams was ultimately a believer in these two areas in that they could bring about equality for every person in America. In 1954 while Williams was in the Marine Corps he learned that the United States Supreme Court had struck down school segregation. He wrote: “At last I felt that I was a part of America and that I belonged. I was sure that this was the beginning of a new era of American democracy” (Negroes with Guns, xviii). Upon…

The American way of life changed drastically since 1787. That was the year when Constitution was written and signed by the framers in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House. Although, it was more than two-hundred and twenty eight years ago, it is still the supreme law of the United States. Some critics say that American government and the political affairs changed since 1787, and the Constitution is not as efficient anymore. Also, those critics say that in modern time America needs…

the sixth president of the United States and he was the son…

In order to increase our understanding of justice in the United States, we can look at how some individual cities contribute to creating their own construction of justice. One of the major distinctions between major cities is the way the police collaborates with their community, for instance the difference between Richmond, California and Baltimore, Maryland. Richmond’s officers have all been mandated to attend community meetings or discussions, while off-duty and when they are on-duty, they…

Well before the American Independence in 1776, the American Flag represented freedom and the chance to start a new chapter. Men and women died for the American Flag under the British, Civil War, and other wars fought or participated in by the United States. Unfortunately, the new age of Americans do not understand the meaning the flag brings and the sacrifices others had to do for the freedom we have now. We are living in a time where young America doesn’t want to work and earn their pay, but…

political philosophy. Roosevelt is known by his initials FDR and he served as the 32nd President of United States as an American statesman and a political leader. Roosevelt had the lonegest tenure of United States presisdent record for four elections and served from March 1933 untill his death April 12, 1945. Roosevelt was the central figure in world events during the mid 20th century by leading the United States through worldwide economic depression and World War II. Roosevelt easily fits…

There are three branches of the United States government which shape and control society in our day to day lives. These three branches are known as the separation of powers which is “the division of government power across the judicial, executive, and legislative branches” (Bianco 7). The two main branches this paper will focus on are the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, specifically the President and Congress. The President and Congress function on the Madisonian…