Choice of law clause

The Due Process Clause protects the right to life, liberty and property, but does the liberties of the few supersedes the liberties of the many. While those who pushed for marriage equality would say yes, the dissenting opinion of Justice Roberts would not. The laws set forth by the states and in turn the majority in those states did not want marriage equality. If liberty was the basis, the…

While interviewing Dylan McKinnon, a second year law student at the University of Iowa, I gained knowledge about the subject field and domain of law school and how it prepares students to emerge into the law field after graduation. I found Dylan during his office hours in the Pappajohn Business Building on the third floor on Friday afternoon. His office was poorly decorated with the only item on his desk being a laptop. The room seemed much too big for the minimal space that he was using but the…

number of Constitutional law doctrines in order to fight the pervasive discrimination of Jim Crow. Describe two such doctrinal innovations—how did the law change from previous interpretations and what are the specific case examples? Brown v. Board of Education is an excellent example of doctrinal innovation that changed its interpretation from previous precedent such as in Plessy v. Ferguson. This changed the interpretation of the 14th amendment Equal Protection Clause. When the 14th amendment…

anti-immigrant and pro-American views swept across the nation in the aftermath to World War I. States began to use the power of education to implement a shared American culture. Oregonians passed an amendment to the Compulsory Education Act of Oregon Law, Section 5259, which required all students between ages eight and sixteen to attend public school. Before this initiative, students were given an exception to the public school requirement to attend private school. Case Summary The Society of…

Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is, “The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is exactly like a similar provision in the Fifth Amendment, which only restricts the federal government. It states that no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” Usually, “due process” refers to fair procedures.” They believe that Connelly’s statements were not of rational intellect and free will. So the court implicated the Due Process Clause of…

With the fight for independence over, members of the newly formed United States sat down to write a set of laws for the nation. However, they were met with growing apprehension from Anti-Federalists, who favored strong state governments as opposed to a powerful central government. This group of commoners was afraid that this new form of government would resort to the monarchist principles of the former British regime, so they called for a protection of individual rights. On the other hand,…

Apple should not help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with the unlocking of Syed Farooks cell phone. The law the Government can not force agreements on companies when it comes to certain decisions that are made. Instead they can ask for permission and it is up to the company; in this case Apple to make the final choice. This has been a hot topic in the news after the terrorist attack in December in San Bernardino, behind the minds of gunman Syed Farook and his wife. Safety and…

Contract is an agreement between two or more parties that is indented to be legally enforceable. A contract can be in writing or made orally and can be entered into by signing a document, agreeing to something on the telephone or clicking on ‘I agree’ on a web page. There is a distinction between B2B (also know as, business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) contracts. In its simplest form, B2B refers to transections between two businesses where both the buyer and the seller are…

We all know that the “establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at a minimum that neither a state nor the Federal Government can organize a church. Neither can they permit rulings which give encouragement to one religion, support all beliefs, or favor one belief over an additional belief. Neither can it neither force nor influence a person to go to or to stay away from religious dwellings in contradiction of their free will or coerce them to acknowledge a belief or distrust…

imposed by the government on them. Furthermore, it protects people from having their own religious beliefs restricted by government authorities. The establishment clause is known as the first of these two freedoms. This clause prohibits Congress from creating or promoting a state-sponsored religion for its people. In broader terms the clause has forbidden the creation of a “Church of Ohio” or “Church of the United States but also forbids the government from favoring religion over non-religion or…