Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

Compare and Contrast Essay Liberty is a thing some people strive for and a thing people take for granted, Americans must decide how or how not to use their liberty . In Learned Hand’s “I am an American Day Address” and Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” both authors address the liberty of Americans; however they interpret the situation differently. The two writings have some similarities and some differences; both help people to understand the topic of liberty and what that means…

itself to combat the amount of offences that would fall under Breach of the peace as Breach of the Peace is:— a crime at common law which was defined in Smith v Donnelly 2001 SLT 1007, Lord Coulsfield finally stated that, in the view of the High Court, it is “clear that what is required to constitute the crime is conduct severe enough to cause alarm to ordinary people and threaten serious disturbance to the community”[12] In This case Mr Baig could fall under the actus reus and mens rea of…

When two rhetors are engaging in a debate, they can easily argue past one another if a mutual level of stasis is not settled upon. In the debate of “A Short History Of Torches And Intimidation” written by Sarah Bond and “Parents Fight Over Pledging Allegiance In Schools” written by Tovia Smith, both rhetors can agree that symbols serve a certain function and when those functions are abused it can cause conflict and uproar, especially when the function confronts the question of whether or not it…

How different would our world be if everyone was accepted and treated equally? There are two authors Ursula K. Le Guin who wrote the “The Wife’s Story” and William J. Brennan who wrote “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion” and the director of Bullied by Bill Brummel. They talk about acceptance and non-acceptance. Our world would be at peace if we were all accepted and treated equally. The reason there is violence in the world is because of people not being accepted. Through the different stories,…

Although there is no guidelines as to what exactly constitutes an indirect expropriation, there exists some approaches to determine whether indirect expropriation occurs or not. The following is the domain doctrines in the term of indirect expropriation. 3.2.1 Police Power Doctrine A number of tribunals have attempted to restrict the nature of the protection so that States will not be subject to claims for compensation where the regulation, which might otherwise be tantamount to…

Marbury v. Madison was a benchmark United States Supreme court case in which the court formed the foundation for the exercise of Judicial review under Article 3 of the US constitution. The landmark decision of this case, defined the boundaries between the Executive and Judicial branches of the US government. Case Summary The case started with the petition filed to the supreme Court on February 11, 1803 by William Marbury. William Marbury had been appointed justice of Peace in the district of…

unconstitutional with respect to sex between consenting adults by the high court of india on 2 July 2009. The society has evolved ,so much technology around us, infrastructure on the rise and yet we think so low. As citizens of india we fail to give this miniscule minority the rights they deserve, Section 377 must be decriminalised. We must give the LGBT community the right to live and choose the way of life the want and not something the supreme court of india thinks is righ for the nation as…

CONCEPT OF SEPARATION OF POWER The doctrine of separation of power is a vital principle in constitutional law. Basically, doctrine of separation of power deals with the mutual relations among the 3 organs of the state which are executive, legislature and judiciary. This doctrine can be traced back to Aristotle which classified the functions and the power of the states into 3 categories named continuous executive power, discontinuous legislative power and federal power. The clearest explanation…

Thomas Callahan and Gavin Verheek went to school together to study that body of law. They both ended up in different paths, Callahan was a law professor and Veerheek was an FBI agent. Con law can certainly be a hard uninteresting class for most college students…

protected speech under the first amendment (United States v. Alvarez, 2012). The Supreme Court stated that by upholding the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 that it could lead to the government creating a list of topics that were illegal to lie about. Simply stating a lie is protected speech under the first amendment. However, lying about being a police officer while committing a secondary overt act is a felony. By the Supreme Court ruling that a lie about military awards and honors is protected…