Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

How does the Constitution guard against tyranny? The Constitution was written in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The U.S. Constitution established America's national government, fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. The Constitution guards against tyranny in several ways. Tyranny meant that all the power is in one place, these ways were federalism, separation of power, big states vs. small states and checks and balances that create an equally and controlled…

Moines court case the majority opinion believed that students need to have restrictions in place dictating what they can and cannot wear, and the teachers should effectively enforce the rules. Essentially, the majority agreed with the school principal's action to prohibit groups of students from wearing black armbands in support of the Vietnam war. Any student who proceeded to go against these rules would be suspended until all pieces of rules breaking clothing was removed. The Supreme…

On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court agreed unanimously in favor of the Lovings, ending Virginia's law and allowing the Lovings to return to Virginia legally, and also ending the ban on interracial marriages in other states. The Supreme Court stated that Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law violated both the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion for the court. He said that “marriage is a basic civil…

the students. Students are at risk of getting bullied or even forced into hating religion by other children. Among the many valid reasons, the separation of church and state stand the tallest. "Separation of church and state" is a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson and others expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. “Increasing levels of religious pluralism in the…

by assuring a free press, to gather and publish information without being under control or power of another, in the First Amendment to the Constitution. As we know, the Supreme Court plays an important role in the subject of free speech and expression, and we need to understand that the…

there was discrimination on every race,sex,color,national origin, as well their religion. As a matter a fact segregation was later over and every race had the same rights as Americans.In addition freedom that every race has today is because these court cases: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Brown v. Board of Education, and Loving v. Virginia. In the first place, the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford was a case of a man that sued for his freedom. As a result many people did not appreciate that a slave…

Is Government Censorship a Violation of Our Rights? The First Amendment of the Constitution clearly states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (First Amendment-U.S. Constitution) However, government censorship is still a heavily debated issue in the United…

The court structure in the United States is a dual court system. This means that there is a separate federal system and a separate judicial system locally and for each of the states. The United States Supreme Court is the only place where these two systems connect. The courts have jurisdiction which gives them the authority to hear and decide cases. These jurisdictions are composed of the original jurisdiction, which has the authority to hear the case when it is first brought to the courts. The…

Do you know the consequences for drug dealing? Do you know who Tim Allen or are you a fan of him? In this paper I will talk about his Tim’s troubled life and of his salvage. In this paper I will talk about Tim Allen making money by drug dealing and about how his lifechange after all of this bad things that he did. To begin this paragraph I will start telling about making his money by dealing drugs. On October 2, 1978, Tim Allen was caught by drug sniffing dogs at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek…

To understand how the Supreme Court came to their decisions in the cases of Wickard v. Filburn, Gonzalez v. Raich, and the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius one must first have a comprehensive understanding of the Commerce Clause in addition to the Necessary and Proper Clause to understand how Congress can execute authority over interstate commerce despite the 10th amendment which grants states sovereignty. The Commerce Clause is a statement within the United States…