Constitutionality

A current court case is Doe v. Holder. This case challenges the constitutionality of someone authorizing the FBI to look at everyone’s records in secret without judicial supervision, including internet service providers and phone companies. The Patriot Act permitted the FBI to send national security letters to phone and internet…

Thomas Jefferson once penned, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These words can still be found in the Declaration of Independence and we are progressively incorporating this ideology further into American lives. Thomas Jefferson, however did not live by his own code of ethics, he himself owned several hundred slaves.…

In today’s society some people feel that our First Amendment is being violated by the National Security Agency. Some even question what even is the purpose of the NSA and why our government needs it. The National Security Agency was established November 4, 1952 during President Harry Truman’s term. The main purpose of the NSA back then was to crack codes during World War two. Playing a big role during that time for the success of guarding off U-Boats in the North Atlantic and getting the upper…

Life is a blessing to all human beings. When examining how anyone comes into existence, it is truly a miracle. Everything must happen in a specific way so that people can develop appropriately. But, some people believe that women have the right to control, through abortions, the livelihood of another innocent human. How barbaric! What supporters of legal abortions fail to realize is that one’s life begins at conception, abortion does more harm than good, and that no one person has the authority…

Civil Liberties Denied The civil liberties of Americans can be changed forever when the government turns a blind eye to our civil liberties during times of national tragedy. In February 1942 during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans. It is estimated that two-thirds were American citizens. In 2002, author Cherstin M. Lyon spoke with internment camp survivor Japanese American Joe Norikane.…

Family law traditionally aims for the well-being of the family and pursues outcomes in the “best interest of the children.” The outcome of a family law dispute can change a child’s life forever. Family law has a broad range of topics that include pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, divorce, adoption, and other topics. Family law is governed by each state, but there are some areas of family law that have been federalized. Native Americans have faced adversity throughout history and…

2006. Proposal 2 made affirmative action illegal in public employment, public education, and public contracting (Constitution of Michigan 2006). In 2008, it was taken to the district court for the eastern district of Michigan to challenge the constitutionality of the proposal (Legal Information Institute 2014 ). The Legal Information Institute website stated that he court decided that the proposal didn't violate the constitution. The websites also said that it was challenged again and brought…

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS General “Punishment itself was an evil, but a necessary evil”- Putting the offender to death to teach other minds a lesson.” -Bentham Love for life is a basic feature of human behavior. It is the most valuable treasure for a human being and not only a human being, even an animal does not want to lose it. Everyone wishes to enjoy it up…

equal”. Many white people didn’t want to be in the presence of people with colored skin. They felt that colored people were inferior, so they kept the two “groups” separate. Two Supreme Court cases that focused on “separate but equal” and its constitutionality were Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education. These two landmark cases were essential in setting a precedent for the segregation and integration of the United States. Plessy v. Ferguson established that “separate but equal”…

Second, if judicial review is acceptable, does the Judiciary Act violate the Constitution by Marshall’s reading? And third, if the two previous questions hold up, did Marshall even interpret the Constitution correctly. On the question of the constitutionality of judicial review, there is a relative grey area as the Constitution does not explicitly mention or prohibit judicial review in its brief three sections about the judicial branch of government. In order to understand if judicial review…