Constitutionality

The death penalty has caused tension between more than just those who enforce it and those who receive it. The shock waves caused by the death penalty can be found building tension within the conversations of those who may not have a true role in the process but who, in the eyes of the American democracy, have a voice on the matter. As an observer of the current and past status of the death penalty, one can form the opinion and understanding the necessity of capital punishment in the form of…

contributes to the system in its entirety. The executive branch is headed by the President of the United States and implements and enforces laws which are created by the legislative branch. The judicial branch interprets laws and determines their constitutionality. The legislative branch creates laws, a power granted through the Constitution. Essentially, each branch needs the others to operate and carry out functions. Government is under constant scrutiny for the way that it operates whether in…

hire and supervise non-criminal legal assistance to people financially unfit. In 1996, Congress prohibited lawyers who received any LSC funds from litigating any Federal or State welfare issues. The lawyers were prohibited from questioning the constitutionality or statutory validity of existing welfare statues or regulations. The prohibition made it virtually impossible for lawyers to argue their…

Currently, Domestic Violence is defined by legislation and penalized judicially. Victims of Domestic Violence can now seek relief and protection by courts. Even though court penalized wife beating there were no protections or reliefs for victims of domestic violence. Historically, Women and children had no right or protection from the legal system. Women were not able to file suits for themselves, file a suit against their husband, or have any control or say over legal matters. This made it very…

Rights Act once again meets opposition in case of “Allen v. State Board of Elections” in which state of Mississippi tried to “alter it’s state voting regulations” but eventually “failed to report changes for preclearance”(Bondi) Question about constitutionality appeared when Supreme Court held that “the coverage formula in Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, originally passed in 1965…was unconstitutional”(Liptak) due to the period that this formula has been used and revised. As a result, Supreme…

In 2013 a National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor, Edward Snowden sparked nationwide controversy after leaking top-secret surveillance information from the NSA to several media outlets. During his IT work for the NSA Snowden noticed the immense reach of NSA's everyday surveillance, so he began copying top-secret NSA documents and built a dossier on practices that he found invasive and unethical. His findings revealed that the NSA's surveillance programs were unconstitutional and infringed…

So often, “such constitutionality depends on the requirement that a sexual offender have a mental abnormality that makes him commit violent predatory sex offenses and reflects almost exclusively a concern for public safety, with little regard for notions of clinical sensibility…

The United States Constitution sets up the structure for the American democracy and has survived through every historical event and crisis America has faced. Its critics argue it has become outdated inapplicable in the current political climate. Although the Constitution does not specifically address many contemporary challenges unforeseen by the founding fathers, it is still relevant today. The Constitution was intended to be interpreted for future concerns. There are parts that need to be…

constitution literally in order to keep the government honest. Evidence of this is shown in Jefferson’s opinion written in the “Debate on the First National Bank.” While the Federalists were for the National Bank and Alexander Hamilton argued the constitutionality of the bank upon the basis of the…

Supreme Court, 10 high courts, and 50 district courts located in every prefecture in Japan. The Supreme Court of Japan is the highest judicial authority and the final court. Their most important responsibility is to review laws to determine the constitutionality of the governing statute. There are 15 Justices chosen by the Cabinet. The process of a law is very slow and deliberate because they don't want to mess up and have a bad law made in Japan's country. Sort of all the branches do the same…