Due diligence

as a result of abuse or neglect. No child should have to be in fear or in pain, let alone have that pain and fear be caused by the very people who brought them into the world. The topic I chose to write about is child abuse. I strongly feel that the Due Process Clause as well as several other laws and rights should be designed to help protect children, not prevent them from getting help. Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. As well as the right to pursue their…

The Importance of Due Process in the Criminal Justice System Andy X. Hernandez Troy University Abstract Criminal justice is not just about going after criminals and putting them behind bars. There is more to it than just locking one up. There are certain checks and balances and rights that defendants have before, during, and after their trial. We have learned that each defendant is afforded protection by the Bill of Rights such as right to a speedy trial (Sixth Amendment) and the…

The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy was enacted into law in 1993 until 2011. The official policy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was located at 10 U.S.C. § 654. The act dealt with homosexuality in the military. The act had three main provisions from which an individual serving in the military could be discharged. One of the provisions was that an individual in the military that was proven to have or attempted to engage in homosexual actions would have to be discharged. A second provision was that an…

without affording Member Timberlake entreated quotidian substantive due process of law, and refusing an impartial hearing. Since, their questionable decision was to unilaterally assess a bad address fee against North Alabama Educators Credit Union member Timberlake’ account; subsequently, their scandalous actions were taken over Member Timberlake’s objections, and without affording Member Timberlake his entreated substantive due process of law. Appellant Timberlake’s petition concerns unlawful…

With respect to public housing, America has fell below the curve in providing adequate and equal public housing for all citizens. In the 1960’s, public housing was perceived to be a ladder of opportunity for whites, but it had become the ladder to nowhere for blacks. The country started to blame the tarnished image of public housing on black people instead of holding the federal government accountable for its absent in the housing sector. The case of Gatreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority…

However, the Caviezel court noted that the Supreme Court has mentioned religious exemptions two other times in Wisconsin v. Yoder and Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith. These were two very influential cases involving the Free Exercise Clause. Both times the Court had indicated that no exemption exists. First, in Yoder, the case in which the Court had exempted Amish children from Wisconsin’s compulsory education law, the Court stated that “[t]his case,…

order to protect the rest of society from them. The case in question, came about as a result of the passing of this law, and its use to keep Leroy Hendricks confined in a facility, so that he was segregated from the rest of society. This was done due to his extensive history of sexual violence towards children (Cornell University, n.d.). The state of Kansas passed the civil commitment law, which went into effect as Kan. Stat. Ann. 59-29a01 et seq. 1994,…

established in 2001 after the 9/11 Attacks. The intent of the Act was to detect terrorism more efficiently; however, it invaded liberties such as the right of privacy and the right to Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment. While our right of privacy is protected, under the overarching concern of national security, certain Due Process and privacy rights are limited in order to fight against terrorism. The right of privacy is also similar to the…

to rehear the case. According to “Facts and case summary: In re Gault 387 U.S. 1(1967)” on www.uscourts.gov. It was the Supreme Court that had decided that “...juveniles facing an adjudication of delinquency and incarceration are entitled to...the Due Process Clause...”. After review of the case by the Supreme Court, they had found it to be in violation of the fourteenth amendment but, saw the punishment as a correction instead of a…

Rock violated the Due Process Clause by failing to properly respond to violations of restraining orders and by tolerating the non-enforcement of such orders. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss which was granted by the District Court. The District Court stated that Gonzales had neither a substantive nor a procedural due process claim. A Court…