Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

this song is equally applicable to the policy of Stop and Frisk. As the lyric goes “I heard the mission bell, And I was thinking to myself , This could be heaven or this could be hell.” The policy of Stop and Frisk arose from the decision of United States Supreme Court in the matter of Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968). This seminal case gave police the right to stop a person on the street and question them and if they can establish reasonable suspicion that the individual either committed a…

Sexual harassment is broadly defined term used by the United States Government to refer to situations of harassment where sexual advances or offensive behaviors and remarks occur. With the broad nature of the terminology used, the enforcement of sexual harassment laws and the determination of guilt is left to the citizens. One such case, in which sexual harassment in a situation was questioned, involved the interpretation of an art piece and its display in a pubic environment. The art piece was…

published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It has been noted to be one of the most influential books in American history. The book itself is Stowe’s response to the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act, which was passed in 1850. The bill required all states to arrest runaway slaves and to return them to the South. Stowe, who was completely against the bill, wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin to expose the barbarity of slavery to anyone willing to read her novel. It sold over one million copies within the…

trial is known for it’s success to stop the segregation of Mexican children in the public school system. Although, the case allowed for Mexican integration, it only applied to the small district of Lemon Grove, causing little impact on the rest of the state. Furthermore, Mexican children continued to face segregation in public schools until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, that called for the desegregation of all schools…

In my experience working as a teacher’s assistance at a primary school. Students tell me different stories every day. It’s funny and sometimes sad, that this kids relate what they hear at home. They come to school the next day and argue with friends about different points of view that they hear at home and expect for me to validate their opinion. Some parents are not thinking what they are saying in front of their children. Young people observe more than what we think. Children can be playing…

Illinois State Trooper Daniel Gillette stopped Mr. Caballes for speeding on an interstate highway. Trooper reported the traffic stop to dispatch, at this time, a second trooper with the drug interdiction team responded to the location of the stop. K9 Trooper Craig Graham and his K9 partner arrived on location to find the offender seated in the Trooper Gillette’s car and the offenders car on the side of the roadway. While the first trooper was writing the offender a ticket, Graham walked his…

Facts: Petitioner Dennys Rodriguez was pulled over on March 27, 2012, for swerving onto the shoulder of the Nebraska State Highway 275. K-9 officer Struble, from the Valley Police Department approached the vehicle where he saw Dennys Rodriguez sitting on the driver seat and Scott Pollman on the passenger seat. Officer Struble proceeded with the traffic stop and verified Dennys’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. After everything checked out, officer Struble returned to the vehicle…

The American people have established two very distinguishable sides when it comes to guns and gun rights. The first opinion is termed “pro-gun rights”, and the opposing deemed “pro-gun control”. These opinions are so strongly conflicting that there is rarely any middle ground. However, when we evaluate the issue further, guns are seen as a multifaceted issue and not quite as black-and-white. When compared to other countries, America shockingly has the highest rate of gun violence. Simply…

someone steals someone else’s property. In court, Gideon asked for someone to represent him. The courts denied him a lawyer informing him that since he wasn’t being charged with a capital offense, the state of Florida could not grant him a representative. Gideon was eventually sentenced to five years in state prison for being found guilty according to the…

The First Amendment protects citizen’s rights to free speech. The First Amendment is “applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, restricts governmental interference with citizens’ free expression rights” (McCarthy, Cambron-McCabe, & Eckes, 2014, p. 93). However, students’ right to free speech in the educational setting can be limited if “the expression is likely to disrupt the educational process or collide with the rights of others” (McCarthy et al., 2014, p. 98). The Supreme…