Engel v. Vitale

“An abortion - which is also called induced abortion - is a procedure performed to end a pregnancy before birth occurs”(Alters). With abortion comes a variety of dilemmas. For instance, some people want abortion to be illegal or limited. This group of people is call the pro-life movement. On the other hand, there is the pro-choice movement. They feel that women have the right to have abortions. Abortion is a very controversial subject that can challenge a women’s rights and moral views.…

form a baseline for the exercise of judicial power under Article III. Some call it the most popular case in the history of the US. What started out as minor argument about jobs took a turn and converted into a legal decision. The decision in Marbury v. Madison is a very important one because it helped give more power to the judicial branch and to clearly establish the courts power of judicial review. The case also helped to establish boundaries between the executive and judicial branches of US…

The film, No mas Bebes, focuses on a 1975 lawsuit that shed light on the unlawful and unwanted tubal ligations that occured at a Los Angeles hospital in the 1960s and 70s. Ten Hispanic women came forward to share their stories. Reminiscent of experiments done in Germany during WWII, when unwanted sterilization of ‘unfavorable’ races were conducted. Also similar to the “Mississippi appendectomy;” where women would be told that they needed an appendectomy and they would go in and tie their tubes.…

On Friday, June 19, a federal appeals court upheld their decision to implement new restrictions and mandates on Texas abortion locations that will take effect on July 1. The court previously ruled that abortion providers in Texas could be held to hospital-like standards, which would effectively close the majority of abortion clinics in Texas. The reason for the denial of reversal was that the court did not believe the law placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions. The attorneys of…

Depths of Abortion Legality Abortion has been a hot topic for quite some while now. I’ve read a few articles pertaining to the issue and one specifically caught my attention: The Guttmatcher Policy Review published in fall 2009 titled Facts and Consequences: Legality, Incidence and Safety of Abortion Worldwide. The author of the article, Susan B. Cohen, makes the facts very clear about safe and unsafe abortion not only in the United States, but in the entire world too. This article is very…

Since Roe v. Wade, abortion has headlined evening news, front-paged Sunday’s papers, and discussed around the Thanksgiving dinner table. The Supreme Court has voted on a number of cases, altering the course of abortion in favor of pro-life and pro-choice ideology. It also has become a staple to Presidential candidate and party platforms to win elections. Anytime there is a new bill introduced in the legislator, it is always controversial and is under the microscope across various media outlets.…

The fourth stage is Law and Order, which is respecting and following the rules. It is linked with a sense of duty and rigid, fixed rules. In my opinion, Edward Tudor show the best examples of Stage 4, especially when he was with the “ruffians”. Hugo pretended to be sick, so a kind man would give him money and Hugo would steal from him. But, Edward called him out on it since he refused to steal or beg and he didn’t want to be a part of it. He was respecting the law. Another time in Chapter 23,…

This article discussed the timeline of woman's rights to have an abortion. Before the 1960's abortions were illegal and it wasn't until around 1967 that a few states started legalizing abortions for special cases. Some of the special cases that allowed you to have an abortions were things like, rape, incest, issues with the mother and/or baby's health. In 1973, after the Roe vs. Wade case, the supreme court cut laws the limited access for women to get abortions. The issue at hand is there are…

The individual decisions of the Marshall court were partially influenced by judicial nationalism, as evidenced by the cases McCulloch vs. Maryland, Cohens vs. Virginia, and Fletcher vs. Peck. Under the leadership of Chief Justice John Marshall, in the McCulloch vs. Maryland case in 1819, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not impose a tax on the Bank of the United States' currency. In doing so, he upheld Hamilton's implied powers, and thus allowing for the federal government to act…

On July 17, 2004, Eric Garner, an African American man, died in Staten Island, New York City after a New York Police officer used chokehold for around 20 seconds while arresting him. The NYC Medical examiner's officer concluded the cause of Garner’s death was because of his poor health and was not because of the chokehold that the officer had used. The police officer approached Garner because of the suspicion of tax evasion, that Garner was selling cigarettes without tax. Garner told the officer…