“The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from denying any person within its territory the equal protection of the law. This means that a state must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances.” If the law has to treat people in the same manner as others in similar condition and circumstances how does a term like driving while black even exist? This term should not exist because police officers are not following the terms of the Equal Protection Clause when they act on the driving while black rule. For example, if everyone is driving on the highway that means they are all a part of the same circumstances. So the police cannot pick certain drivers in the same circumstances as other drivers and treat them poorly because now they are violating their fourteenth amendment. The police are violating their fourteenth amendment simply because they are treating people of the same circumstances differently. While driving while…
Future Applications of the Equal Protection Clause The Equal Protection clause in the United States of America’s Constitution has long been a harbinger for controversy, in which events for the lesser of the two opponents always deteriorates before it remotely improves. With this in mind, flashback to the days of the writing and ratifying of the 14th amendment. The Caucasian people of that past world, would not and could not refer to themselves as anything other than superior to their…
Affirmative action, by definition, is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. Using varying instruments and policies, Affirmative Action aims to help underrepresented groups have a better job opportunities or college admissions. Generations of people have been disadvantaged by institutionalized discrimination and one way to remedy this is to place a policy that evens out the playing field. There has been…
African American, women, and many other peoples have felt the sharp pain of intense hate and oppression. Naturally, they have struggled to alleviate those constant, stabbing pains. Fortunately over time, the oppressed have made many successful attempts at teaching the oppressors the error of their way, and their efforts have led to Congress instituting legal restrictions against discrimination. The Fourteenth Amendment was one vital set of restrictions that introduced three clauses — the Equal…
The theory of pro: An Italian perspective Introduction Universal Grammar (UG) is a linguistics theory which supports the idea that all human languages, although different in the surface, share some fundamental principles. These principles are generally true across languages, while parameters, on the other hand, are settings that allow for variation from language to language (White, 2003, p.2). The Extended Projection Principle (EPP) is a principle common to all languages which states that a…
important piece of any communication; without honesty no party that is part of the communication will consider the transfer useful. Additionally, if there is no expectation of honesty neither party will be completely invested in the communication. Utilizing honesty as a cornerstone of all communication within an organization will ensure that participants of the communication can rely on the information passed along. Additionally, dishonestly has been shown to not only harm personalities and…
People everyday experience confusion as to the meaning of a sentence based upon incorrect comma placement. There was actually a legal case in Maine over the misuse of commas, particularly the Oxford comma (Sullivan). The Oxford comma is the labeled “optional” comma after the last item in a list and before the word “and”. Some people believe that the Oxford comma is unnecessary, but that is simply incorrect. The usage of this particular punctuation is considered optional by many, but given the…
During this semester, we have talked about numerous cases in lecture and in the readings that deal with commerce clause or have some ties to it. My paper and interpretations of the commerce clause come from the knowledge that I have gathered from lecture so far. The word commerce is controversial based on my interpretations of it. The Constitution does not explicitly define the word commerce just like the constitution does not define the word man when it comes to the requirements for running for…
This is why we need a Bill of Rights. This document will help further expound on the rights of the citizens. It is a safety net and will make sure that we still have our rights in the future. Several states have already called for greater protection of individual liberties. This is why a Bill of Rights is necessary. It is only a harmless list of limits on the government’s power, why not have it then? It would be such a horrid thing if the government took away our right to bear arms or our right…
Affectation Doctrine grants Congress the power to regulate that activity. The Affectation Doctrine apply to restaurants and business refusing to serve people of color and it is also applied to the segregation in interstate bus terminals. As it is stated in the Constitution, based on the Commerce Clause, the Congress has power to regulate interstate commerce. With the Affectation Doctrine, it takes local activity and changes it into interstate activity, thus making it regulated by Congress. This…