Equality before the law

Jack Schembari Mrs. Mohr Social Studies period 3 1-23-17 There are many people deserve to be in the History Hall of Fame. One person stands out of that group of people. That person is Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was a great man who impacted many lives, he deserves to be in the History Hall of Fame. Rolihlahla was born July 18, 1918. His name meant troublemaker. Little did they know he would live up to his name. Rolihlahla changed his name to Nelson. When Nelson was nine his father died.…

racial equality for all colors of people. Their courageous efforts to demoralize racial inequality were noteworthy. They endured constant abuse and ignorance from other citizens in the United States, but they made the best out of their situation.…

14-year-old Jehovah’s Witness, who refuses to have a blood transfusion, her rights are violated when her doctor forces her to have the transfusion, against her wishes. By doing so it breaches her right to equality, her fundamental freedom and her legal rights. The doctors infringed her rights to equality by forcing her to have the transfusion. Her rights are restricted due to her age, and this goes against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The doctors force her to have the transfusion…

from the oppressors. In the context of the Southern United States before the civil war, however, the terms on which the legality of secession should be judge are different. As all the states had legally entered into the Union through the signing of the Constitution, no one state had the right to break the agreement and secede. In a business venture, both parties have to agree to the terms and conditions of the joint undertaking before formally entering a union, and both parties…

Before the American Revolution happened, the English people found the Thirteen Colonies and send colonists to settle in each colonies. After the French and Indian War, King George III had lost a lot a money and to make up for the money that they had lost, he started to tax the colonists even more without their consents. That made the colonists mad and started to rebel little by little until it grew in to a war. The American Revolution moderate revolution because of how they started to question…

relationship between the Aboriginal people in Canada and the Government of Canada is described as strained and imbalanced due to the opposite perspectives they have on federal laws and policies. Most Aboriginal people argue that the current laws and policies is unfair and that it is a continuation of the past colonial laws, which have made them impoverished. On the other hand, many non-Aboriginal politicians tend to ignore the claims of the indigenous people and the poverty crisis they are in.…

Plessy v. Ferguson The Plessy V. Ferguson was a case between Homer Plessy and Judge John H. Ferguson and the law. This case had to do with Homer refusing to follow the orders of what is said to be the law. But the law was the one who was violating two amendments made to give rights to African-American and blacks. This also had a big impact on "Separate but Equal". This brought the attention of the Supreme Court of how much segregation is happening to blacks. It also shows us that this is…

Both strongly believed in equality and education for African-American individuals. Young Mary grew up with a thirst for knowledge and equality, a belief much influenced by her parents. As a result of the education ban in Delaware, Mary was sent to a boarding school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, at the young age of ten. This was since her parents strongly believed that she needed an adequate schooling for her to succeed in life. Quakers taught her for six years before she returned back to…

harnessed that rare moment when she wrote her manifesto: A Vindication of the Rights of Women; kick-starting the revolution of women’s rights. Her advocation for women’s rights to education equality lead to what we now know and are capable of today. I felt the most connected when learning about the first trials of equality because I also believe that the social, political, legal, and economic rights of women equal to that of men is integral to the growth of our society. Today we are still…

Then, some women believed suffrage was not enough, women deserved equality, and they wanted that equality written in the Constitution. Alice Paul, a strong feminist turned those words into actions and drafted the Equal Rights Amendment, an amendment that would guarantee equal rights to men and women. It took almost fifty years of submitting…