Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

and were sentenced to one year in prison, but the judge suspended their rule on one condition: that they stayed out of the state of Virginia for twenty five years. The judge in the case, Leon M. Bazile,…

Powell v. Alabama 287 U.S. 45 (1932) was a landmark case that would forever change the landscape of due process in the United States. This case brought into question what the courts were responsible for when it came to preserving the people rights, and more importantly how those rights should be carried out. The facts leading up to the case began in March when several white men in Alabama reported being thrown from a train by several African men, this prompted law enforcement to phone ahead to…

too powerful. Initially, these rights only applied to the federal government and not the states. After the American civil war, the thirteenth amendment played a role in freeing slaves, and the fourteenth amendment brought the way for naturalized citizens to have their rights granted. The fourteenth amendment, made clear that people who were born or naturalized, were provided three restrictions in the state; privileges and immunity, a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property…

At the Court, the state of Louisiana argued that “the law was a constitutionally mandated use of the state’s power to secure the public good by preserving the peace and health of the community” (Foote). Plessy argued that the state law which required the railroad company to segregate trains had denied him his rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Plessy’s lawyer insisted that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments created affirmative rights…

Interracial marriage has been a “taboo” subject in the United States, but a case decided on June 12, 1967 arguably changed how people viewed this type of marriage. In the landmark case of Loving v. Virginia (1967), the unanimous decision of the case formally declared the marriage between a couple in which each partner was of a different race as a legal union. Upon marrying in Washington, D.C. and returning to Virginia, newlyweds Richard and Mildred Loving were arrested in 1958 and “charged with…

Do illegal residents and immigrants have constitutional rights? Why the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution protect the immigrant victims? The Constitution of the United States was written to restrain the government from interfering with the natural rights of an individual such as the right to think, worship, choosing a mate and so on. According to Andrew Napolitano, the Supreme court identified the right to travel as a natural right in 1969, and shortly after the First…

Fourth Amendment in the case against Slim Workman. Chimel v. California holds the doctrine to the Fourth Amendment. The officers did not obtained a warrant or have probable cause to search and remove evidence from the house of Mr. Thompkins. II. During the illegal seizure, a World War II-era caliber automatic pistol was recovered. The pistol was confiscated due to violating an Ocean County ordinance. The Supreme Court holds this is in violation of the Second Amendment of the United States…

Fifth Amendment establishes various rights within the criminal and civil courts. When it comes to criminal cases the Fifth Amendment guarantees the right to a grand jury and prevents double jeopardy and it also protects against self-incrimination. Also, it implements due process to be a part of any legal proceedings that would deny a citizen life, liberty or property and requires the government to compensate a citizen when private property is taken for public use. While the Fourteenth Amendment…

William Wayne Justice, he was a formidable judge that sat on the federal bench in the state of Texas. He brought forth change throughout his years as a judge and some of those changes would be major reform decisions that will change the systems in Texas. He was a judge that made decisions that influenced changes and it was noticed not only in Texas, but throughout the United States. Judge Justice was involved in many controversial cases and reforms that gained attention all over. Not only the…

and why they don’t have equal rights as most people do. In the Bill of Rights amendment fourteen and thirteen give the biggest evidence for all people to have equality. Amendment fourteen was the first step for equality of the people. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside...; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of…