Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Civil Liberties are laws that protect the citizens from the unjust government interference. In the United States, Civil Liberties are and were not freely granted, they are fought for and won in the Supreme Court. They determine the constitutionality of the laws passed by the state and the Federal government, a power they granted themselves with Marbury v. Madison. Through jurisprudence Americans have become more free. A significant case that has drastically effected our society is Griswold v.…

Equal Protection for English Language Learners Equal protection is a right of the people including students in school. The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution is what has enabled this right. The Equal Protection Clause is considered and important law in public education and courts have invoked it to prohibit segregation of children due to race, stop sex-based discrimination in a school setting, guarantee school access to children whose parents are not legal citizens and protect gay and…

The United States’ success stems from its value to protect citizens’ liberties. Founded to protect man’s natural rights--life, liberty and property, Constitutional modifications ensure the pursuance of these rights. The First Amendment grants citizens authority to speak, assemble, and publish their opinions of government and society; the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause secures equal protection under federal and state laws for all citizens. These Constitutional modifications supply…

non-partisan political action committee with the goal of ending corporate personhood and publicly financing all elections in the country by adding a 28th amendment to the Constitution. This organization has more than 20,000 volunteers working in all 50 state. The strategy is to call for a convention of the States which is outlined in Article V of the constitution. Volunteering in this organization to pass resolution calling for convention in local level will bring a change to the current…

in every 10 years each State has to provide population statistics. In the early 1900s, there was a rapid growth in the population and urban migration in America. However, the State of Tennessee had not redrawn its legislation districts since 1901. While the population was increasing in the State of Tennessee, its political representative still stayed the same. Charles Baker and other urban residents of Memphis in 1920-1962 sued the appointed Tennessee’s Secretary of State Joseph Carr. The notion…

Court Case Review Throughout the years the United States government has been faced with several discussions. Some of these have become very important throughout history and have left a significate impact on society. These cases range from birth control privacy rights to equality. Among these cases are Griswold V. Connecticut, Baze V. Rees, and Brown V. Board of Education. Griswold V. Connecticut is a supreme court case that took place in 1965. According to PBS, the case came about because…

With Congress out of session, the new President, Andrew Johnson, set about a date assumed as "Presidential Reconstruction", in which he personally overseer the creation of modern state governments throughout the South. He overseer the collect of state public conventions populated by deputy whom he deemed to be loyal. Three suggestion progeny came before the conventions: secession itself, the abolition of inthrallment, and the Confederate war debt. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North…

wearing the armbands may result in riots, due to the division of peoples’ opinions on the Vietnam War. The case eventually made its way to the United States Supreme Court, where it was decided in a 7-2 ruling that the suspension of the students violated their freedom of speech and expression. The court had ruled in favor of the Tinkers, because the neither the state nor…

In the proceedings of sex-discrimination cases alleging a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Craig v. Boren is to always be considered. The 1976 case, analyzes an Oklahoma state statute which prohibits the sale of “non-intoxicating” beer to males under the age of 21 and females under the age of 18. While initially this case may seem insignificant in its substance, relating merely to the sales of alcohol, Craig v. Boren becomes noteworthy once the Court…

always hear about how one political side thinks that a law or event should be interpreted in one way, while the other side displays what appears to be a completely contradictory viewpoint. Since the United States became a country, the laws and amendments that the founding fathers wrote in the constitution are very much open to personal interpretation. These two political sides are known as Liberals and Conservatives. Interestingly, although the two plans to deal with a problem in opposite…