Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

within the Virginia Constitution: That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. More importantly, Liberty University Law Review’s Stephen P. Halbrook points out that in the year 1971, the people of Virginia revised their Constitution…

ruling, the Court found Gitlow guilt of criminal anarchy. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment by the state of New York. Justice Edward Sanford delivered the majority opinion, while Justice Oliver Holmes and Justice Louis Brandeis dissented in this case. There were three important precedent cases used in the ruling of this case. The first case Mugler v Kansa (1887), declared that States are the primary judges when dealing with regulations, required in the interest of public safety and…

Question 1) Oregon vs. Smith, is a United States Supreme Court case that determined wither or not the state could reject unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state’s narcotic prohibition, even if the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual. Legally states have the right to accommodate some illegal acts done in pursuit of religious beliefs, but they are not required to make accommodations. This made The Supreme Court decision a major event in Native American religious…

the same issue. There were four cases regarding the defendant 's Fifth Amendment rights were violated these cases were Miranda v. Arizona , Vignera v. New York, and Westover v. United States, and California v. Stewart .Of the four cases, three of them had the same issue in that the defendants were arrested and questioned for a crime that led them to confess.However, none of the defendants were aware or told of their 5th amendment right to remain silent until you are given an attorney during…

accepted, but I never knew that it was against the law in certain places across the United States. I had always believed that everyone should have the right to be married and it is wrong for one to deny this right to anyone. Loving v. Virginia led the way for interracial couples to be married, without the interference by law. The Supreme Court decided that the right to marry resides with the individual and not the states. This case confirmed my previous conceptions that the Supreme Court is…

officers forced their way into Dollree Mapp’s home and found no suspect. Despite no suspect was found, officers came upon some allegedly lewd and lascivious pictures in Mapp’s basement which quickly led her to be arrest for the violation of the Ohio state law. Unlike many typical court cases, the Mapp vs Ohio case took place in Ohio’s Supreme Court also known as the Warren Court, where…

13th Amendment It may be hard to imagine a world where people were withheld the right to vote, and a federal government allowing enslavement. While many issues were discussed in the bill of rights it wasn’t until the amendments that followed were put in place that it had brought new light to rights that many had taken for granted. More specifically the thirteenth amendment was to abolish slavery in the United States. Its date of passage by Senate was dated April 8, 1864, was in house on January…

dissenting opinion in Olmstead v. United States and his concurring opinion in Whitney v. California showed his legal and judicial creativity because he constructed arguments to reinforce the protection of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. Brandeis dissent of Olmstead implanted the seed that the Fourth Amendment protects the privacy of people. In the case of Olmstead, FBI agents wiretap a bootlegger home…

review a decision of the 9th Circuit of Appeals Court holding that Article 20 Section 2 of the Arizona state constitution did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and also that it did not violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, made pertinent to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. The appellant in this case is an adherent to NaJepitism. Upon the death of his brother, his…

This class has been a very fun and enjoyable experience in learning about the very important Warren Court Era. The Warren Court has led the way for variety of changes in the United States of America through landmark decisions like Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona. A very interesting thing that I learned was that Earl Warren was appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower with the intent that Warren would be a very conservative judge, but as cases were presented to the Supreme Court the…