Griswold v. Connecticut

In Furman v. Georgia, William Henry Furman was robbing a house and the person that lived there discovered Furman. Furman by accident he claimed, as he was leaving the house he tripped and his firearm shot the owner killing him. His previous statement had been that he had turned and blindly shot the victim. He was found guilty of committing murder during a robbery and was punished to death. However, Furman was never put to death. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision the court decided that…

For many centuries, women were viewed as second class citizens who were weak and insignificant. They were meant to stay and look after their homes, as well as raising kids, while the men do the hard labor. This meant they were the only source of income. Men were considered failures if their wives went to find work outside the house because it meant that the men were not enough and needed help. Women were not encouraged to pursue education or a professional career (National Women’s 2007). They…

Daniel Hale Willams By; Erica Lamb Daniel Hale Willams was a man ahead of his time. He performed the first known open heart surgery in the United States, and also founded a hospital with an interracial staff during an extremely racial time in history. Daniel Willams was born Jan. 18 1856. He was born African American. At the time he was born, the civil war was still a few years ahead. But his family lived North, where slavery was illegal. So he had…

of gay men and lesbians to not be discriminated based on his or her sexual conduct. Estelle Griswold who was the Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League in Connecticut was fined $100 as well as her associates for giving information, instruction and medical advice about contraception to married couples. The Supreme Court later reversed the lower courts decision stating that that Connecticut law was unconstitutional because it violates “a right of privacy older than the bill of…

Published two years apart, J. D. Salinger’s “For Esmé - with Love and Squalor” and “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” contrast in content and in tone, with “Uncle Wiggily” following a meeting between two upper class women and “For Esmé” following a World War II veteran’s recollection of his past experiences. One major subject matter present in both stories, though, is that of the effects of war on one’s mentality, its inspiration drawn directly from Salinger’s own experiences in the second world war…

of the most important Supreme Court cases in U.S history, was Brown v. Board of Education. The decision was made in 1954 and overturned the Supreme Court case from 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson is also a landmark case, where the infamous “Separate but equal” school systems were declare constitutional…

I, Cee Jay Hale was born to Tracee Hale and Carlton Greene Sr., who met through a mutual friend. After dating for a short time they were married by May of 1999. They later divorced in 2011. Both of them are natives of Cleveland, Ohio. My mother is a product of Leola and John Hale who’ve have been married for 52 years and been together for 56 years! My grandmother Leola was born October 1, 1941 and is from Cleveland as well while my grandfather John was born March 12, 1936 in Salem, Alabama.…

Privacy has and always will be a significant problem in the United States. Because the constitution never actually gives citizens a right to privacy, it just merely hints at it. Some people believe that because the right to privacy is not stated anywhere in the constitution, the right should belong to citizens. The main point of the First Amendment is freedom from religion. It is often thought that that means separation from church and state but that actually isn’t part of the amendment. The…

pertaining to the relativity of abortion within the Supreme Court in the United States of America is the case recognized as (Jane) Roe versus (Henry) Wade which to this day still holds influence in the federal court system and civil society. In short Roe v. Wade was a case in the Texas court system where an expectant mother, joined by another couple and her doctor, who was seeking an abortion in a time when it was illegal. The final decision of the court was that the restriction of abortions to…

While we have made progress in regards to women’s reproductive rights, the political and moral issues remain in national headlines. In the 19th century, it was largely viewed that contraception encouraged immorality and abortion was considered a dangerous procedure which gave a woman too much freedom. In part due to the efforts of women’s rights crusader, Margaret Sanger, today our views have transformed with contraception methods widely accepted by most. However, abortion has become a dispute…