Habeas corpus

According to Morris & Rothman (1995), the guiding philosophy underlying correctional policies and practices in the early twentieth century was that a criminal is considered mentally ill and needs to be cured. Before the Progressive Movement after World War II, there were efforts made to change how the correctional policies and procedures were played out. Sadly, most often the actual design of a prison was based off of budgetary concern rather than actual sound penal theory. During the early…

Thomas J. DiLorenzo is an economics professor at Loyola College in Maryland. DiLorenzo is the author of eleven books, and is regularly published in academic journals around the United States. In being so widely renowned as an accredited author, his specialties in economic history and political economy, make DiLorenzo more than qualified to be an expert on the everyday life and history of Abraham Lincoln. DiLorenzo book, The Real Lincoln, dares to probe deep into the life of one of America’s most…

The book “Tyranny of Good Intentions” reviews how the American justice system and the government have shifted over time. The book highlights accidental/and/or unforeseeable consequences of otherwise well intentioned policies and laws. In their book, Paul Roberts and Lawrence Stratten argue that a legal system designed to protect individual rights and ensure justice has become hostile and prone to abuse. The book starts out by highlighting the many cases in which citizens have been targeted, had…

He learned through this that he was going to have to take a more active role in the war than he had anticipated. President Lincoln took on a new role in 1862 of learning how to really fight a war. He started studying war and strategy. He began to seek guidance from his advisers. “He requested information as to the location of forces, their state of readiness, and the levels of arms and ammunition they held… He would never again adhere to the position that a passive containment strategy would…

The death penalty shouldn’t be allowed in the United States because it costs too much to execute them rather than putting them in prison. The amount of times they have executed the wrong person makes a big error in our system. It costs too much to execute people instead of putting them in prison. Putting someone on death row costs more than $1 million because they have to hire expensive lawyers to deal with their cases since they’re so complicated. If they hired a cheap lawyer they would end up…

In Thomas Dilorenzo’s book, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda and an Unnecessary War, is about Abraham Lincoln’s life as president and the hard troubles he had and the war that was found unnecessary. The Real Lincoln “the War between the States was not fought to end slavery. Even if it were, a natural question arises: Why was a costly war fought to end it?” (ix). Dilorenzo’s book gives his opinion on what he thought about how the war went. He wonders why was there war…

The World Renowned Washington It is human nature to live and work together. As a species, humanity has always sought to form groups or communities set with common goals and interests. In order to merit any success within these groupings, it proves imperative that one member maintains control over all others. There are many titles passed to venerated persons selected to maintain dominion: chieftain, president, kaiser, king, prime minister, etc. Those who engage with this bold task of commanding…

1) The powers and obligations of the legislative branch, as dictated by Article 1 of the Constitution, as a whole are as follows: sole authority to enact or change legislation, to make all laws necessary and proper, declare war, sign or pass bills, to tax, borrow money, regulate commerce with foreign nations, regulate commerce among the states, to establish rules for the naturalization of foreigners seeking citizen ship, to establish a post office, to raise and army and navy, the right to…

Indira Gandhi; Mother India or Tyrant Indira Gandhi leaves a divided legacy. To the poor she is a hero. She is Mother India, who helped the underprivileged with her social welfare programs and the mother of the Green Revolution, which helped make India self-sufficient in grain productions. For others she is the architect of the Emergency, a dark period in India’s history when democracy was suppressed and political enemies we put down or…

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act sets down to provide fairness in the work place for citizen over the age of 40. It was intended to guard against employers unfairly hiring and firing individuals without legitimate reasons. The Civil Rights Act was updated to fight discrimination of sex, race, and religion, but never addresses the issue of age. Age related concerns arose during the 1960’s when the economy began to change rapidly in technology…