Habeas corpus

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America and is regarded as one of the most courageous politicians of our time. Lincoln astonished the nation with his eloquence during his presidency, while emancipating slavery and being the savior of the nation while it was at war with itself. President Lincoln held presidency that all nations strive to achieve today. On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgeville, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln.…

Capital punishment is the penalty of death for crimes such as murder, treason, espionage, and, with certain cases, rape and has been around since the colonies. The Death Penalty Information Center says, “The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608” (“Introduction to Death Penalty”). It also says that in the late 1700s, the United States had an abolitionism movement that created a reduction on capital punishment…

Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of Japanese Americans, regardless of United States citizenship status, received orders to evacuate their homes and businesses. Sparked by rising fear and anxiety of the American people after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a United States Naval base in Hawaii, the U.S. government relocated Japanese Americans to remote areas on the West Coast and in the south, isolating them in internment or relocation camps. With no actual evidence supporting the creation of…

Abraham Lincoln, an individual who worked his way up the political ladder to the president, was one of America's greatest President after the civil war. Abraham Lincoln, also called “Honest Abe, The Great Emancipator, The Rail-splitter” he who had the skills and leadership needed to rule the US after the horrific, chaotic, life-changing period. According to the Chicago Tribune, he was successful in all five categories: “ leadership qualities, accomplishments /crisis management, political skills,…

officer took him into custody and began questioning him again once they were at the jail. He never told McCarty his “Miranda Rights”. Even though he was never told his rights the trial court still found McCarty guilty. McCarty filed a writ of habeas corpus and appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court…

The Black Female Body in Venus and Intimate Apparel Being a white female-presenting person lends its own perspective to the race and gender divide in our country. On the one hand, I face oppression every single day simply by virtue of walking down the street and being catcalled; or foolishly attempting to prove that I know something (anything) to a man who does not believe a woman can form her own coherent opinions. On the other, I have no way of truly understanding the effect of racial…

“Mercy to animals means mercy to mankind” are Henry Bergh’s remarkable words. Bergh was a leader when he stepped up and took charge of the animal cruelty. Bergh died knowing that animals and children would get the help and care they deserved, which shows how much he really cared. It also shows that Bergh has a legacy that lives within the lives of many to this day. Bergh had many allies who helped his on his incredible journey, and some people who gave him obstacles along the way. There…

One of the most influential persons in American history is the one that kept America one nation: Abraham Lincoln. Truly, it is inspiring that one man born in a one-room cabin on the Kentucky frontier would someday be considered the greatest leader of the greatest nation in the world. Many today believe only members of the elite class can change the world, but the life of Lincoln begs to differ. A self-educated man, Lincoln received very little help in his career in politics. Being the first…

Capital Punishment also known as the Death Penalty is a legal and in some states, countries illegal process where a person is put to death by the state for a consequence and punishment for a crime they have done. The Judicial state of someone be punished for their crime is known as a death sentence, however the actual state of it is an execution. The crimes that are down resulting in the death penalty are crimes that are known as both capital crimes and or offenses. Today there are “.…

Fifteenth Amendment. The two subsequent acts, the Enforcement Act of 1871 and the Ku Klux Klan, were meant to increase the efficacy of the first. They authorized federal scrutiny over state and local elections as well as allowing Grant to suspend habeas corpus in order to better deal with the KKK. As a result of these acts, freedmen were able to vote more safely, and the first iteration of the KKK was eradicated. Sadly, when Reconstruction ended in 1877, the federal government moved its troops…