Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Marbury vs. Madison was one of the most defining cases for the Supreme Court because it introduced judicial review. There was a race for presidency, and as John Adams term was ending he passed the Judicial Act of 1801. This law let Adams appoint other federalists as an attempt of control over the federal judiciary system. Although it was signed and stamped, it was never delivered once President Thomas Jefferson took control of the office. Commissions were never sent out as commanded by Thomas…

The court case that is associated with this is the Gideon v. Wainwright case. According to Hudson, David L (2008) “Gideon asked the state court judge to appoint him council saying:, “ The United states supreme court says I am entitled to be represented by council.” The trial judge denied his request.” (p.295)…

In the Merit Plan, which most states use, states claim to remove politics from the judiciary by replacing it with merit. In the process a commission of ten people nominate usually three people that the governor will pick from to appoint. The appointed judge then has to face a retention election in the next general election and another election at the end of their term, which only needs a majority vote. While claiming to take politics out of elections, the commission is more likely to nominate…

Abortion is used by several different individuals such as teenagers, rape victims, or even mothers in financial problems, but not matter the person should it be legal and do we give them an easy way out with Planned Parenthood? It’s easy to look at the mother’s side of the argument in this debate, but who is considering the baby’s side? If a person is more informed on this topic it would help them better understand the controversy, and know the reasoning behind both points of views. The best…

“It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish” (Mother Teresa). Abortion has been a debatable topic for quite some years now; even though no one could ever seem to come to a consensus on whether it is wrong or right, good or bad; abortion was made legal on January 22, 1973. The violent act of abortion takes away the right to life from the unborn, innocent baby, and it gives the woman a way out of her responsibility and God given duty of motherhood, and it…

value of life has lessened, and as time moves on, so does the law on abortion. The case of Roe v. Wade, contributes to the idea of how life is…

Art has always been a controversial subject, whether it be with deciding on what art is or what is acceptable. Music is a form of art that these questions are also asked about. Over time, music has been changed and banned by many governmental bodies and organizations because it was too suggestive or not acceptable for a governments’ traditional values. This is called music censorship (“Censorship Overview”). Music censorship should be abolished because one’s right to express himself should…

Many babies are denied the chance to live each year because of the option of a medical procedure called abortion. Abortion is defined as the intentional, premature extraction of the unborn fetus from the female uterus. There are many people who have gone through this procedure all over the world. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there are an estimated 1.21 million abortions performed in America annually. Although abortion may not be personal for everyone, most people have…

For years there has been an ongoing controversy involving abortion. Knowledge about this subject can help is clarifying the truth about it. Several scholars, such as Kenneth Jost and Moira Gaul, discuss interesting but mind boggling facts about abortion. Although the properties of both sides are not completely known, I will argue why the termination of pregnancy is not ideal. Abortion had been going on long before the 1800s but this is when states started to ban it. By the 1900s, most states had…

When a human beings its life is something to be nurtured and cared for but, many people argue that they have the right to decide whether or not they want to bear that child. Because many women cannot financially support the child or have been victims of rape. It is wrong to abort a fetus that passes the first trimester, since it starts to develop its organs and nerves, the mother will have great loss, and can lead to long term health effects for the women. During 1973 the Roe vs. Wade trail took…