Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

In today’s society abortion has become a major topic of discussion and division around the world. It seems as though abortion has always been a point of contention in states. It is true that states around the world have varying ideas and opinions on how things should be done and so it should not be a surprise that abortion is no exception, but the question is why do abortion laws in states around the world vary so widely. One can analyze why abortion is legal in some states and not others by…

American criminal justice system to realize that there was still a communication problem between federal and state departments of justice. “At the time of the case unlawfully seized evidence was banned from federal courts but not state courts” (Mapp v. Ohio Podcast). When there is a deviation between the two systems, in certain cases, then problems can arise. In this case, a problem arose and the federal judges of the U.S. Supreme Court had a decision to make, in the realm of how evidence is…

Describe the key issues related to the Serrano v. Priest decision. What did the court decide? What action did the State take following the court’s decision? In 1968 a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mr. Serrano in the Superior Courts of Los Angeles. Serrano claimed the funding system for California schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, as well as the Equal Protection clause in the California Constitution. At the time of the Serrano case, per pupil…

W.E.B. Du Bois was an American civil rights activist, sociologist, and scholar who dealt with sociological problems and events that proposed the issue of seeking equality between blacks and whites and justice for the African American race. He fought to enhance education, occupation and most of all freedom for blacks during his reign. The influence of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case inspired him to discuss racism in America. This case involved Mr. Homer Plessy, a man who appeared to be white, but…

Abortion There is so much controversy of whether or not abortion should be illegal or legal, and the fact of the matter is that people, men and women should have the choice of the decision if whether they want to or don’t it shouldn’t be a complicated topic. The topic of abortions shows a feminist criticism because women should have the choice of what they would like to do with their bodies without having someone else tell them what they can and cannot do. Although some people may be against…

In the essay “Why Abortion is Immoral,” philosopher Don Marquis uses utilitarian principles to argue that “abortion is, except in rare cases, seriously immoral…[and] in the same category as killing an innocent human being” (223). However, he deliberately avoids relating his thesis to abortion in the specific contexts of rape, maternal death, and severe postpartum health complications. Thus, in my analysis of his claim, I plan on adopting Marquis’ utilitarian perspective to evaluate the…

A moral philosophy called Judith Jarvis Thomson,came up with “A Defense of Abortion” in 1971.When it comes to argument of the right to life,According to experiments, he argue that fetus has the right to life though the pregnant woman has the right to control her own body.He disagree that abortion is morally impermissible.（Thomson，1971） Long time ago,abortion was considered in the context of gender selection,family planning,population control.First and foremost,almost every family want to…

In the article “Living Incubators, Fetal Container or Womb with legs”? by Melanie DeMaeyer states that women should be able to have control of their own bodies, and have their own image of pregnancy, and not what society should have you look like. The main idea DeMaeyer focuses on is that every woman should have the right what to choose, and what to do with their bodies. In this article DeMaeyer big argument is that women should not be thought of as objects, or “others”, and should be equal…

Case Reflection: State Paternalism and Pregnant Women The case of “State Paternalism and Pregnant Women” is overwhelmingly fascinating as well as very controversial. In fact, this case was so controversial it went all the way to the Supreme Court before a decision was finally reached. Personally, I was unsure of where I stood on this specific issue the first time I read it but ultimately I came to agree with the supreme court’s decision that protected the right of pregnant women from…

Both Steven Tracy and Thia Cooper deal with the issues of abortion though they stand on opposing sides. Where Tracy announces his pro-life stands Cooper vocalizes her support for legal abortion. In theory the two authors should disagree on most points, but this fails to be the case. Both argue that the main problem camouflaged within this debate remains the social injustice society inflicts upon its mortal pawns. Both find faults with the entire abortion debate not just the opposing opinion, and…