Judicial activism

In the pursuit of “a more perfect Union,” it is only expected that there will exist stark, if not polar discrepancies on how we as a nation should go about attaining such an ideal. It is, after all, a large aspect of the fundamentals upon which our nation was founded. What’s more, it takes a certain breed of brave, yet well-spoken individuals to delineate both what this ideal is, and what is necessary to achieve it. Immediately, we are reminded of antebellum America, and the vast divergence that…

Reaping the Benefits of What was Once Sown Is the Constitution of the United States of America a living document, meant to be molded to modern times, or is it meant to withstand time as-written? The previous question continues to be a hot debate among the current Supreme Court members. The supporters of the latter definition of the Constitution may also be referred to as originalists. There are several supporters on both sides of what seems to be a never-ending argument. Edmund Burke, widely…

Ellen Pence is best known for her advocacy and batterer programming with the Duluth program on behalf of women’s experience with abuse (Gondolf, 2010). Ellen’s activism all started with a generic community organizing training that opened all the possibilities that contributed to social change (Dasgupta, 2010). From there, Ellen began to work in anti-domestic violence and that’s where she and her colleagues developed the Duluth model (Dasgupta, 2010). The basis of Ellen’s advocacy in…

are frightfully theirs and being abused by corrupt leaders. It is those corrupt leaders than enabled such a violent suppression to the protests. The documents revealed state-sponsored violence between the 1960’s and 1980s. Vicente Fox advocated for judicial charges against those responsible. Fox’s presidency served as a move into the right direction for democratization by exposing the corruption of the authoritarian leaders that were unfairly elected by those in power. However, despite Fox’s…

Have the roles of men and women who evolve from boys and girls changed since colonial America to the antebellum eras? To answer this question, we must not only examine the roles of men and women, but the roles ascribed to their specific gender during their youth. Through advice literature the reader can see the disparities between gender roles as it relates to the status and education of European men and women alike. Advice literature also shows the dynamics of the household by depicting boys as…

Case review of Regina Quintavalle v Secretary of State for Health Name Institution Section 3 (3) (d) of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act of 1990 is at the heart of this appeal. The case is about whether cell nuclear replacement (CNR) was outside the scope of the Act or whether it was for the purpose, which could not be license under the Act. The main statutory interpretation approach discussed by the judges in deciding the appeal was the purposive approach. It was held that…

Henry David Thoreau On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is that every human being is to resist the government's efforts to nullify the principles of injustice in each person's conscience and that each person not only needs to resist the government's efforts but also needs to fight against these efforts. So what exactly is Civil Disobedience? Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey government demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from…

In 2009, Thea Clara Spyer passed away leaving behind her estate to her domestic partner, Edith Windsor. The couple wed in 2007 in Canada and as residents of New York, their marriage was recognized by the state. However, the IRS denied Windsor a spousal deduction under federal law citing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA.) DOMA’s section 3 refers to marriage only as the legal union between one man and one woman.Windsor chose to challenge DOMA, believing same-sex couples are entitled to equal…

and had many expectations on her shoulders. In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman justice to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court. Criticism from the conservatives branched from her lack of experience on constitutional and federal judicial knowledge. However, the liberals were much pleased to see a woman on the Supreme Court although they were dismayed at the simple fact…

houses, and the fattest people. We live and thrive on how much better we are than others and how much excess freedom we have to live our lives the way we want to. Perhaps the greatest excess ever granted to anyone in this country is the power of judicial review given to the Supreme Court in Marbury vs. Madison. The Supreme Court has given itself a great power; to determine, interpret, and strike down laws based entirely upon how the nine justices happen to be feeling that day. This great power…