Katz v. United States

Nations have always been defined by something. The ancient Jews had their religion, including their temples and the Ark of the Covenant. The Romans are still characterized by their military force and the Coliseum. A more modern list could include France 's food and the Eiffel Tower, England 's Big Ben and the practice of drinking tea with the pinky finger extended. All Asian countries are lumped together by narrow eyes, mathematical abilities, and Karate. India is known for their exceptional…

controversial issue in the United States. For a war to get public approval, the government has to successfully justify the war and lay out a clear plan for its quick and honorable end. Most wars have been justified as being for the defense of the United States or its interests. Prior to and including World War II, if the President decided that war was needed, he would ask Congress for an official declaration of war. This process is enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. A state…

Imagine you’re a girl in Iraq with big dreams. You’ve got a plan for your life: get through high school, go to college, then have a successful career. But what happens if you can’t even finish high school because your parents can’t afford it? What do you do when you are forced into marriage just for the money? Unfortunately, this happens to be reality for many girls and women in Iraq. The treatment of women in society in Iraq differs from the treatment of women in society in the US in the sense…

The United States became somewhat imperialistic to an extent that their only motives were to gain raw materials, military strategic purposes, and to join a greater market sell their manufactured goods. Before the turn of the 20th century the united states were still trying to conquer their own continent. The united states were not thinking about overseas empires. It wasn’t until after the war of 1898 when America gained interest in colonial empires. The outcome of this war lead to the United…

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico has many amazing things. The scenery of this island is beautiful along with its many great landmarks. Puerto Rico has a very interesting history. It is a United State territory, but does not have the same taxes and laws. Along with the history, comes the culture. Overall, Puerto Rico is an incredible island. Puerto Rico is an island located in the Caribbean Sea, along with the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Puerto Rico is about the size of Rhode…

America has been compared to a “melting pot”, a mix of diverse people from all walks of life. Different cultures, traditions, lifestyles, and customs have flourished on US soil since its birth in 1776. Despite the diversity, the US has had conflicts of equality between gender, race, and class. Inequality between both genders has been a big issue in America despite the fight for equality since the last century. This is seen when Hillary Clinton defended her choice to pursue her own career to…

Iraq War: Have the benefits of the war outweighed the costs? The Iraq war is a touchy subject not a lot of people to talk about it, saying it has been eleven years and we are still over there fighting. Some people think it is necessary for us to be over there and some think otherwise, but the main contributing factor to that decision of us going over there and fighting is U.S. Congress and The President, and they decided for us to go off to war. Since 2003 we have been over there, and we are…

Over the years there have been many controversial debates as to whether it was a clever idea to admit Texas into the Union. In the beginning of Texas’ succession from Mexico, Texas was clueless as to what to do about their past ally country, for a long period of time there was tension everywhere. Soon after Texas’ sucession from Mexico, Mexico decided to declare war since they decided that it was unfair how Texas left. And so to they chose to accept war with them to defend themselves. There are…

of which now known as the United States, there was no such thing as a white race. People of European Descent never referred to themselves with that term. Racism was developed by wealthy “white race” to one’s advantage for economic necessity and economic justice. He further explained that the rich needed the poor to do the labor for them as the rich folks were not going to. They did not want to harvest their own cottons and build their own houses. The present United States is known as the land of…

Since the beginning of time, conflict among people results in major issues. Problems between the United States of America and various Communist countries resulted in nearly 50 years of conflict. After World War I, the first Red Scare spread throughout the country. Following World War II, a second Red Scare occurred. A second Red Scare occurred due to problems that started during the Cold War. The years following World War I, filled with strong patriotic feelings among Americans, gave many…