Law of the United States

since the first days of the united states as a nation there is always has been a government, back in the days the first one was named confederate government the local courts were stronger than the central one. Nowadays it all changed for better and the federal system of a government was created where the central guide the local ones. The Judicial System also known as ¨ the judiciary ¨ is a system of courts that understands and applies the law in the name of a state or in any federal court.…

There are only five states that do not have a specific law. One of these states includes South Carolina. This has become a huge talking point since the young white gunman shot up an African American church in Charleston, SC. Prosecution is unable to add the hate crime charges due to the state not having a law. The federal government could get involved- if they don’t thing the state’s law is properly proportionally to the crime committed- and add on hate…

Introduction Henry II built the foundations of law as it sits today. Assize of Clarendon was an act that came in 1166 that transformed the English law. As trial jury was a way where evidence and inspection came before the punishment. Inquiry was my under oath by freemen. This shaped the new way of law in England. This act would be eventually known as common law. Why did Henry need a new way of dealing with crime? The Assize addressed many problems. When Henry II inherited the throne, he had…

FBI’s Civil Rights program and each year an estimated 1,200 crimes are reported, however, the number is most likely higher due to underreported cases. In 2012, an astonishing 5,796 were committed. Laws regarding these crimes vary among states. 15 states and the District of Columbia have hate crime laws that include crimes…

extent in which teachers and students can express their beliefs, and the extent to which schools allow religion to be tolerated. I chose the title “In God We Trust” because it is the official motto of the United States, yet it directly correlate’s with the controversy of separation of church and state. As an American citizen we have the right to freedom of religion, but the constitution is vague in what extent freedom of religion is acceptable. Justification It’s been over 50 years since the…

Like most laws, the act does not use the words ‘hate crime’, relying instead on more traditional criminal law language to create the specific offences of ‘racially or religiously aggravated’ assault, criminal damage, harassment, stalking, and several public order offences. The act itself very much dependant on…

terrorist attacks in 2001 on the United States, marked the beginning of the war on terror in the international system. Al Qaeda emerged as the group who took responsibility for the attacks. In response to these attacks the United States began their campaign in Afghanistan where Al Qaeda was based (Andreani, 2004, p. 32). The United States wanted to eliminate the Taliban and to give back power to the Afghan government (Elshtain, 2003, pp. 2-4). However, the United States’ motives behind moving…

the custom or law as being a member of a state. A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless’ (Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.) A citizen of the united states lives under the law of the united states. So they have to follow the rules; the law of America (if there in the United states, otherwise they have to follow the law of the country they are in at that moment). In the united states there is a…

There are currently approximately 12-20 million undocumented workers in the United States. People want to come to the United States, not just for freedom; they want to make their lives better with career and life opportunities. However, these opportunities cause them and their families to be separated. Without a doubt, the best policies should allow for immigrants to go through a path to citizenship in the United States, and the government should not institute harsh policies such as the wall…

across states have pushed to legalize one such drug, marijuana. To the pro-marijuana crowd, they feel like their needs to be more legal drugs because alcohol and nicotine products are not enough for them. This argument is nonsensical and could lead to further degradation of our society. One of the problems with legalizing the drug is that it breaks many United States and international laws that the states are obligated to uphold. One such law is The Controlled Substance Act (CSA) which states…