Robert G. Ingersoll

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is currently a Supreme Court justice and considered to have a rather conservative take on things. He is well known to lean towards making decisions that align with the ideals of a libertarian. On April 1, 1950, Samuel A. Alito Jr. was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was raised in Hamilton, New Jersey. His father, Samuel A. Alito, emigrated from Italy and both of his parents were school teachers. Alito’s strong views on immigration originate from his father. Even through…

Landmark Cases: Roe V. Wade, 1973. A young, unwed woman by the name of Norma McCorvey became pregnant and sought out an abortion in Texas in 1969. Texas law made abortion a felony unless “on the medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother,” or rape and incest cases. McCorvey attempted to obtain an abortion through two measures, claiming she was raped, and illegal clinics. There was no police report to prove she had ever been raped and the illegal clinics were shut down…

Roe v. Wade was a law that was passed to legalize abortion because of women's right to choose and right to privacy. In the 1960s, Abortionists would charge $1000 dollars or more for an abortion. People would perform illegal abortions, which is civil disobedience, in order to legalize abortion. In the 1950s and 1960s, 100,000s of abortions were performed annually. 1000s of women would die because anesthesia was usually not used and the procedures were rushed.…

marriage. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his dissenting opinion that, “Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea, should be of no concern to us. Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is not what the law should be.”(Dissenting Opinions in the Supreme Court’s Same Sex Marriage Ruling) John Roberts is saying that it should not be up to the Judicial Branch and the Supreme Court to make laws, they should only be able to interpret them. John Roberts and all of the other…

Vermont vs. Brillon In July 2001, Michael Brillon was arrested for striking his girlfriend in Bennington County, Vermont. Brillon was appointed a public defender, Richard Ammons. Ammons was eventually fired by Brillon. In total Brillon went through six public defenders before his trial in June, 2004. Brillon was convicted and sentenced to twelve to twenty years in prison. Brillon appealed his case to the Vermont Supreme Court which found that Brillon’s right to a speedy trial under the Sixth…

In 1973, Roe v Wade was sanctioned by the United States Supreme court to allow all women to access safe and legal abortions. Getting to that stage was not easy, however. The case took years until the legal system would even consider making the operation legal. (Procon.org) In the 1960’s, many groups were concerned regarding the termination of a pregnancy. Physicians worried about the fatality rates that illegal abortions caused, the women’s movement sparked concerns, environmental groups wanted…

of appeals, the court for the Fourth Circuit. No. 14–114. Argued March 4, 2015—Decided June 25, 2015, Affordable Care Act 2010 HOLDING: The ruling was 6 to 3. Yes, the court granted that the ACA Subsidies were constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court 's majority opinion, followed by Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. FACTS: Whether people agree or disagree with the Supreme court decision. On March 4, 2015, the…

Introduction Ever since its creation in 2010, the Affordable Care Act has received a great deal of backlash. The law has been brought to the courts three times now due to many Americans having issues with certain provisions in the law. Two of the cases that challenged the Affordable Care Act have made it to the Supreme Court. The issues that have been challenged have been in reference to the provisions that expand Medicaid, grant subsidies to states that have established exchanges, and the…

In 1973 the Supreme Court made abortion legal in the United States via their landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Before, when abortion was illegal, it was common to get “back alley” abortions” were they could die or lose fertility. As such a controversial topic, the United States can't make abortion illegal. Instead, states would chip away at the legality of abortion. This “slippery slope” will eventually make abortions de facto illegal. We need a constitutional amendment legalizing abortion fo it…

The court case I chose to write about was Roe v Wade. Roe v Wade was a Supreme Court case on the issue of abortion The Supreme Courts decision overturned a Texas abortion law and make abortion legal in the United States. Now at the time, abortion was considered a common crime in the United States. The court ruled that it was a woman's right, under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, to decide to have an abortion for any reason during the first trimester without any legal restrictions.…