Ruth Bader Ginsburg

and emphasized that the Fourth Amendment provided some protection for trespass onto personal property.” In addition, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Samuel Alito also wrote a concurring and later joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan. If I were on the court, I would rule the same. The Government argued that it was a reasonable search, therefore it is lawful under the Fourth Amendment. However, they did not address it and support it.…

(en.wikipedia.org). Samuel Alito was appointed by George W. Bush and has served for eight years and eight months (en.wikipedia.org). Stephen Breyer was appointed by Bill Clinton, who has served for 20 years and two months (en.wikipedia.org). Ruth Bader Ginsburg was also appointed by Bill Clinton and has served for 21 years and two months (en.wkipedia.org). Appointed by George H. W. Bush is Clarence Thomas and has served for 22 years and 11 months (en.wikipedia.org). One of two appointed by…

president. There four candidates of age that circulate public opinion about possible retirement: democratic justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Republicans Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. There were particular rumors about Clarence Thomas and his decision to retire that were refuted by his wife on social media (Bedard 2016). Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the oldest Supreme Court Justice, but as she stated in her 2014 interview she doesn’t know of anyone who could replace her at…

Court Appointments and Criminal Justice Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton, if elected as president, will replace Antonin Scalia and will possibly have to fill Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer’s seats. Although Clinton has not released a short-list of possible supreme court judges, Clinton has gone on record that she would not name anyone who doesn’t support abortion on demand and consider Roe V. Wade settled law. Clinton also has said that she would appoint a judge…

decisions can't be restricted (The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. ). John G. Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Samuel A. Alito, were the people who voted in favor of Citizens United, whereas Justice Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor voted against Citizens…

Birchfield v. North Dakota (DUII refusal without a warrant) In Scotus blog, the United States Supreme Court judges against a common foe were at their best. It was very easy putting doctrinal clodhopping aside in trying out the amateur court team. Birchfield v. North Dakota a Wednesday court case involving laws imposing on motorists criminal penalties for being suspected of drunken driving (Birchfield v. North Dakota, 2016). This occurred when a chemical test, especially for breath or blood, was…

treated as the crime. This case raise the voice for the civil rights in the supreme courts which is usually happen due to the accident or self defense, in that situation the court can decided based on the civil rights. For-example, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg affirmed the seventh circuit and held that the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) amendment should be literally read and applied but she hasn’t a clarify interpretation of the ACCA when the civil rights came into the way of amendment and made…

This is the case from North Carolina State. Maynor Javier Vasquez driving with a broken brake light on April 29, 2010 and Sergeant Darisse of the Surry County Sheriff's Department stopped the vehicle. As the officer approached the vehicle, he noticed that there was someone lay down on the back seat and he found out that the guy name is Nicholas Heien. The two men told him different stries and the officer asked permission to check on the vehicle. Heien agreed, and the officer found a bag…

social justice are ignored” (Messina-Dysert). These people are ranking their own religious beliefs and morals above providing health care for people in need, especially those who in poverty; as Gina Messina-Dysert stated, “[Supreme] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said it best: ‘Reproductive freedom is in a sorry situation in the United States. Poor women don't have choice." If Planned Parenthood’s funding…

Chief Justice Rehnquist was appointed by Richard Nixon, in part as a response to the Warren Court’s liberal streak, which he used as a campaign issue. During his confirmation he was met with controversy as it became apparent he in fact disagreed with the precedent set in Borwn v. Board of Education. As an associate Justice he began as states’ rights advocate, which often not only placed Rehnquist not only in the minority, but as a lone dissenter. As time wore on the Court began to become more…