Ruth Reichl

Death Penalty Capital punishment is an issue that has been questioned on whether it is an effective method of deterrent or a flawed system. The U.S. Supreme Court declared the unconstitutionality of the death penalty as “cruel and unusual punishment” in the 1972 case of Furman vs. Georgia. A four year moratorium was put into effect evoking numerous studies evaluating the effectiveness of the death penalty. The legal proceedings involved in capital punishment is a lengthy process that concludes…

Brandon Betterman, the petitioner in this case, pleads guilty to jumping bail after not appearing for his court date on charges of domestic assault. Between his conviction and his sentencing, Betterman waited fourteen months due to a delay within the institution (Betterman). He believes that fourteen months should be taken off of his sentencing. This began the ultimate constitutional debate concerning what he considered his right to a speedy trial. The ruling claimed by the Montana Supreme Court…

On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-4 vote in Shelby County v. Holder to strike down two main provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The first, Section 4(b), contained the coverage formula that determined which jurisdictions are subject to preclearance based on their histories of discrimination in voting. Section 5, which was rendered invalid by proxy, was the actual provision that required certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been a stalwart supporter of women’s rights and LGBT rights. Her rulings on cases concerning women's rights and as LGBT rights have continued the impression Justice O’Connor gave in her decision in Roe v. Wade that gender may indeed matter in rulings with this trend most likely going to continue with Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. She is considered as one the 100 Most Powerful Women and has spent time advocating for women's rights in the duration of her career. The…

publicized purpose. It would remove all legal distinctions between sexes, end social security benefits for spouses, eliminate child support, and invalidate legal privacy protections. In addition to those violations, according to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the ERA would affect, alter, or eliminate over 800 federal laws (Valente). Self-proclaimed feminists say that this is their saving grace, that the ERA is the solution to preventing workplace discrimination. These people…

Thinking Critically About Food: Tender at the Bone Ruth Reichl portrays a wide range of scenes of her life and illustrates a lot of her self-improvement, and additionally her impression of the individuals she meets in the way she depicts the nourishment, cooking, and the way these individuals eat. Tender at the Bone writer Ruth Reichl utilizes food as a similarity and association with the reader. Thusly the reader can comprehend Reichl's emotions and her relationships with the characters in the…