Sell v. United States

Andrew Jackson was a president who governed from 1829 to 1837. There have been arguments on whether he was a great president or a bad president. Andrew Jackson was a good president who helped form the United States for many reasons. He strengthened the the United States through the democracy and through the economics. During the election of 1828, Andrew Jackson received a plurality of the popular vote. Many people supported Andrew Jackson because he was a patriot, a self-made man, and a war…

The case of Bowman v. Monsanto Company, Case No. 11-796, was brought to the United States Supreme Court on February 19, 2013. The plaintiff Monsanto patented a soybean that resisted its own Round Up Ready herbicide (“Supreme Court,” n.d). Monsanto Company constructed a contract for farmers to sign prior to using the seeds. The contract obligates farmers to acknowledge the intent of never saving seeds from the resulting crop. This meant that the farmer would be obliged to purchase new seeds…

Buchanan, Wyatt. "State Lawmakers Propose Tough Gun Laws." SFGate. SF Gate, 7 Feb. 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. . This is mostly about firearm laws which were proposed in California. This sources opinions are not for or against these laws, however portrays the real laws. Therefore…

but failed to recognize other avenues, and failed to establish an accurate background system. The Brady act was created as an Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. It instituted a five day waiting period and required that every business in each state, which has a license to sale firearms, to conduct a background check on each individual prior to a sale. It also established the creation of a national instant criminal background check system. This act came into legislation after the…

establishment, possessed a patent that protected speech recognition software in the United States. Similarly, Microsoft, an American multinational technology company, created code to make a computer program that also recognized speech, but instead decided to sell it in foreign countries. Essentially, Microsoft found a complex loophole in Section 271(f) of the United States’ Patent Act and was eventually able to legally sell their speech recognition program in foreign countries. However, AT&T…

Despite the inevitable conflict over Reconstruction, in December 1863 Lincoln announced the proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. Ultimately allowing southern states rejoin the Union and then if a minimum ten percent of those who balloted during the 1860 election took the oath of allegiance to the Union and to accept emancipation. Lincoln did not target southerners to take the oath such as confederate officers and military officials. Those people would have to apply for a presidential…

Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States, which stated that the President cannot pass a policy without Congress giving the president any mandated options to choose from, Congress passed a joint resolution in regards to the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. Congress gave the president a list of options in regards to what he could do to either support the war or remain neutral towards the war. The options were limited to placing an embargo on United States companies from selling…

John Marshall heard as Chief Justice. A New York state law gave to individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. Aaron Ogden an exclusive license to operate steamboat ferries between New Jersey and New York City on the Hudson River. Thomas Gibbons, another steamboat operator, ran two ferries along the same route. Ogden sought an injunction against Gibbons in a New York state court, claiming that the state had given him exclusive rights to operate the…

the United States was in constant turmoil. The text is littered with many treaties made with the Natives and the effect these had on all parties involved. The westward expansion caused numerous battles and debates among the politicians and tribes. A quote from the article A Shawnee Argues for an Untied Indian Resistance, 1810 states “After mistreatment of the Native Americans by Presidents Jefferson and Madison, Tecumseh, a Shawnee, tried to organize the Midwestern Indian tribes into a united…

Kaitlin Halvorsen October 14,2015 POL103 Gun Violence The United States has experienced much devastation due to gun violence. Most recently at a college in Oregon, a gunman killed 10 people and injured 9 and then took his own life. The United States is the most heavily armed nation, “a society with a firearm for nearly 90% of its 321 million citizens, (cnn.com). The man who is responsible for the devastation in Oregon had all of his guns legally, purchased by him or a relative, (Sanchez). So…