Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Darwinism. The case of West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937), which overruled Adkins, demonstrated the end of the Court 's acceptance of the doctrines of liberty of contract and laissez faire-social Darwinism. The decision involved upholding a Washington State minimum wage law, which consequently overruled two previous Court decisions. This change in the makeup of the Court would bring about a new era of…

Coercion as defined by Shipan and Volden (2008), as powerful actors wanting adoption. This powerful actor is most commonly another state. This assumes a state’s desire to conform to one or multiple other actors’ ideas, and that there is a reward from such action, not being sanctioned. Coercion is best displayed in comparative politics, as Shipan and Volden (2008) state, and is a popular way to achieve a shift in policies, as it there is a reward from solidarity the…

Juneteenth is a holiday in Texas that commemorates the celebration of the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865, that General Gordon Granger leading the Union soldiers, arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced the end of the war and the freedom of all slaves. This event happened two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation by the president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. There have been several versions of stories to explain the two and half years’…

actual laws that determine whether or not material should be censored. Though this can be a sensitive subject, I wish to proceed from the viewpoint of whether the artist of the song deserved to have this song pulled off radio stations across the United States. On December 14, 2012 a shooter opened fire on an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut that sparked emotion all across the country which lead to the ban of multiple songs that referenced death of young people and shootings. I’ve chosen…

of the 14th Amendment, judicial power was again substantially augmented with the implementation of three key clauses: the Privileges and Immunities, Due Process,and the Equal Protection clauses. Since the passage of the 14th Amendment, the Court has used these in its decisions to greatly affect the country, from Brown v Board of Education (1954), to Roe v Wade (1973), to this very summer, with Obergefell v Hodges (2015). These landmark cases demonstrate sweeping…

tried to appeal to the school board, but it didn't help. On February 28th of 1951 the battle begun when Reverend Brown filed his suit in the United States District Court as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Dudley,…

inevitable immigration, the United States passed laws that were specifically designed to reduce immigration numbers from foreign countries. The Immigration Quota Act of 1921 was one of the first passed to reduce immigration and it was probably the most effective. This system allowed only 150,000 immigrants a year to enter the country. Congress also developed the quota system. Each National quota was based on the supposed origins of the entire white population of the United States, not merely on…

When we begin this story, Carver uses the inner dialogue of “Bub,” the narrator, to allow the reader some insight into Bub’s character and his vast ignorance of the world outside of his home. Preceding a visit from his wife’s blind friend, Robert, the narrator makes many brash comments that give a sense of his lack of acquaintance with visually disabled people. Bub admits, “And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never…

set aside for white women. All of these indignities were violations of rights enumerated in the 1875 legislation. The Supreme Court analyzed these cases in view of the Fourteenth Amendment and concluded the Amendment was not designed to apply to private citizens or private organizations, but only to the federal and state governments. This decision resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1875 being invalidated, and opened the doors to blatant discrimination by businesses and individuals. John…

JERGENS MADINA COSMETICS 100 YEARS OF BEAUTIFUL SKIN The Jergens Story On April 5, 1882, Andrew Jergens Sr. and Charles H. Geilfus founded The Andrew Jergens Company in Cincinnati, OH. Known then as "The Jergens Soap Company" the original product was coconut oil soap, specially designed to perform in hard water. Over the years, the Company has developed into a leading competitor in the soap and cosmetics industry. In 1901, Jergens expanded its business by purchasing the John H.…