Stark Law

How is it possible that a poor, uneducated man was able to change the law of the United States? As Clarence Earl Gideon was put on trial for breaking and entering, he remained adamant and relentless in his right to due process; more importantly, his right to a lawyer. After being forced to represent himself, Gideon pled not guilty, fought his way through the trial, and was still convicted. Gideon’s resilience would not let this be the end of his battle. He journeyed his way to the Supreme Court…

Racial profiling is an offensive and ineffective tool the law enforcement officials use. Not only have these events personally affected the lives of many young men of middle eastern descent, but a boy as young as fourteen years old who is of middle eastern descent. Ahmed, a young Muslim boy living in Irving, Texas…

Since 1776, Americans have been fighting the authorities that wrongfully instate unjust laws and practices; freedom is the very foundation on which the country was built. Human nature urges people to fight to change what they do not condone, and enlightenment thinkers have argued that citizens have a right to overthrow any authority that displeases them. It can be patriotic to protest one’s government due to the possible immorality of leaders and that the core of a country is its people, not its…

expected that there will exist stark, if not polar discrepancies on how we as a nation should go about attaining such an ideal. It is, after all, a large aspect of the fundamentals upon which our nation was founded. What’s more, it takes a certain breed of brave, yet well-spoken individuals to delineate both what this ideal is, and what is necessary to achieve it. Immediately, we are reminded of antebellum America, and the vast divergence that existed in the construction of law, the legitimacy…

Newsstands, television screens, and social media platforms are plastered with images of joyous same sex couples sharing a kiss or proudly waving a rainbow flag overhead. A celebratory heading in boldface commands attention amongst the sea of sensationalized celebrity news. Same sex marriage has just been legalized. The basic human right to wed can now be exercised by millions of couples. This very scene has unfolded in thirty-seven of fifty states here in America. Some would say that this is…

“‘They Are the Soul of the Council’: The Iroquoian Model of Woman-Power” written by Barbara Alice Mann stands in stark contrast to “The Federalist Papers,” written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. One is a matriarchy; the other a patriarchy. One is characterized by peace and egalitarianism; the other by war and hierarchy. One is a form of governance that we now only read about in books; the other is one we are governed under. Here, the two texts are compared and contrasted…

and throughout works of literature, our society has come to know civil disobedience as an act that defies certain laws as a way of peaceful protest. Sophocles’ Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, are two works of prose that exemplify two different ways in which civil disobedience can be carried out. Antigone acted out of selfishness when defying the law of Creon and wanted self-satisfaction through her engagement in civil disobedience. Martin Luther King Jr.,…

Research plan “You can be the Queen of the screen or the sovereign of print, but not both” Paul Keating My research paper looks at the intersection between the way in which Parliament makes laws and public expectations will specifically examine media ownership in Australia, the lack of reform despite significant public debate and changing public trust in media, and the failure of successive governments to properly balance community values and expectations and the changes to the media landscape.…

mechanism in which nothing is left to chance. All details has been thought out meticulously, to obtain a perfect apparatus. This apparatus is the central focus of the whole narration, and it could be argued that it represents the old ways, or the old law. The second, and quite related consideration that comes to mind is the maniacal care and regard the Officer demonstrates for the apparatus, all the while showing no compassion for human beings. The machine seems to…

interpreting laws passed by parliament. In the USA the constitution established the Supreme Court under article 3 of the constitution. It is the ultimate authority in constitutional interpretation and its decisions can only be overturned by a constitutional amendment. In the UK, a supreme court was established in 2009 to provide greater clarity in the UK’s constitutional arrangements. In the UK, under the concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty, it is parliament which makes the laws but it is the…