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The information contained in Becoming Justice Blackmun demonstrates the forcible, yet changeable, as a matter of law, nature of precedent with regards to the penetration of the lives of the United States citizenry. Most prominently cited, the Roe v. Wade decision, altered the age-old belief of the criminalization of abortion. Blackmun wrote in his notes, “‘Here we go in the abortion field” (Greenhouse, 72), prior to the hearings of three cases involving abortion; thus, Blackmun, as well as the…

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, the court heard a case in which the plaintiffs argued that a ban on same sex marriage violated certain provisions of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs specifically argued that the ban violated the concept of protection of liberty. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage is legal across all 50 states because they view marriage as a union of two people and not solely as a union of a man and a woman. Although…

petitioners were brought forth to the United States Supreme Court for violating the Clean Water Act. Rapanos backfilled three wetlands he owned without a permit. Environmental law became extremely important in this case because due to common law, there were a couple of different interpretations of this situation. Army Corps of Engineers and Riverside Bayview Homes were two different cases that held different precedents regarding what was considered the waters of the United States, which in…

law professor who operated a website for a group whom he founded, called the guardians. The guardians questioned President Obama’s citizenship; in 2011 Comerford was convicted of aiding and abetting threats on the President, however the Supreme Court of the United States reversed his conviction the following year. After his conviction was reversed, Comerford went to a local merchant to purchase a smart-phone. Knowing that a phone could be tracked through GPS technology, Comerford disabled the…

Lily took her pay discrimination complaint all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2007 that claims like hers had to be filed within one hundred and eighty days of an employer’s decision to pay a worker less, even if she did not learn about the unfair pay until years after the discrimination began. To make sure…

Although the power of judicial review is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the Supreme Court had acquired it through landmark cases and the founding fathers original intent. The landmark case that gave them the power of judicial review is the case Marbury v. Madison. In this case, President John Adams appointed William Marbury to be a justice of the peace along with forty-one others days before his presidency expired. The commissions were not sent out before the end of his presidency…

by the Supreme Court, but those that do often pertain to the Incorporation Doctrine, a unique concept that has many reeling with contradicting opinions. One in particular dealt with a certain amendment which, to this day, is only partially incorporated into this said concept. Benton v. Maryland was a Supreme Court decision that included the Fourteenth Amendment, often referred to as the Incorporation Doctrine. The case included a man named John Benton, and in 1965, Benton was in a state court of…

woman. There were many good points in this book. The one that stood out was the court scene. There the lawyer of the black man, proved that he was innocent. After this they still convicted him for the crime. The jury was of all white men. Thought, to give them some credit, it did take them more than two hours to decide that he was guilty. They were definitely biased. This led to the black man toward the supreme court. Before he can get there, he is killed in prison by a guard. They said that he…

speech political delivery prohibits incitement in relaying political messages to the public. Hazelwood School District et al vs. Kuhlmeier et al 484 U.S. 260 (1988) was a landmark cases decided by the was a landmark cases decided by the US Supreme court and laid the foundation to the exercise of the freedom of expression by students in public schools. The ruling by Tinker continues to be used as a reference in supporting student’s right to expression up to date (Tushnet, 32). According…

Marbury vs. Madison was one of the most defining cases for the Supreme Court because it introduced judicial review. There was a race for presidency, and as John Adams term was ending he passed the Judicial Act of 1801. This law let Adams appoint other federalists as an attempt of control over the federal judiciary system. Although it was signed and stamped, it was never delivered once President Thomas Jefferson took control of the office. Commissions were never sent out as commanded by Thomas…