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In a more present case in 2005 brought before the Supreme Court in Granholm V. Heald (Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005)), it was in question whether states should allow the direct shipment of wine to the customer, whether the winery is in the same state or not. “The Court held that Section 2 of the 21st Amendment did not give states the power to discriminate against out-of-state wine sellers in ways that would otherwise violate the Commerce Clause.” (UMKC, n.d.) Meaning that it is unfair…

A landmark case related to mass incarceration in the United States, Brown v. Plata, required a significant reduction in the prison population of the State of California. The Court held that overcrowding of prison facilities led to eighth amendment violations related to inadequate health and mental health care services which contributed to unnecessary and preventable deaths (Brown v. Plata). This case appropriately demonstrates that mass incarceration is unsustainable with the current prison…

In the United States of America there are two types of courts, federal and state. Federal courts are created under the Constitution to determine debates involving the Constitution and laws passed by Congress. State courts are created by a state which includes local courts created by cities, counties, and other municipalities. The differences between federal and state courts are defined mainly by jurisdiction. Federal court jurisdiction hear lawsuits against the United States and those…

In most recent years, the United States has had current concerns with the issues on church and state. A particular concern with the separation of church and state was the citizens of the United States response of how closely the First Amendment and pillars of religious influence that dealt with this concerns for centuries. Historically speaking again, the United States has had its share of many cases addressing this matter. Many of the cases are on whether the separation of church and state is…

The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments were established to protect the rights of the suspected, the accused, criminal defendants and that of convicted criminals. There have been several instances of the course time where these protections of rights haven’t been upheld. An example of when these protections of rights have been neglected is the Powell v. Alabama in 1932. There are several things that made this particular case so different from that of other cases. The time period, the…

foundation of America because without it we wouldn’t have democracy. These liberties have given citizens’ rights to freedom of speech, to believe what they wish, right of bearing arms and the pursuit of happiness. This grants people living in the United States the power to express their mind and opinions about something they believe is improper or unfair. It is a way to shield the people from an…

over the past hundred years, and although there has been much support for assisted suicide, there has also been a strong effort to undermine this movement. In 1906, a Democratic Congressman named Henry Hunt introduced the first euthanasia bill in United States history into the General Assembly of Ohio , however this bill quickly failed to pass, setting a trend that lasted eighty-eight years, until the Death with Dignity Act was passed in Oregon in 1994 . As the first state to permit some…

The Supreme Court has gained a tremendous amount of power since the states first approved of the rights and limitations set forth for it in Article III during the Constitutional ratification process. Some of this accumulated power, such as the ability to analyze the constitutionality of Congressional legislation, appears to be justifiable in most cases. However, there have been several instances, especially the recent Obergefell v. Hodges case, where the Court has seemed to overstep its…

In these recent years, supporters of same-sex marriage got the advantage to win almost 80 percents of United States today. That is thirty-seven states out of the fifty states here in the USA. Moreover, just as last month, the issue has been brought up to the Supreme Court to consider whether it is time for nationwide same-sex marriage. On April 28, 2015, the nine justices had heard the oral arguments regarding the issue that whether or not the Constitution we have now guarantees the rights to…

After the failures of the Articles of Confederation, it was clear to the members of the Second Constitutional Convention that serious revisions to our government were necessary to have a prosperous nation. Thus the Constitution, with clear distinctions to the Articles, was drafted. James Madison, often cited as the Father of the Constitution, in conjunction with several other Federalist, like Alexander Hamilton, wrote the Federalist Papers to persuade members of Congress and the states to…