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that the First Amendment gives any person the right to do whatever they please with their flag. The United States V. Eichman case exemplifies a dilemma with…

in other ways that act against Aboriginal interests and entitlements. The dispute to which this paper refers offers an anomaly in a case decided in 2006 by the Supreme Court of Canada that served the Tsartlip appellants as individuals, not necessarily their band, and contravened by its conclusion in a majority vote in the Supreme Court a federal Canadian law. Section 27 of the Wildlife…

Plessy V. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case that first laid out the idea of “separate but equal”. This court case explains the segregation laws that were set out and why blacks cannot participate in certain events. The Simple Justice film shows the various court cases and the transformation of the society leading up to the Brown V. Board of Education Topeka decision, which declared that separate public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. Thurgood Marshall attended Howard…

concluded. Roe v wade is the historical Supreme…

Johnson decided upon a form of political protest that would shock the nation. By burning an American flag given to him during the protest, Johnson landed his case up to the Supreme Court. He was first convicted by the Texas courts for desecration of a venerated object. It was later brought to the Supreme Court of the United States as to whether burning the American flag is an offense at all. Protected under the First Amendment as it is seen as “symbolic speech,” it is unconstitutional for…

In the United States the right to own a firearm is listed in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Constitution. Amend. II). Gun control legislation is both a federal and a state issue. There are some federal laws that still impact gun control today. One of the federal laws that have laid the groundwork…

The LGBTQ civil rights movement in the United States has been at its highest, and most impactful for the past half-century. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) case, Obergefell v. Hodges might have been the case to legalize same-sex marriage but the importance truly lies in the cases that paved the road for the memorable victory of this SCOTUS case. One of the most important cases is from the state of Massachusetts, Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. In the year 2003, the…

lecture. I thought it was extremely helpful to go over the cases step by step and discuss them together in class. Going over the Supreme Court cases in class motivated me to do the reading beforehand and it was a fun way to learn about the different key terms in the book. It was also fun for me to get to see other people’s point of views on the cases versus how the court ruled. The one thing I think it would have been great to…

The thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution changed our nation in a radical way. During the previous years, a path was carved to make way for a movement that would abolish slavery and change the United States’ culture. This amendment is a crucial and intriguing part of the Constitution, in fact- its original purpose was not to abolish slavery. The thirteenth amendment that was first passed in February of 1861 was to ensure that slavery would remain legal in the states. So, why…

Morse is how it will be understood and applied by school officials, school boards, and lower court judges” (Kozlowski et al., 2009, p. 139). Further, Kozlowski et al., maintains that while the Court has never officially overruled Tinker, subsequent decisions have limited its reach and shown more deference to school officials (p. 140). “Dupre shows that in the span of just one generation, the Supreme Court shifted its stance toward public from suspicion to deference” (Ferré, 2009, p.…