Supreme Court of the United States

In the case of Tinker V. Des Moines, it shows how the supreme court did not want students to be allowed to publicly express themselves or their opinions. Also how the teachers should have freedom of speech in school or out of school. The argument that is stronger for me is for the students and the teachers to be allowed to have freedom of speech and should always be protected. To begin with, at the public school in Tinker V. Des Moines, the students and the teachers organized a small protest…

The United States juvenile court system has come a long way throughout the years. There has been many significant cases in the juvenile system that set the standard for what the system is now. Cases such as Kent vs. United States, In re Gault, and In re Winship are examples of major cases that challenged state rulings and later changed the technicalities of future, similar cases because they called upon the Supreme Court to change or state the rules. These three cases built some of the framework…

Amendment, any establishment of a state sponsored religion or restriction on the free practice of an individual’s religion is specifically prohibited. Despite this specificity, there are still many controversies that have risen concerning this fundamental freedom. There have been many debates throughout this nation’s history, over the definition of this freedom and issues concerning religious freedom ( which have had to be settled in the highest court of the land). Courts have been debating…

One of the most topical issues in United States is gun control. The issue has reached the supreme court over and over again, and many different people have different stances on it.. The basis of is the Second Amendment, written in the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." (U.S. Const. amend. II) The problem is that the intent behind the…

Assignment 2 Jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear and decide on a matter. The textbook translates jurisdiction for us, “In Latin, juris means “law,” and diction means “to speak.” Thus, “the power to speak the law” is the literal meaning of the term jurisdiction.” Each and every court must have the power to speak over a matter before the matter can be disputed in their court. The court needs to have jurisdiction over the individuals or corporations involved, as well as…

the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson refused to honor the Presidential appointment, Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court with a “writ of mandamus” in which he asked the Supreme Court to honor his commission and three others that Thomas Jefferson had refused to accept their appointments. Subsequently, John Marshall who was the Chief Justice at the time, refused the writ even though he acknowldeged that the men deserved their commissions. He took the position that the Supreme Courts hands were…

Abramski v the United States is a case that questioned the legality of a lawful gun-purchaser buying a gun for another lawful gun-owner who resides in a different state and inaccurately listing that they are the actual buyer. Due to the Supremacy clause (86), it was up to the Supreme Court to make the final decision by looking further into the Gun Control Act of 1968, which was established to try and stop felons from obtaining a gun, and determining exactly what it prohibits. In 2009, Bruce…

case? Hollingsworth v. Perry a) What is the name held by the petitioner in this case? Summarize the petitioner’s key argument. Dennis Hollingsworth et al. with Charles J. Cooper speaking for the petitioners. The petitioner argued that a state is within its legal bounds to limit marriage to only between opposite sex, as marriage is a historical social institution whose purpose advances the state’s interest in childbearing. b) What is the name held by the respondent in this case?…

protect their rights, then you are not using the freedoms the first Amendment guarantees. On December 15, 1791, the state of Virginia ratified that the citizens of The United States were now protected of their essential freedoms. (FirstAmendmentCenter.org)This means that American citizens now had the freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. The amendment clearly states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise…

The Supreme Court was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court takes its power from the Article III in the constitution. Above the main entrance of the supreme court are the words Equal under the Law. The supreme court is in charge of ensuring that the American people have equal justice under the law and acts as a guardian and an interpreter of the constitution. There are three principals that defines the constitution and how the law works. One principle is that the Constitution…