Supreme Court of the United States

“expansion with honor” policy to a policy of the expulsion of the Cherokee people? The Cherokee people were once a great nation whose population spanned all across the South Eastern corners of the North American continent. The Cherokee people once called states such as North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia home. The Cherokee people once governed their own nation, a nation where men hunted and women farmed. A nation where both men and women worked…

the type of school Dartmouth College is because it is stated in Section 10 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, “pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts”(Madison). The board of trustees fought for Dartmouth College’s remainder to be a charter school because it had no legal connection with the United States Supreme Court and it was created by English…

Nominee to the Supreme Court Judges Among the nine potential nominees to the Supreme Court judges, Senator J. Danforth Ellis is the most appropriate one. Here are several reasons about my consideration and why I choose Senator J. Danforth Ellis. First of all, Ellis graduated from the Yale University, one of the best Law School in the United States, and get the J.D. degree. Ellis was the member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2004 till now. The committee has a broad jurisdiction…

in the history of the Supreme Court. The case took place around from 1789 and lasted until 1803. The constitution called for three branches of the government: legislative, executive, and judiciary. Articles I and II covered legislative and executive. Article III covered judiciary. With everything else almost finished in the Constitution, the meaning for Article III was left open for interpretation. In 1789, Congress passed the Judiciary Act, which established the federal court system, but did…

overnight. Both men were charged with violating the Texas "Homosexual Conduct" law. This law prohibits a "person who commits an offense if he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex." The Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas was ruled that states cannot make laws banning homosexual sodomy. These laws are unconstitutional and a violation of the right to…

case of Cruzan vs. Director, Missouri Department of Health (No. 88-1503) was an important one, calling very important aspects of United States laws into question. Though some may not realize, the outcome of this case has impacted American society in ways not altogether anticipated. In 1983, Nancy Cruzan was involved in a car accident, leaving her in a vegetative state. In order to keep Cruzan alive, surgeons implanted a gastrostomy feeding and hydration tube. Once it became apparent that Nancy…

tie up at the wharf. John Barron had to go out of business. In return, John sued the city of Baltimore in state court for the ruin of his wharf business. John’s argument in court was that the Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights protected him against private property being taken or reduced in value for public use without being justly compensated for…

The dilemma the founding fathers face when creating the new government for the United States was who was going to have all the power. The main struggle was deciding how to distribute the power evenly, so that no one group had too much power. For deciding between states and federal powers they created a federalist system similar to the idea of a marble cake. The levels of government each had their own powers and some that were shared. Within these levels of government Madison came up with the…

The first case that has established the power of the federal government by Supreme Court is McCulloch Vs Maryland. In 1816 Congress created a bank in the state of Maryland. Two years later Maryland Assembly passed a law to impose taxes on the bank. McCulloch was a cashier at the bank and refused to pay the tax. The Constitutional questions that were being asked Did Congress have the authority to establish the bank? Did the Maryland law unconstitutionally interfere with congressional powers?…

Branches of Government In the United States, our democratic system of government consists of three branches: the Judicial branch, Legislative branch, and the Executive branch. Each branch is responsible for a specific section of government and are meant to work for the betterment and protection of the citizens they represent. The Judicial branch is responsible for ruling if cases are constitutional or unconstitutional and is the head of the U.S. justice system. States are represented through…