United States Department of Justice

Pledge of Allegiance as part of their school day. Today, these 31 words serve as a unifying oath for all Americans. Controversy continues over whether the author was the chairman of the committee, Francis Bellamy--who worked in the promotions department of a magazine for young people that published the pledge called the Youth’s Companion --or James Upham, who worked for the publishing firm that produced the magazine. The pledge was published anonymously in the magazine, and was not…

problem in the United States. It 's single handily cause most of our police problems. Evening though we are living in a post-civil rights era race it plays a large issue in our society. Majority of problems dealing with race stem from racial profiling. Racial profiling is very illegal in the US, it violates our right to unreasonable search and seizure, which is found in the fourth amendment of the constitution. It also a very pointless procedure that is use of our police department. It alienates…

Hispanics.” Why is there such huge difference in poverty rate? There are huge gaps in American work field in terms of positions acquired by African Americans and Caucasians. Each year people from various countries with different race enter the United States dreaming about “American Dream”. They believe that poverty here is mainly caused by sloth and they have an equal opportunity to flourish their future and achieve their dreams. The reality is different this society still discriminate people…

Court Appointments and Criminal Justice Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton, if elected as president, will replace Antonin Scalia and will possibly have to fill Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer’s seats. Although Clinton has not released a short-list of possible supreme court judges, Clinton has gone on record that she would not name anyone who doesn’t support abortion on demand and consider Roe V. Wade settled law. Clinton also has said that she would appoint a judge…

Around 100 years ago, the juvenile justice system was established in order to divert youthful offenders from the courts harsh punishments which has long lasting effects. The juvenile justice system focused and encouraged rehabilitation based on a juveniles individual needs. This system created for minors was to differ from those of the adult courts in a number of ways. Instead of focusing on the criminal act that had brought the juvenile offender into the court room in the first place, this…

the criminal justice system in today’s society. In the United States, we trust with what the Constitution delivers. We are known for equality and everyone should be treated the same as an individual but the people who are high up in our justice system can let things get to their heads. We are a very diverse country which makes multicultural a huge impact on our justice system. There have been some changes in the system so that everyone is aware of the different cultures in the United stated.…

New York and the Pentagon, John Yoo, the Justice Department lawyer at the time, wrote an internal memo that argued that the government should use "electronic surveillance techniques and equipment that are more powerful and sophisticated than those available to law enforcement agencies…

My career is to become a Game and Wildlife officer or work for The Department of Homeland Security. I know this is hard careers to pursue, but I will do whatever it takes to meet my career goals during and after my time in college. The love I have for helping people and to enforce the laws that have been put forth by either the state level or the federal level is the reason want to set these two as my career goals. In the last few years I have witnessed world events that has made my drive to…

due to some of the excessive force or actions used when retaining a suspect. It’s awful how people are killed by those who job is to protect the citizens, but instead they are now considered the bad guys. Once in the courtroom the suspect has no justice, but the police officer is able to go free, inevitably leaving that family desperate. According to the cops, they are the victims, and believe they have every right to use as much force because for them they must win the fight. Police brutality…

In the juvenile justice system, an outstanding number of youth are subject to an unfair trial. In the case of being accused of committing a crime, many children are decided early on by prosecution to be tried as an adult. Most states in the U.S. still have very low age limits for trying children as adults, making it possible, for example, a nine year old to be tried for the same crime committed by someone of twenty years older. Furthermore, the vast majority of youth do not fully understand…