United States federal courts

Supreme Court’s decision to overturn state interpretation of abortion laws is one of the most historic decisions ever made by the American justice system. Up to this point in time, Roe v. Wade is one of the most intensely debated cases to have ever been voted on. This case argued that a woman had the right to an abortion under the protection of privacy which is stated in the fourteenth amendment. Political and Social Climate In the 1950s through 1970s the United States would undergo some of…

“Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Program” is the only federal program that family planning and reproductive-health services are addressed to. As a part of the Public Health Service Act, it was enacted with bi-partisan support in 1970 and signed by President Nixon (Pro-Choice America). Chief co-sponsor, George H. W. Bush, was a key advocate for this legislation (Pro-Choice America). For over 40 years, this federal policy has provided cost-effective and high quality family…

General of Arizona from 1965 to 1969, and was then appointed to fill a vacancy in the Arizona State Senate. She became the first woman to serve as its Majority Leader. In 1975 she was elected to the Maricopa County Superior Court and in 1979 was elevated to the Arizona State Court of Appeals. On September 25, 1981 President Reagan nominated O’Connor as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, making her the first woman to ever hold this position. In 2004, O’Connor published…

women’s the right to vote. The women’s suffrage culminated with the successful passage of the 19 amendment. In 185 and 1872 a federal agency of Bureau provide refuges for helped freed slaves. It helps them on providing food housing, medical aid and stablished schools and offered legal assistance. The president Andrew Johnson want the federal government to secure black rights, states rights used the military in…

which is to some extent higher than the absolute minimum before he is classified as non-indigent. For purposes of this study, the term "indigent" refers to a defendant possessing no money or so little that he clearly meets the standard by which the court determines those to whom counsel will be assigned. The term "borderline indigent" is used to describe a defendant with some resources but in an amount that is insufficient to obtain the quality of representation his case requires (Havighurst &…

The United States Supreme Court is the uppermost federal court on the earth that offers lifetime tenure to a selected few. Justices John G. Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor are currently serving out their lifetime tenures and shaping the landscape of America with their decisions with various cases. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Chief Justice John G. Roberts born on January 25, 1955 attended Harvard College and soon Harvard Law. At Harvard, Roberts became the managing editor of…

can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?” History of Miranda Warning In June of 1963 Ernesto Arturo Miranda, a young man of 23 years of Mexican origin, was on trial for the kidnapping and rape of Jane Doe, a girl of 18, at the Superior Court of Maricopa County Arizona; not…

the lower courts should be upheld, and 2, judges Curt and Dan, saying that the decision should be reversed, but when I include the opinion of the 5th judge, it shifts the outlook of the case toward reversing the decision of the lower courts. Yet, which of these opinions are the majority and dissenting opinions? There…

right to privacy. On January 22, 1973 Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court regarding the Roe v. Wade case. "The Court today is correct in holding that the right asserted by Jane Roe is embraced within the personal liberty protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It is evident that the Texas abortion statute infringes that right directly” ("Roe v. Wade - Case Brief Summary"). The Supreme Court declared the Texas anti-abortion laws…

something is going to have in the economy because it usually ends up having an indirect effect on everyone who is part of the country. For example there are many people who support capital punishment but how does effect the United States economy. Capital punishments harms the United States economy. Capital punishment causes a trial to become more expensive. For example in Kansas a 2003 legislative audit found out that the estimated cost of a capital punishment case cost seventy percent more than…