United States Supreme Court Building

The 20th Century saw several changes take place in all sectors in the United States. Fields like science, technology, mass communication, and the economy made great improvements in this century. The 20th Century also witnessed the struggle for freedom by minority races and slaves and their liberty. These innovations, change in governance and certain ideologies transformed America into something similar to what the country is now. One of the most significant movement/ideology was progressivism.…

of the United States awoke to learn that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States. Some cried, some cheered, as for me, I felt numb as I sat looking at my phone in disbelief. As I reflected on the past few months, many thoughts rattled around my head and disappeared, but one message remained. Donald Trump didn’t win the election because he knows politics and how to lead the most powerful nation on planet earth, he won the election because the voters of the United States were…

school was less than seven blocks away. Her father was enraged and went to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for help. Linda’s father, Oliver Brown, met Thurgood Marshall, who took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. This case took on segregation within the school, it did not only affect the school system, but it changed the way people felt about African Americans.…

set for local neighborhoods in the United States. Robert Laufman, a leading Cincinnati civil rights attorney, would be the one to set such a precedent by brining the first fair lending case to the federal courtroom. In 1971, Robert Laufman, a former engineer for General Electric, became an attorney…

A Woman’s Decision: Pro Life vs. Pro Choice The battle for women’s rights rages on, as over the years, men stuck in office buildings have attempted to make personal choices for them. Why are we allowing judges and legislators to make the decision, for what should be, an individual’s choice? The constitutional allowance for a woman’s choice to terminate a pregnancy has been argued repeatedly. Opponents of the issue identify their detest, calling it murder. Also raising the question, where do we…

(Nagel, 2001). The Hopewood case: In 1996, the Fifth Court of Appeals ruled against affirmative action in the Hopewood case. The court decided that race or ethnicity could not be used as a deciding factor for college. This case involved a white woman who was denied access to college even though her test scores were higher than blacks and Hispanics that were accepted. (Nagel, 2001). Proposition 209: In 1996, an anti-affirmative action law was passed in California called Proposition 209.…

some Supreme Court rulings opposed public opinion, they were still law and were there to be enforced, however it was the instance in which the black community realised that they couldn’t rely solely on court decisions and would need to fight for their rights.…

eing an American comes with many advantages that many countries around the world do not have. The constitution of the Untied States explains the freedoms and liberties we each possess. A major issue confronted in the today’s political world involves the conflict with abortion. Those who believe that women have a choice and say about their pregnancy are pro-choice activists and do not want the government to regulate a person’s body. The opponents establish themselves as pro-life activists and…

shaped since the beginning of civilization. The sanctity of life is an idea instilled within us from our Creator but has been subverted and chipped away by the progressive agenda in the past century. Webster 's Dictionary defines life as “an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction” (373). However, life is much more than simply existing and surviving. Life is a spiritual existence that transcends death and makes time spent on earth…

Juveniles and Capitol Punishment: Extending Eight Amendment protections Samuel Joseph Joest Arizona State University Abstract Introduction Is it cruel to sentence a minor to death? Is it right to end the life of a juvenile so early with no chance to rehabilitate and change into a better person? What about sentencing them to life without the chance of parole? Never getting the chance to be rehabilitated to more mature…