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technology will contribute to loss of people’s security and privacy rights, leaving a world destroyed by its own government’s actions and terrorism. The FBI is planning to bypass the Congress using the All Writs Act of 1789 to access the information they strive for on the attackers’ iPhones. The All Writs Act of 1789…

representation is tyranny,” is attributed to him. During his time serving as Advocate General, Writs of Assistance was enforced. Writs could enter the home of any colonists and search their home for illicit items. Otis thought this was unconstitutional and was a direct infringement of colonists’ basic liberties. He resigned from his position and became a prosecutor for the merchants, repudiating the Writs of Assistance in court. He lost the case, but Otis rose in stardom and was elected to a…

Marbury v. Madison The case versus Marbury and Madison was in 1803. The issue that was involved in the case was that a court may declare an act of congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution. President John Adams’ secretary did not deliver all of commissions before Thomas Jefferson took office. Then, President Jefferson ordered his secretary, James Madison not to deliver the commissions. The men, whose commissions were not delivered, sued Madison in the Supreme Court and argued…

could pay his sentence, but they were not willing to give up yet. They then went to the Louisiana Supreme Court and applied for writs. Again, he argued that the separate car act was unconstitutional, and in January 1893, they denied his applications for writs and upheld the former ruling. Plessy tried one more time to change the path they were going by applying for writs from the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court ended up ruling in favor of Louisiana. This case is where the phrase “separate…

When the United States faces a crisis, the public often looks to the President to lead the nation with decisive, immediate action. However, even under extraordinary circumstances - such as the environment immediately following the September 11th terrorist attacks - the Constitution doesn’t expressly designate any war powers to the President. Even though many Constitutional experts have interpreted the structural ability of the executive branch to act faster than the legislative branch to signify…

As a student of the College in the Schools program, the class WRIT 1301 has provided me the opportunity to improve my writing and prepare me more effectively for college. During this semester course I worked with peers to improve not only my own writing, but also improved my analysis of peer works of similar structure. My first paper, a narrative titled Confessions of A Living Sin, was arguably the easiest piece to create, while simultaneously being the most difficult to write. Narrative…

commission wasn’t delivered, the new president Thomas Jefferson ordered the last commissions not to be delivered. (Hess 62) With William Marbury, being one of the unsent commissions for justice of the peace, Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court for a “Writ of Mandamus” under the…

Democratic Republican president Jefferson didn’t want Marbury to be appointed Justice of the Peace but Marbury asked the Marshall court to give Vice President Madison a writ of mandamus forcing him to deliver the document legally giving Marbury his desired position. This is a lose-lose situation for Marshall. If Marshall were to give the writ of mandamus, Jefferson would have Madison ignore it, the Executive branch being the only branch capable of enforcing laws, Madison would get off scot-free…

On February, 24, 1803, a decision was established on the Marbury v. Madison case by Chief Justice John Marshall. The court was put in a tough position, as they had no idea as to what proper decision they could make to resolve this issue. Through a series of events, judicial review was established, allowing the judicial branch to decide what cases are deemed unconstitutional. Fast forward to July 19-July 20, 1848, where the Seneca Falls 1848 Women's Rights Convention commences in New York. This…

Constitution should always be above the federal legislative acts. The main arguments used by the Supreme Court were that if the court issued the writ of mandamus it would not matter anyway because they had no power to enforce it with the result that president Jefferson could just easily neglect it. Another argument was that if the Supreme Court refused to issue the writ then it would mean that they backed down before Jefferson. The final reason was that the Supreme Court declared the law of…