This also brings in the argument of legal morality, which plays no part of the constitution, being that morality is a human characteristic not a property of a document. ... The eighth amendment is applicable to this situation, in that it deals with cruel and unusual punishment, but the constitution also states that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. ... This is argued that no one person in any authoritative position or any other has the right to pass their interpretation on society. ...

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Literacy tests required voters to take and pass a test in order to be able to vote. Most freedmen did not know how to write and read and therefore could not pass the tests. ... The "grandfather clause" allowed a person whose grandfather had voted before 1867 to vote without having to pass a literacy test. ... Once again, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the property owner and against the African American petitioner. ...

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Maryland passed a legislature that taxed the bank, however, James McCulloch refused to pay the tax given to the bank. ... Although America was no longer under the control of the British, the contract is still valid because it is said in the Constitution that the state cannot pass laws to impair a contract. ... John Marshall's decisions with the Supreme Court established a body of property rights that provided a constitutional foundation for the economic growth of the United States. ...

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A federal court system has jurisdiction over cases such as violating federal regulations (taxes, civil rights, etc), international disputes, intellectual property issues, bankruptcy matters and disputes between states to mention just a few. A state court system has jurisdiction over family law issues, property law issues, professional malpractice issues, personal injury lawsuits and regulation of motor vehicules cases. ... However it is only a suggestion as the final decision comes after voting- 3/5 of Senate votes are required to pass the nomination. ...

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In 1868, the states ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, which contained broad restrictions prohibiting them from depriving anyone of the "equal protection of the laws" or the "life, liberty or property without due process of law". ... Although these other branches are larger, the Supreme Court is more powerful in some ways: it can declare laws passed by Congress and can declare laws passed by Congress and can declare the President's action illegal. ... The Court's responsibility for interpreting the Constitution also has an impact on state governments, because the Court can overturn...

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The First Amendment – indeed the entire Bill of Rights – was not included in the Constitution when it was written in 1787. However, the issue of a listing of rights that could not be infringed upon by the new, stronger national government became a key in the ratification debates. Those suppor...

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None of the protesters entered church property or the cemetery itself. ... Although the funeral procession passed within 300 feet of the picketers, Albert Snyder, father of the deceased, did not see the writing on the signs, although he knew the demonstration was there. ...

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The term "cruel and unusual" was not defined at the time the Amendment was passed, but it was noted by the Supreme Court in 1848 that such punishments would include "drawing and quartering, emboweling alive, beheading, public dissecting, and burning alive," among other things. ... Inmates are entitled, under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, to be free from unauthorized and intentional deprivation of their personal property by prison officials. ... In 1996, Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which has been seen by many critics as unfairly limiting inmate access ...

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This ruling was consistent with earlier Supreme Court decisions that the school's unique role in promoting respect for authority and traditional values and in preparing individuals for participation assistance justifies greater latitude in regulating speech on school property (Leiberman 56). ... School districts also point out that the uniforms can be passed down from one child to another. ...

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These rights are life, liberty, and property. ... All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder," (Bastiat 24-26). ... The purpose our entire criminal justice system is to protect the rights of life, liberty, and property for all its citizens. ...

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Many citizens feels that it is the task of the state to preserve such birthrights as life, liberty, and property. ... In recent years, such growth in the state and local levels has led to an increased interest in implementation activities- those activities and tasks undertaken after a law is passed (Ripley 24). ...

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