... but rather to ensure equal and inalienable rights to all; therefore, denying homosexuals the right to legally marry is discrimination and a violation of the law. In particular, amendment fourteen, which was established at both federal and state levels, declares that no person shall be deprived of ... (United States Constitution). In other words, the Due Process of the Law equals fairness and homosexuals are clearly not being treated with fairness. If all Americans were given life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, gays would be granted legal marriages. We should honor that last phrase ....

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... your locker that you would not want your school or the police to find! Can school officials randomly search students in classrooms just because they think there is a general drug problem at the school? Judged by the 'reasonableness' standard in New Jersey v. T.L.O., these kind of random searches should not ... to get hurt during sports than kids who do not use drugs; 2) many student athletes were supposedly the leaders of the school's 'drug culture,' and they had a lot of influence over the rest of the student body; and 3) the 'search' (urine samples) was only minimally invasive. Can I ...

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... States of the 1820s it was politically explosive" (1). At the time, America had no other currency than gold or silver coins, otherwise known as specie. In the early years of the 19th century it was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, and the resultant shortages were partially compensated for by the notes issued by various states. However, the inconsistency that ... could either hold on to them, thereby encouraging credit expansion, or promptly present them for redemption, driving weaker institutions out of business and starting a contraction and panic (2). In addition, the notes...

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... detention of Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, for example. Then there's the issue that split the nation in two and one could even say split the elites into two, i.e. slavery. The southern elite who were large cotton and tobacco farmers favored slavery and the northern elite (businessmen) didn"t. Why is it the elite have such a great influence you may ask? What makes them ... president a candidate will have to be either Democrat or a Republican. However one may still say that we are not truly, purely elitist. If we were truly elitist then the "common man" really woul...

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... most important victory for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite (LGBT) community in the United States' history. Although this landmark case granted basic human rights to millions of Americans that were previously deprived, there remains strong opposition to the ruling. The origin of Obergefell vs Hodges consists of six law suits spanning four states. The first lawsuit included in the Supreme Court case ... on the matter because it has been the state's right for so long. Justice Kennedy countered this argument by saying "if rights were defined by who exercised them in the past, then ...

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... case being investigated like this, met the requirements in order to conduct the surveillance. This Act worked really well for a few decades, but then shocking news published by the New York Times, disrespected every American's freedom. After the attacks on 9/11, President G. Bush decided to establish ... broken meaning that the Constitution is not being followed either, and how the abuse of power by a President can ruin years of progress in a country's democracy. There is a clear inequality on checks and balances between the Executive branch, Congress and the Supreme Court. Al Gore, in ...

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... identified some of the areas that currently require attention. These areas include preparing emergency workers for chemical or biological attacks, improving security at ports and land borders, and giving police access to terrorist watch lists. Right now, analysts are saying that there is almost no attention focusing on these issues. The president's budget chief, Mitch Daniels, says "We will spend what it takes," but ... that all your protections once embodied in the Bill of Rights have been destroyed" (A4). If this issue is felt so passionately in the relatively remote town of Bozeman M...

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... would have been an absolutely rational decision to accept the plea offer to reduce his charge of a felony to a misdemeanor and a sentencing of three years to one. It is not only likely His lack of awareness of his alternatives, which were significantly more beneficial for him, when entering his guilty plea completely questions the reliability of the entire criminal process. Plea negotiations ... newly informed plea bargain. The defendant had not done anything to prevent the defense from performing these liabilities. There is no conceivable legal strategy that would see fit for this fail...

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... can be abused. Today's culture revolves around the use of technology and the internet. One may say this society has entered the new digital world where there are no rules, and everything is up for grabs. It is almost impossible to find someone who has no form of technology with them at all times, and the emerging generations are conditioned to believe that technology needed for ... protect us from terrorist attacks by taking the right to privacy. However, if the government can't use all the information it already has to stop terrorist attacks within the country, then it is questionable ...

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... , invariably described by her contemporaries as "slight and frail," was by temperament and training a fighter. Alice moved to Washington to be a part of National American Woman Suffrage Association Congressional Committee. One of her first big projects that came from this was a parade that she organized in Washington the day before President Wilson's Inauguration. There were 8,000 women walking the parade. Alice wanted ... she would starve herself to death if her 6 companions did not get better food. Alice was then taken to the jail hospital because she was sick. She told them that she w...

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... were against the creation of a national bank. Although Hamilton of the Federalist Party argued that the power to create the national bank was implied in the Constitution, the Republicans argued that the power was not explicitly written in the Constitution and therefore had no right to create the bank. Unfortunately for the Republicans, the charter to create the bank was passed by Congress and then ... Republicans was very accurate before the nineteenth century. When Thomas Jefferson became president, the lines between Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans began to blur together. There...

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... the neighboring states. A better comparison would be between non-neighboring states with strict laws and with lose laws. New Mexico, Minnesota, and Wisconsin all have restrictive gun-control laws, specifically banning concealed handguns. Coincidentally these states have 81% higher crime rates then states with loose gun laws: Arizona, Texas, Georgia, and North Dakota (Lott 47). In those same states, murder is 127% higher than ... the case, U.S. v. Emerson, the Supreme Court came out with a mandate of its own referring to the issue of the Second Amendment (LaPierre 34). The Supreme Court ...

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... Amendment of the American Constitution that clearly guarantees individual's right to keep and own arms for personal protection and defense (Carter 525). The 2nd Amendment clearly claims that all American citizens have the fundamental right to keep and own arms and the government, or any other institution has no discretion to trespass this right, as envisioned in the American Constitution. The ... died; the cases include children. For instance, in 2007 and 2008 more than one hundred students died during the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University shooting incidents. In 2013, there ...

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... a person's right to privacy, as well as, a constitutional condition against any unreasonable search and seizure. When there is a violation by law enforcement of constitutional protection, then the action would be inadmissibility in court for any evidence that was obtained. Four Categories Subject to Search and Seizure Observational evidence is when an officer hears, sees or smells something for instance, a ... either a verbally or through their actions, so if there is a lack of intent then there can be no arrest. Seeing that intent established in one's mind and is not conveyed verbally, ...

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... between. If we take into account the traditional and evolved manner of the UK constitution it would appear that such constraints aren't really needed; as history has shown (there have been no really abuses of power in recent/relative history). That raises the question that if attempts at such abuses of the constitution were to take place would the constitution be protected? Would Europe ... that one political party could win all three of the elections. This is a rare situation but one that we are in fact experiencing today, recently the elections were held for both the Senate and the Ho...

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... between. If we take into account the traditional and evolved manner of the UK constitution it would appear that such constraints aren"t really needed; as history has shown (there have been no really abuses of power in recent/relative history). That raises the question that if attempts at such abuses of the constitution were to take place would the constitution be protected? Would Europe ... that one political party could win all three of the elections. This is a rare situation but one that we are in fact experiencing today, recently the elections were held for both the Senate and the Ho...

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... commit crime. "In the U.S. more than 300,000 violent crimes are committed using guns" (Cole). Some argue that if there were stricter restrictions on guns, then most of these violent crimes could have been prevented. Pro-gun control supporters claim that gun restrictions will prevent crime and injury. They also claim the main reason for gun control is the want for personal ... Angeles who bought a gun to protect against theft used it in 2005 to kill a neighbor in a heated argument" (All). A gun makes suicide easy and instant. Numbers of people commit suicide each year because of hopeless...

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... community as outsiders. I am a average American citizen and I am thankful for the Constitution and the justice and equality it represents. The first argument against same sex marriage is often made from the religious standpoint. It is said that if gay marriage is allowed then there will be turmoil in the religious community, and is unbiblical and should not be endorsed. This contradicts the First ... Amendment to the Constitution, which clearly states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therefore " Thus our forefathers ......

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... the United States, the constitution is a matter of great national pride and is even taught to children in schools from an early age. If this were the case in the United Kingdom, people's insight into politics and the government would greatly improve and may even encourage people to respect and abide by the laws in the constitution. The written constitution would give ... , if the United kingdom converts to a written constitution, and it is amended whenever necessary then it is hardly going to be different to the present. It is believed that A. V. Dicey's already diminishing checks and ba...

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... the Mapp v. Ohio decision in 1961. (Berman & Murphy, 2003, 471) In this case, police officers searched the residence of Dollree Mapp without a warrant. The police did not find what they were looking for but came across some obscene materials and arrested Mapp for the possession of such materials. The Court's 5-3 decision to make the exclusionary rule part of the Fourth Amendment ... be admissible in court due to a reasonable expectation of privacy, but if the officers believe that they have valid permission to search a location and find incriminating evidence, then the evidence is admis...

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... to make a decision about one's own health care or body should truncate any further argument about making abortions illegal, because then the government would be dictating what women can and cannot do with their own bodies. Having an abortion should be legal without any sort of encumbrance upon the federal government ... people by the government. This situation could be palliated if the Court would follow its own rulings, which were: "Finally, the Court summarily announced that the "Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action" includes "a right of ...

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... far exceeds the constitutional definition of office. And through the years, a variety of presidential roles have evolved that were not originally or specifically outlined in the Article. Some of these roles were legislated by congress, the courts granted some, and powerful presidents assumed others. The president's first ... a candidate must have his political party's full support in order to become president. Once elected, a president must then become a skillful party leader. This way he can use the party's power to achieve his goals. Therefore, presidents court the favor of ... world...

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... American Civil Liberties Union refers to the tribunals as "part of an ongoing erosion of the basic checks and balances that are so central to our democracy."(ACLU 1). Without a Constitution, there would be no order and no system of government. By disregarding what is written in our constitution and allowing these tribunals to take place, Bush has single-handedly "distorted [the Bill of Rights] beyond recognition ... accusation of eight German citizens was sabotage. Their trials were held in secret. The sentencing for six out of the eight men was death. For such a serious charge, the def...

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... to construing Commonwealth powers by reference to the natural meaning of words in which they are formulated, and without any particular attention to the consequences (Kukathas. C, Maley. W, McAllister. I & Lovell. D 1998:68). But in recent times there has been a focus on the courts involvement politically and socially, especially in its activist role. As mentioned before judicial activism is: The view that the ... controversy amongst Australians. The decision that Australia was not a land belonging to no-one brought up many racial issues and created the Australian Doctrine of native tit...

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... , tipping the scales in favor of those with the bigger stick and imposing a looming and dangerous cloud of possible anarchy which could occur at any moment. The National Rifle Association was conceived in 1871, since then they"re mission statement has dramatically changed from "the scientific study of ... suppose arms in the hands of the citizens, to be used at individual discretion , ,is to demolish every constitution, and lay prostrate, so that liberty can be enjoyed by no man is a dissolution of the government." According to the National Crime Victimization Survey in 2000, 533, 470 vic...

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