Barron sued saying Baltimore encroached upon his Fifth Amendment rights under the Just Compensation Clause, which states that private property shall not be undertaken by the government without providing just compensation. ... No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. " The language of that section seemingly incorporates the Bill of Rights...

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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 Dred Scott decision of 1857 by the United States Supreme Court even allowed slaves to be classified as "private property." ... They could not vote, a numerous amount were kept from owning property, and they were subject to social discrimination for many years. From this time until the 1950's, a few laws were passed to end this prejudice, but were rarely followed and even ignored by the majority of the population. ... While this may be true, many still believe minorities and women are paid less and are passed over for promotions more often than white majority. ...

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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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What is thought of as "probably the most important and the most satisfactory Act ever passed by Congress," the Judiciary Act of 1789 created for the people a system of courts that would ensure the presence of justice in the new American society. ... This question has been asked continuously in the decades passed, and the answer to it is yet to be precisely determined. ... Georgia ia part of a large empire; Georgia is a member of the American Union; that Union has a Constitution which is the supremacy acknowledged by all, and which imposes limits to the legislatures of the several states, wh...

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The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. The process by which the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches operate is long, but necessary. Each branch has a duty to watch the others through a process of checks and balances mandated by the Constitution of the United States. The following will give a brief explanation of each branch and their duties. Judicial Branch Our Judicial branch of government is defined in Article III of the Constitution and by Congress. ...

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Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. ... Rodriguez, 1973 v/s The court refused to strike down the property tax as method for financing schools, holding that education was not a constitutional right, and that variations in expenditures could not be proven to be "invidiously discriminating" against a specific class of persons. ...

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