Homer Adolph Plessy v. Ferguson In 1890‚ the State of Louisiana passed Act 111 that required separate accommodations for African Americans and Whites on railroads‚ including separate railway cars‚ though it specified that the accommodations must be kept "equal". On any other day in 1892‚ Plessy with his pale skin color could have ridden in the car restricted to white passengers without notice. He was classified "7/8 white" or octoroon according to the language of the time. Although it is often
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Control San Diego In the Bill of Rights‚ the Second Amendment to the Constitution reads: A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Gun control proponents have argued and some federal courts have ruled that the Second Amendment does not apply to individual citizens of the United States but only to members of militias‚ which‚ they assert‚ are now the state National Guard units. In 2002‚ a federal appeals
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violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment explains‚ “No State shall deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of the law.” As declared by the Constitution and Maynard v. Hill case‚ marriage is a civil right for citizens of the United States and the decision of whether one decides to marry a colored person or not cannot be infringed by any state. Denying anyone their given right to marry without due process
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lawmakers appointed by the state. The body assigned with interpretation and final execution of federal laws in the United States is its Supreme Court. Article III of the United States Constitution states‚ "[t]he judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one Supreme Court‚ and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." The Supreme Court was subsequently established by the first bill introduced in the United States Senate‚ the Judiciary Act of
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consideration. The Fourteenth Amendment states that no person in the United States shall‚ on the ground of race‚ color‚ or national origin‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. As a result‚ Affirmative action is not consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment. In this essay‚ I will first discuss the violation of Affirmative Action against the Fourteenth Amendment. Second‚ how
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2010 The Constitution of the United States of America is known as the supreme law of the land. Within these historic pages‚ even in our modern times‚ is a section known as the Bill of Rights‚ which explains each of our freedoms. Every freedom is important and these freedoms have not been subtracted from but added to as time progressed. A couple of rights have “aged out‚” which simply means that with modern progress they are not applicable anymore. But without the Fourteenth Amendment giving us the
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need to maintain and promote social values. Some of the written sources of American criminal law are the US Constitution‚ and the Bill of Rights. The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to inform us of what our rights are under democracy. The definition of the US Constitution is the power of the court. Everything that I have just talked about breaks down to be really simple. Across the United States of America there are laws‚ and you break them‚ you will then be punished and it is the courts decision on
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Campbell March 16th‚ 2015 CJA 364 Attorney Shane Krauser In America‚ we have the greatest chance in the world for liberties and rights. Given to us by our Constitution‚ many of our laws have to coincide with the basics of our founding fathers beliefs in a good‚ lawful nation. Since the ratification of the Constitution‚ the first ten amendments made their way into modern law in December of 1791 to further procure our rights. These became collectively known as the Bill of rights. The Bill of Rights
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Court decided that the state statute was invalid as it was unconstitutionally vague
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Should Felons be Allowed to Vote? About 5.26 million people with a felony conviction are not allowed to vote in elections. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. Nine states in America permanently restrict felons from voting while Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement believe felons who have paid their debt to society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. They argue that efforts
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