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Papers On Supreme Court & Constitutional Law
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Gun Control: Issues and Policy
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This is a 7 page paper discussing the gun control issues and policies in the United States today. Issues have involved those who oppose gun control based on the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms” and those who would like restrictive gun control in order to try and stop the high number of gun fatalities recorded in the United States each year.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJgunct1.rtf
Habeas Corpus; Fair or Unfair? A Discussion Using the Case of Iowa v Williams
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The idea of Habeas Corpus is that of a tool to protect those unlawfully held. This may be seen as a fair tool, but when we look at the case of Iowa v Williams, and the later case of Williams v Brewer, it appears it is also open to abuse where mistakes are made that invalidate incriminating evidence. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEhabeas.rtf
Hate Speech / Various Arguments in Favor of Its Demise
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A 10 page research paper that expresses various reasons for abridging the First Amendment and outlawing hate speech in the United States. The writer uses a universal approach which includes arguments from Nature (science), politics, philosophy, and religion/spirituality. The writer posits that what is really at stake is the survival of society. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Hatespee.wps
History of Capital Punishment
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This 5 page report was written to
be used as the background material for an informative speech to
be given on the history of capital punishment. Most nations in
the developed world and an increasing number of nations in the
developing world have officially abolished the death penalty.
However, matters in the United States are significantly
different. If public opinion polls are to be believed, the
general concept of execution for crimes is still popular in the
United States. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWhiscap.wps
Hugo Black: From KKK to Civil Rights
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15 Pages. Hugo Black was born in Alabama in 1886. After getting a law degree he spent time practicing law and then Black, an active Democrat, was elected to the United States Senate in 1926. Black was known to be a big fan of Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal. The most interesting thing about this man elected to the Supreme Court was that he once was active in the Ku Klux Klan. Once on the Supreme Court Bench however, Black lost all racist and prejudiced views. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: JGAhubog.rtf
In Defense Of American Liberties
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5 pages in length. Samuel Walker's In Defense of American Liberties: A History of the ACLU demonstrates the strengths, weaknesses and changes implemented by the American Civil Liberties Union over the past century. Its in-depth and detailed, if not sometimes strong and emotional, depiction gives the reader a sense of reality with regard to how it was -- and still is -- to fight for one's inherent freedoms. The writer discusses Walker's interpretation of how the ACLU climbed up from the ranks to become the most respected civil liberties organization. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Walker3.wps
Information Theory as an Explanation for Policy Failure
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This 6 page report discusses public policy and whether or not when policy fails, if 'implementation theory' can be pointed to as a convincing explanation of the failure. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Polfail.wps
Interest Groups and the U.S. Supreme Court
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15 pages in length. Excellent for anyone studying judicial systems or public administration ...With much attention paid to several modern cases, this report examines the role that special interest groups have in determining the decisions of Supreme Court Justices. It is argued that special interest groups have actually come to have a bit too much power today and that their resulting abuses should be curtailed. The cases of Clarence Thomas and of Robert Bork are used as primary points of discussion. Bibliography lists 11 sources and a FREE annotated bibliography briefly describes their use in the paper.
Filename: Judicnom.wps
Interstate Commerce and Picketing / Consitutional Issues
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A 4 page essay on a hypothetical scenario and the constitutionality of a law prohibiting the interference with interstate commercy. The writer details the constitutional theories on which the law could be struck down. No bibliography.
Filename: Icc.wps
Issuing a Court Decision on a Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Case By Considering Legal Precedents and Ethics
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A 6 page paper which examines the real-life Meritor v. Vinson sexual harassment case to cast a hypothetical deciding Supreme Court vote to determine who should win; whether harassment can occur if sex was consensual; the responsibility of employers and whether or not they should be liable for episodes for which they have not been notified; discusses if Ms. Vinson was using sex to get ahead, should her supervisor be convicted or be considered the victim; and evaluates the ethical issues from absolutist, relativist, utilitarian and rationalist viewpoints, then concludes with decision and recommended ethical perspective. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGsexeth.rtf
Jacobson v. United States (1992)
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A 1 page discussion of this Supreme Court ruling. Outlines the case details of a two and one-half year campaign by the government to entice petitioner to order child pornography. Although the petitioner was originally convicted, the Supreme Court overturned that ruling based on the obvious intent of the government to entrap the petitioner. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlawBr3.wps
