661 Search Results for Supreme Court Second Amendment Case
Open Field Doctrine
The Fourth Amendment is one of the most important and hotly contested and debated amendment within the Bill of Rights to the United State Constitution. Many people focus on the First and Second amendment. The Fourth Amendment, wh Continue Reading...
Many conservatives believe that the Anti-
Establishment Clause prohibits only the actual establishment of a national religion in the manner of the English Crown. To them, the right to freedom of religion is all that the First Amendment guarantees, Continue Reading...
Fourth Amendment
The United States, as a society, is based upon principles of which other nations in today's world can only dream. Most Americans are proud to admit their heritage, their citizenship, their identity. This "americanness" is fostered b Continue Reading...
Parties:
United States of America (plaintiff) v. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Eyad Ismoil and Abdul Hakim Murad (defendants)
Facts:
Ramzi Yousef, Eyad Ismoil also known as Eyad Ismail, and Abdul Hakim Murad also known as Saeed Ahmed were charged by the Uni Continue Reading...
Reasoning: Regardless of Ballard's religious beliefs, the Court determined (along with the original trial judge) that the only issue at hand was whether or not Ballard believed in good faith that he could heal people. The underlying religious belie Continue Reading...
First Amendment
In 1787 our forefathers ratified the constitution of the United States
of America, which contains the most important document to any American citizen,
the Bill of Rights (Magarian, 2012). The First Amendment to the United Sates Con Continue Reading...
Fourth Amendment
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affir Continue Reading...
Virginity
Origin of the Topic
The most common origin of virginity is derived from Christianity. Christianity teaches that sex before marriage is wrong. Sex should only occur between a man and a woman who are married. Sex outside of marriage is co Continue Reading...
First Amendment
Advertising is a critical component of any business. Many forms of advertising are protected by the First Amendment, yet "the Supreme Court for many years took the view that commercial speech -- speech that proposes an economic trans Continue Reading...
Obtaining a warrant to take blood sample of a person suspected of drunk driving but has refused to take breath test takes longer time and undermines the essence of time in this process. The Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. together with other judge Continue Reading...
Due Process Law and 5th & 14th Amendment Issues in Gilbert v. Homar, 117 S.Ct. 1807 (1997)
Title and Citation: Gilbert v. Homar, 117 S.Ct. 1807 (1997)
Type of Action: Review by the U.S. Supreme Court of a ruling made by the United States Court Continue Reading...
It also illustrates how many of the same human rights that the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted and applied are protected by others in a similar way." (Youm, 2007)
It is noted that Louis Henkin stated of the U.S. constitutional system and interna Continue Reading...
Judge Broderick concluded that the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment does not give a defendant the right to require immunization of a witness, but that such a right is "probably" contained in the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendm Continue Reading...
1st Amendment and Virtual Child Pornography
The question whether "virtual child pornography" should be protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution depends on whether it is a category of speech that falls under the free speech guarantee Continue Reading...
S. Constitution under the Fourteenth Amendment. States can no longer ignore the Fourteenth Amendment following the ruling in Duncan v. Louisiana, and that makes this case a landmark case.
Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court, saying that Continue Reading...
K. Comment: I agree with the majority opinion. The Constitution is the absolute guiding law of the land, and the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that its protections will be extended to state actions. The Fourth Amendment guarantees a right to priv Continue Reading...
lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=U.S.&vol=408&invol=238).
The issues surrounding the 8th Amendment are often complex. The cruel and unusual punishment clause, for instance, may well be at a constitutional crossroads as we move into th Continue Reading...
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FCC v. FOX TELEVISION STATIONS
Case Basics
Docket No.
Petitioner
Federal Communications Commission, et al.
Respondent
Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al.
Granted
Monday, June 27, 2011 Term: 2010-20192011
Location: 40.714353, -74.0059 Continue Reading...
Federal Judiciary
On Wednesday morning, right before the Supreme Court justices were about to begin their day, Justice Kennedy put a 24-hour hold on a Ninth Circuit Court mandate nullifying same sex marriage bans in the states of Nevada and Idaho (D Continue Reading...
2nd Amendment to U.S. Constitution
Laws regarding the use and safety of weapons in the United States date back to
1837, when Georgia's ban on handguns was ruled unconstitutional. Subsequent legislation has been scrutinized by courts -- including th Continue Reading...
More people are currently incarcerated than at any other time.
In fact, prisons are so over crowded that it is now common practice for judges to simply use deferred sentences and probation as a means of sentencing. Further, the costs of housing so Continue Reading...
The privilege against self-incrimination originally came to pass through colonial history. It went against both the moral and physical compulsion of taking an oath to what was believed to be a vengeful God and having a pious soul. It also became a d Continue Reading...
" The full force and authority of a regular police officer is necessary to make such an intrusion. Yet, such a police officer would not be able to summarily search or seize on the premises of a regular home. The homeless person's effects are; therefo Continue Reading...
In order to enforce the revenue laws, English authorities made use of writs of assistance, which were general warrants authorizing the bearer to enter any house or other place to search for and seize "prohibited and uncustomed" goods, and commanding Continue Reading...
The situations therefore are not analogous. I believe the Supreme Court also erred in finding that the knowingly corrupt act needed to be within the context of a specific investigation. If a criminal act is being undertaken, there is a reasonable ch Continue Reading...
On the other hand, a motive of debate was whether or not the Court should be intervening on issues that, ultimately, belong to daily operations in schools. The Court judged, however, that this was a breech to "basic constitutional values" (as in Ep Continue Reading...
2004 case of Missouri v. Seibert that was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to generate a new rule prohibiting a specific practice often used by, and taught to police officers. That technique involved a two-tiered interrogation strategy expressly d Continue Reading...
Criminal Law
Juvenile Homicide Cases: Florida v. Tate and Florida v. King
In Florida v. Tate, the facts supported charging the defendant with murder as well as charging him with a variety of lesser-included offenses, including the different levels Continue Reading...
court ruling 'Two Views on Court's Ruling" (2003) presents the differing opinions of legal analysts Douglas W. Kmiec and Alan Hirsh regarding the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision to extend the legal definition of marriage to include homosexual c Continue Reading...
4th Amendment's evolution and history, together with the "search and seizure" law.
4th Amendment Background
People's rights of being secure in personal effects, papers, houses and persons, against unreasonable seizures and searches, may not be bre Continue Reading...
Hostage Negotiation
The 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments have had serious impacts on modern hostage negotiations and will be examined in this paper. Elements that are to be considered include promise making, incriminating statements, as well as the plan Continue Reading...
Hearsay evidence and the Confrontation Clause of Amendment VI.
The main objective of the American constitutional provision under study was: prevention of ex-parte affidavit deposition, which was employed against prisoners in place of personal quest Continue Reading...
Hearsay evidence and the Confrontation Clause of Amendment VI.
The main objective of the American constitutional provision under study was: prevention of ex-parte affidavit deposition, which was employed against prisoners in place of personal quest Continue Reading...
search and seizure laws. The writer uses several cases to present a detailed exploration of search and seizure laws and how the courts rule when they are challenged. There were five sources used to complete this paper.
The Constitution of the Unite Continue Reading...
First Amendment including kind cases
The First Amendment is imbued with a degree of preeminence that supersedes virtually all other amendments of the United States Constitution, largely because it was the first of many. As such, its importance to t Continue Reading...
Some of them may have failed at first, such as Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis, who unsuccessfully lobbied the authors of the U.S. Constitution to include women's rights in the document. Over and above, abolitionist women drew parallels between the con Continue Reading...
Religion: First Amendment- Religion and EducationThe legal issue in the grading of the students work in which Jesus has been mentioned and a drawing of the Last Supper was displayed is evident in the US Supreme Court examples. The First Amendment sta Continue Reading...
United States and the International Criminal Court
i request writer "jonsmom2" topic: "The United States International Criminal Court." paper reflect research explain U.S. association ICC. Also briefly examine goals ICC, review U.S. attitude joining Continue Reading...
Commonwealth v. Johnson..
1. List the facts relevant to whether Gail and/or William Johnson’s were protected by the First Amendment
Gail and William Johnson were convicted for criminal harassment in the state of Massachusetts. State statutes ou Continue Reading...