ROE vs. WADE In 1973, 904 abortions were preformed in New York and in 1992 only 694. America's concern's over abortion and under what circumstances it should be allowed was catapulted into controversy on January 22 1973. On that day the U.S Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a Tex...

Flag burning is absolutely not a valid form of political expression under the first amendment. Though the Supreme Court, in the case of Gregory Johnson, ruled that it was in fact constitutional to allow people to burn the flag, the evidence against this ruling is overwhelming. First, the first ...

IS FLAG BURNING PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT? 2/17/00 "If a jerk burns a flag, America is not threatened. If a jerk burns a flag, democracy is not under siege. If a jerk burns a flag, freedom is not at risk and we are not ...

Burn Our Nations Flag...Why? Fifty one white stars, and thirteen red and white stripes should not be anywhere near the line of fire. The legalization of flag burning should not be prohibited in our country. Flag burning is absolutely not a valid form of political expression under the first ame...

Conviction of protester for burning American flag as part of political demonstration held to violate Federal Constitution's First Amendment. While the 1984 Republican National Convention was taking place in Dallas, Texas, a group of people staged a political demonstration in Dallas to protest the p...

Geography Regions of Interest In my research of the different settlement regions of the U.S. and Canada, I decided to look at the political side of five separate regions (states). The reason I have chosen the states of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas is that I have personally...

Geography Regions of Interest In my research of the different settlement regions of the U.S. and Canada, I decided to look at the political side of five separate regions (states). The reason I have chosen the states of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas is that I have person...

In the article "Rich School, Poor Schools..." J.B. Raskin explains the Supreme Court's attitude toward the mandate of "Separate but Equal." Instead of defining this attitude in terms of race, however, Raskin explores its economic counterpart by explaining all aspects of th...

Essay Question: "Southerners maintained that secession was the ultimate expression of democracy, while Lincoln claimed it was rejection of democracy. How did they explain and justify their principles." On December 20, 1860, the Confederacy was born when South Carolina secede...

The American Civil War Overview of Causes and Outcomes The American Civil War, which was also known as the War Between The States, in the history of United States of America was a 4 year war which began in 1861 and concluded in 1865. The war was between the Federal Government of the United Stat...

In Barbara Jordan: American Hero, Mary Beth Rogers defines a hero as someone who "breaks through." Barbara Jordan broke through many barriers in her life. She was the first African-American to be elected to the Texas state senate following the reconstruction years. She broke through th...

Between the days of February 28, 1993 and April 19th, 1993, approximately 80 men, women, and children living peacefully in their home near Waco, Texas, were killed by the combined efforts of the US Defense Department and other government paramilitary units: the US Treasury Department's Bureau of Alc...

"I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period." This rather bold statement was made by the award winning actor Charlton Heston and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association. The NRA is a special interest ...

Should the state set up an agency which (somehow) blocks access the Internet web sites which are pornographic, or which spew hatred at others No I don't feel that the government should set up such an agency, I feel that by doing this it violates the first amendment in many ways. One maj...

Although the authors of the Constitution constructed a document that bound together the existing states, they were unable to foresee social and economic changes that would tear the Union apart. They wrote into it clauses that were well suited for the late 18th century, but unfortunately brough...

Whenever the topic of abortion is brought up most people think all the way back to the trial of Roe vs. Wade. This was the trial that made it legal for women to have an abortion. As a member of the Catholic Church, we feel that abortion violates the 5th Commandment, Thall Shall Not Kill. But the la...

The right of journalists to withhold the identity of their sources has always been a vast source of controversy in the United States, with reporters from several of the country's most prestigious news organizations now under threat of jail and punitive fines from judges and the justice departme...

Since 1989 when the Supreme Court ruled that desecrating the flag was protected under the 1st amendment there has been a controversy over one of our country's most recognized symbols. To this day the house and senate have been trying to pass an amendment that would allow for laws making the desecra...

Junior high and high school are, for many, the best years of an adolescent's life. During these impressionable years children transform into young adults. Teens begin to form personal ideas and beliefs about the world around them based on experiences gained through the social and academic are...

Cesar Manuel Perez Crime and the Criminal Internet Laws Cyber Space Law Right now there is a very interesting war being waged in the court rooms across America. It is a battle for the rights of citizens on the Internet. The Internet is a fairly new medium gaining wide popularity in 1994. Becaus...

Which do you Support, the Electoral College or Popular Vote? One of this country's founders, James Madison, once said, "Measures are often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majorit...