Affirmative Action: Poor Policy, Poor Results Affirmative action is a policy in the United States with its primary purpose to increase opportunities for minorities and women. Affirmative action policy seeks to increase opportunities by favoring minorities and women in the hiring process, promotion...

Affirmative ActionAmericans have pride in their diversity and cultural differences. It is what makes us unique as well as the strongest nation in the world. However, this diversity has not always been considered an advantage. The original text of the Constitution dictates equality, but then denie...

Slavery Reparations; Pandora's Box The US government owes the descendants of former slaves for years of unfair laws and practices aimed at their ancestors. Slavery was an institution that oppressed African Americans and earned trillions for the government and major corporations. The fede...

The University of California Regents established a policy that, on the surface, appears to promote the availability of higher education for children of economically disadvantaged areas. If one looks closer, it can be plainly obvious to see that the program is not about economics but rather about ra...

A belief that some races are by nature superior to others. This is the horrible definition of racism. People all over America are against racism and are every day, millions of Americans try to stop it. Even though the United States have programs such as affirmative action, we could never be diverse ...

Consensual Crimes A consensual crime is a crime with no victim. That, in itself, is a contradiction. How can you have a crime if there is no victim? I am sick and tired of the American government trying to play baby sitter. They have systematically imposed on almost every right the Bill of Righ...

On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state legislatures twelve proposed amendments, two of which, having to do with Congressional representation and Congressional pay, were not adopted. The remaining ten amendments became the Bill of Rights(CF). The primary purpose of the Bill of Righ...

The Supreme Court safeguards much of its power by creating walls to separate its power from public opinion and political pandering. And while impartiality is undoubtedly the preeminent characteristic desirable in a justice, it is impossible to nominate a human being that is not at least partially...

A free essay on State of Texas vs. Johnson (1989)- State of Texas vs. Johnson (1989)- Justice Viveiros delivers the opinion of the court: Gregory Lee Johnson has been convicted of desecrating a flag in violation of Texas law; a conviction which questions ones guaranteed First Amendment, consti...

"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners, will then be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream..." Martin Luther King Jr. This quote is from King's most famous speech that was given in o...

Difference between Judicial activism and Judicial restraint Our American judiciary branch of the federal government has contributed and molded our American beliefs in this great nation. This branch of government is respected because of the code of conduct that the judges, no matter how conservat...

The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States which establishes basic American civil liberties that the government cannot violate is known as the Bill of Rights (Encarta pp). Ratified by the states in 1791, three years after the Constitution was ratified, the Bill of ...

"A symbol is something that stands for or suggests something else because of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance." (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 1194). These emblematic masterpieces have been both created and destroyed by war. These wars have...

On June 13, 1866, Thaddeus Stevens, the leader of the House of Representatives and the nation\'s most prominent Radical Republican, addressed his congressional colleagues on the issue of the Fourteenth Amendment. The purpose of this amendment was to secure the fruits of Union victory in the Civil Wa...

THE SLOW DEATH OF "THE BILL OF RIGHTS"The American way of life changed for all citizens on the morning of September 11, 2001, in numerous fashion, some immediate and very obvious, other actions not apparent until much later. On October 26, 2001, a mere six weeks later, the greatest harm due to the ...

I. Introduction The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Despite this most hallowed of constitutional imperatives, both Congress and the states have found numerous occasions ...

The line item veto came into effect January 1st, 1997 after being passed in an overwhelmingly Republican House, and the Senate, (with many objections by Senator Robert Byrd). However, the republican bill did not live for long, although it took a very long time to pass it, it was struck down in 1998 ...

Background and History: The Exclusionary Rule is a fundamental constitutional principle ofmoderncriminal procedure law in the United States. Generally, it prohibits theintroduction atcriminal trial of any evidence seized or otherwise obtained in violation ofthe FourthAmendment to the Constitut...

History 101Losing the Constitution on the TrailTo most people in America in 1830 the Indians and their tribes were nothing. They were lower in stature than the black slaves on farms and in houses. But to some, they were regarded as human beings; people just like any other. People with rights. Rig...

TABLE OF CONTENTS PageJurisdiction _____________________________________ 1Statement of the Case ____________________________ 1-7Question Presented _______________________________ 7-8Summary of Argument ______________________________ 8-11Analysis of Issue 1 ______________________________ 11-12Analysi...

Introduction Within many resources regarding the framing of the constitution of the United States are references to the concept that the framers utilized their understanding and research into philosophical writings on the issue of politics and government to develop what they thought would be the ...

As a response to the intrusive presence of the British forces of occupation before the American Revolution, the framers of the United States Constitution took care to be sure that any indigenous government would be permanently enjoined from imposing itself in unwarranted ways on the citize...

TOPICWomen and Education: Granting women and men equal access to education in light of the Fourteenth Amendment's pledge of equal protection.INTRODUCTIONThough taken for granted by many, co-sex educational institutions for higher learning are really just recent occurrences. For the most part, colleg...

The one of the most important thing that we have to keep us safe form the govenerment is the bill of rights. No one wants the government to be able to take advantage of his or her power. The bill of rights is the rights that are given to an individual that gets in trouble with the law. In 1791 the f...

IThe Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the privacy interest of citizens from unlawful governmental intrusion or unreasonable search and seizure by the government and accomplishes this by barring any evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection from us...