Griswold v. Connecticut

Zerbst ensured the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in all states for any type of court case- even if the defendant does not have a possibility of capital punishment. In another famous case, Miranda v. Arizona, Ernesto Miranda did not understand the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, so the Supreme Court created a law that would change the judicial process forever. In 1963 Ernesto Miranda was arrested for the abduction of an eighteen year old girl. He was…

Women and LGBT Equality Ever since the 1900s and earlier for women, the women and LGBT communities strived in order to gain social and legal equality in the United States. Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment that gave women the right of suffrage, women in the United States fought to stop discrimination based on sex. The first movement for LGBT rights started in 1924. While women have successfully achieved social and legal equality in the US from the 1960s to present time,…

The Un-Affordable Health Care Plan The Affordable Care Act is a universally mandated act that allows for every citizen of the United States to obtain healthcare at a low and affordable price (Obamacare Facts). It was created mainly to help the lower class and those who could not afford the kind of health care available at that time. This can seem to be a great way to boost the unfortunate; but with it comes the countless disadvantages and unmoral regulations. The unconstitutional values of…

Abortion: The Nationwide Debate Cardboard signs with the phrases “Abortion is homicide”, “Stop the baby slashers”, and “Love thy unborn neighbor”, can be seen all over the nation, on every street corner. Followed with graphic images of aborted babies and unborn fetuses, these signs are shocking many people in America. Abortion, and where America stands on the issue, has become a major topic of conversation in the United States and its government. The idea of abortion, previously a religious…

Indian Independence Movement, Mahatma Gandhi once said, “It seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime” (Gandhi, Mahatma). Federal law has given women the right to kill their children through abortion. Since the ruling of the Roe v. Wade in 1973, 58,586,256 (or close to 59 million?) children in America have lost their lives before they ever have the chance to protect themselves. In 2015 alone, 1,058,400 children were killed in the United States, and 43,800,000 world wide by…

When meeting Amber the first time in elementary, she had the brightest personality. All through junior high nothing had changed. Amber had carried herself with such a humbling character. Although no one would have figured she had been through such a traumatic event during her summer vacation as she was going to eighth grade, she was raped. As Amber and her friend grew closer over the years the situations that were questioned about her when she was not around became clear. The girl in…

The American Dream is dead some people may say. Some say the American dream needs to be reformed. Others have a glimmer of hope that it still is alive. Whether if it’s alive or dead there are factors that contribute to those beliefs to create numerous idea of the American Dream that the founding fathers had mapped out for our nation; the foundation of our reason why we built America. The American Dream is about freedom, the right to have the three unalienable rights: life, liberty and pursuit…

child, and the right to make decisions. Roe v. Wade was significant within in the United States history because it protected a women’s rights, e.g. sexual, reproductive, etc. This case was influence by the United States fourteenth amendment; therefore, “ruling that the due process right to privacy was ‘broad enough to encompass a woman’s decisions whether or not to terminate her pregnancy’ without interference from the state” (McDonagh, 1999). Roe v. Wade emphasizes on the notion that a women…

This paper will focus on the basics and justs of three major topics. These topics being The Civil rights Act of 1964, Affirmative Action and The fourteenth Amendment and its effects on the diversifying police departments. Before The Civil Rights Act of 1964, equality wasn’t really a priority. Although we did have some barriers broke like Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks. According to Stewart (2009) The law revolutionized a country where blacks and whites could not eat together in public…

the same as pro-abortion’. I got angry with this because I cannot believe that some people truly believe that being pro-choice is translated into being ‘pro-abortion’. This is truly incorrect. In Sarah Maddington, the attorney for pro-choice in Roe v Wade case, opening statement she said, “We are not here to advocate abortion. We are here to advocate that the decision whether a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that…