Sonia Sotomayor

Obergefell v. Hodges Name of case. Obergefell v. Hodges. Year. 2015. Issue or question before the Court. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to recognize a same sex marriage licensed and performed in a state which does grant that right? The big, broadly stated issue is: Does the Constitution (and/or its Amendments) require States to treat same sex marriages on the same terms and conditions as marriages between persons of opposite sex? Facts of the case. His case concerned three…

The court system in our country was created under the influences from the Justinian Code, after the Roman Emperor Justinian I, Napoleonic Code, and the common law of Great Britain. Federal and States courts have separate political jurisdictions and procedures, nonetheless, both were established to solve conflicts. However, court systems are different than police departments, in that courts are in a hierarchy order. When a case is seen at a court, the loosing party can appeal to court with more…

In the article "In taking on Jorge Ramos, Donald Trump May Have Tussled with the Wrong Media Star" by Christine Mai-Duc of the Los Angeles times, the author discusses the validity of Jorge Ramos as an influence on the Latino voting power after a press conference where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Univision anchor Jorge Ramos to "go back to Univision" and the anchor was escorted out. The author uses logos, ethos, and pathos to argue her position on immigration and the value…

America has seen a significant rise in females being elected to national offices. Moreover, the Supreme Court has made notable progression with the respective appointing of Sandra Day O’Connor which in turn led the way for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan to join the ranks of the elite national justices. Momentum has been building and continues to build, starting with women who have fought for the right to vote, and leading to women seeking recognition as viable leaders…

BURWELL, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., et al. Argued March 25, 2014—Decided June 30, 20141 The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 prohibits the “Government [from] substantially burden[ing] a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability” unless the Government “demonstrates that application of the burden to the person—(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the…

for the same crime. How many Supreme Court justices are there, who are they, and how do they tend to decide politically? There are 8 supreme court justice. Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch. Writ of Habeas Corpus- Allowing to show a valid reason in which why a person is hold in…

Lyndon Johnson, The Assault on Poverty, and the Legacies of the Great Society Lyndon Johnson created a program called the “Great Society”. The great society is a domestic program in which social welfare programs in attempt to reduce poverty and crime. Johnson envisioned himself as a coalition builder. In the November 1964 election, the president received the majority of votes, and Goldwater could only obtain the support of his home state. The Medicare program, established in 1965, provided…

With January 20th, 2017 having passed, The United States stands at point capable of reflecting upon the entirety of the Obama presidency. The Obama presidency is easily a controversial one due to the significant developments in both domestic and foreign policy over the last eight years. Being handed a country on the brink of economic depression, while also entangled in multiple military and foreign relation quagmires, Obama was tasked with a problem many would have balked to handle. Nonetheless,…

Great advances have been made in the past decades to establish equality between races. Examples such as Barak Obama becoming the first black President and Sonia Sotomayor becoming the first Latino member of the Supreme Court Justice have shown that equality regardless of race is possible. While we have made improvements on a large scale in the public eye, still many cases have not been recognized. Recently a women…