Essays on United States Supreme Court

Introduction

The 17th Chief Justice of the United States, Mr. John Roberts is one of the most controversial, yet charismatic figures on the legal agenda of the United States of America. Appointed in 2005 by President George Walker Bush, John Roberts is one of the classical examples of strong judicial leadership and stalwart adherence to the canonical standards in case lawmaking (Hoffer &, Hoffer & Hull, 2007). This research aims at analyzing the leadership profile of John Roberts in his capacity as a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Although his somewhat untraditional approach to leading the United States Supreme ...

Abstract

Steven Dewayne Bond was a passenger on a Greyhound bus when a border patrol officer squeezed his luggage after conducted an immigration check of the passengers. Bond allowed the officer to open his luggage when asked, and a brick of methamphetamine was discovered that was wrapped in duct tape and rolled in a pair of pants. Bond was charged with possession and intent to distribute as well as conspiracy. In pretrial matters, Bond’s attorney filed a motion to suppress the methamphetamine claiming that the search conducted by the officer was unreasonable and in violation of the Fourth Amendment. ...

Business E-Commerce Cases

Business E-Commerce Cases The main issue that was being litigated in this case was whether the NFL, the NFL Teams, and the NFLP separate legal entities were capable of engaging in a contract, combination or conspiracy as defined by Section 1 of the Sherman Act? (Cheeseman, H.R., 2013). In order to understand the issue that the case outlined in the facts how Section 1 of the Sherman Act was approached by the United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court ended up holding that the NFL, the individual tams, and the NFLP were separate entities capable of engaging ...

Introduction

Sexuality refers to sensation and linked closeness between two human beings. In psychological terms, sexuality is the way through which people make an expression of the completeness of love between a woman and a man. In biological terms, this is the means through which the conception of a child occurs and the ancestry is passed over to the next generation. The purpose of this paper is to look at the issue of public expressions of sexuality concerning the law in the United States. In this paper, is going to be established that public expressions of sexuality in the United ...

Facts and History of the Case

In order to understand the point of reviewing the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, on has to be aware of the facts about the case first. The Obergefell v. Hodges case was a landmark case that was handled by no less than the United States Supreme Court . The main issue at hand was the constitutionality of the previously implemented clauses banning same sex marriages. There were two issues at hand here. The first one was the legalization of same-sex marriage. The second issue was whether the prior and the still existing bans on same-sex marriage were constitutional or otherwise. ...

The case of Roper vs. Simmons is a case that involved the issuance of a ruling by the United States Supreme Court holding and arguing that imposing capital punishment on minors was unconstitutional. The case of Roper vs. Simmons had the punishment extents of juveniles involved in murder cases lowered contrary to an earlier strict ruling in cases involving minors. For example, in previous years, the Supreme Court issued stern decisions on cases such as Stanford vs. Kentucky case of 1989. Accordingly, the Supreme Court went ahead and overturned statutes in 25 states lowering penalties on minors. Also, various ...

Introduction

Although the legal system of the United States of America is one well-known in the world due to its extensive depiction by the media, basic familiarity of other legal systems, and, relevant aspects of international cooperation issues is an indispensable element of a law enforcement professional expertise. This research discusses the differences in substantive and procedural law, judicial review, policing systems and international police cooperation between the United States of America and the United States of America.

Substantive Law

Substantive law matters in the USA and the UAE are dramatically different. Thus, both civil and criminal substantive law provisions in the ...

Clayton Lockett was a 38-year-old murderer of a 19-year-old girl whom he shot twice and then buried while she was still alive (Connor, 2015). Following his conviction, he was sentenced to death in Oklahoma by lethal injection. Fifteen years later in April 2014, his execution was botched when inadequate drugs, an inability to find an adequate vein for instillation, and inappropriate administration into muscle tissue resulted in an agonizing and prolonged death. The public’s response to the news releases ignited again the debate over the use of the death penalty for punishment of the worst offenders in society. ...

Abstract

This paper puts the legal and ethical issues of physician-assisted suicide in the context of the larger debate on privacy and the right to die, which can be divided into three constituent parts: (1) a patient’s constitutionally protected right to privacy in all matters involving end-of-life treatment decisions. So long as a patient has the mental capacity to make informed consent, the government does not have a legitimate interest to override end-of-life decisions. Critical to the analysis of a patient’s refusal of life-sustaining treatment is the burden of the state to prove a patient did not have ...

The United States Supreme Court should be independent of any influence by other federal branches of government. Therefore, the institution should be steered clear of any political pressures or any political affiliations. It should be allowed to make clear and unbiased rulings in any case or issue that is presented to it by considering the integrity of the nation as well the court itself. The balance between the legislative and executive organs of the government has been achieved by the United States Supreme Court by delivering rulings in a proper and unbiased manner without being influenced by any of ...

English

In spite of the fact that the Declaration of Independence affirmed that “All men are created equal”, due to the institution of slavery, the above-indicated statement was not grounded in law in the United States until after the Civil War (and, credibly, not completely fulfilled for many years thereafter). The highly-acclaimed case known as Brown v. Board of Education was indeed the name which was given to five separate cases that were heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 regarding school desegregation. Despite the fact that all these cases were different, there were raised varied potent and ...

The sixth amendment to the United States Constitution is a simple aspect of the constitutional rights of the offenders. It means that if someone is charged with accusations for committing a serious crime and facing a punishment, he/she has the right to have a lawyer to assist in his/her defense. A very substantial part of this concept is if the individual cannot afford to hire such, the offender has to be offered a qualified counsel at public expense. The offender must be notified about this constitutional right at his/her detention along with the rest of the rights that are ...