Indeed, she notes the major success of this constitutional milestone in safeguarding the voices of the minority in the United States. ... Susan notes the majority opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Miller v. ... Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote, "To equate the free and robust exchange of ideas and political debate with commercial exploitation of obscene material demeans the grand conception of the First Amendment and its implications in the struggle for freedom. It is a misuse of the great guarantees of free speech and free press." ... "Congress shall make no law respec...

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Blackmun recognized that the issue must be resolved within the realms of "constitutional measurement, free of emotion and of predilection". ... He argues against the guidelines of trimesters of pregnancy, noting that Roe could have been in "her last trimester of pregnancy as of the date the complaint was filed" (412). ...

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In court, the defendant, Phelps, attempted to prove that the signs were meant to express a public concern, rather than target the Snyder burial itself, and that his group was exercising its First Amendment right of free speech and expression. ... The Court specifically rejected a categorical approach and instead balanced the various interests at stake in recognition that, as fundamental as free speech is, it is not the only societal interest at risk when one person's speech infringes on another's personal interests. ...

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How else can we grow, learn, and mature as a free society without this basest of human needs?... Ultimately, the statute was called into question as suppression of free speech and, therefore, a violation of the First Amendment. Of note, two separate, yet equally important, challenges to the law were produced in the late 1980's and early 1990's. ... Let us not mistake what should be fair and just punishment for criminals over every American's entitlement to free expression. ...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. The two leading candidates for control were Federalist John Adams, who was at the time of the election of 1800 the president, and Republican and self proclaimed "champion of democracy" Thomas Jefferson. For both sides in the election, the outcome would be a major factor in which party would retain control of the government. The election was ugly and many of the supporters of both candidates resorted to tactics that wer...

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This was in large part accomplished by the appointment of many justices by Republican presidents who supported a free market economy. ... Adamany writes that the framers intent debate is probably one of the oldest arguments concerning judicial review, and notes that even though over half of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved of the idea, yet it was not explicitly written into the document because it was another possible area of division for the convention delegates. ...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendous technological advances as well as, drastic social changes throughout the world and especially within the United States. The rivalry for global dominance immediately became, perhaps, the single most important factor determining the American, as well as, the global human experience and would remain...

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Justice Stephen Breyer I. Introduction: Seated in October of l994, Justice Stephen Breyer is the 108 person to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Described as "brilliant, friendly and nice," Breyer graduated from Stanford in l959 with a degree in philosophy.1 He later earned his law degree ...

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The chamber is of octagonal shape and the condemned person is strapped into a chair, and a stethoscope is strapped to his chest and connected to ear pieces in a witness room so that the doctor can note when the heart stop beating. ...

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