The case of Plessy v. Ferguson involved a man named Homer Plessy. He was considered colored, though he had 1/8 "black blood" and 7/8 "white blood." He tried to sit on the "white" train in Louisiana, and got kicked out and arrested for it. According to Louisiana state law, it was illegal. He disagree...
Also the court must take into consideration as to whether the Texas law of preventing breaches of speech justifies Johnson's conviction for desecrating the flag. ... The flag has occupied the position as the symbol of our Nation for more the two hundred years; moreover, to desecrate such a symbol without punishment would be unjust. ...
The laws surrounding sexual harassment have there own guidelines, like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, under the Title VII. ... This is something that is against the law and can be upheld through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). ... They both filled a law suit of 10 million dollars against the company. ... Receiving less pay than the same qualified man at the same position is just wrong and unjust. ... The laws and guidelines of sexual harassment are often written as if sexual harassment is only a male to female thing. ...
The Law says that humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. ... It is evident, then that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder," (Bastiat 24-26). ... After all, if the law is set up to protect our right to live, it seems as though it should be able to keep convicted murderers from murdering again. ... Of course, there is a possibility of wrongly sending an innocent man to prison, or wrongly fining an...
Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous views surfaced in my research such as the views of president Bush, prominent authors and court officials as well as the views of individual states. In order to fully evaluate this sensitive topic I have presented a mixture of opposing p...
