The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati found that the law's insurance requirement is constitutional (Levey). ... Judge Martin, who took the lead on the decision in Thomas More Law Center v. ... They are challenging the law in the Florida lawsuit. While the end is far from near, the 6th Circuit's opinion marks a small victory for Obama's bill as many officials declared that Congress does indeed have the authority to require Americans to get health insurance starting in 2014. ... Critics of the law say that it is violates their individual liberty and breaks groun...

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Congress did not explain in the law what Constitutional provision it believes gave it the power to pass the law. In its defense before the Supreme Court, the Clinton Justice Department cited the commerce clause as justification for the law. It argued that violent crime in or near schools harms the quality of education, causing graduates to be unprepared for gainful employment, thereby affecting interstate commerce, which Congress has the power to regulate. In 1995, however, the Supreme Court--for the first time in more than half a century--invalidated a federal law on the ground that it was ...

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Most states have developed their own laws to, more often than not, make doctor-assisted suicide illegal. ... So, the laws have been created, but when it comes to convicting a doctor and sending him to prison, in lieu of the circumstances, the law often breaks down and the charges are dismissed or the doctor is acquitted. ... The trend in the law seems rather obviously to be against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. ... Based on my research, it seems clear that the effort to legalize active euthanasia is one that is not going to go away in the near future. ... However, although I ...

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It was originally intended to apply only to the federal government, while the individual states would have their own sets of laws that they would follow. ... The result was buildup of sand near Barron's wharf, which rendered the water too shallow for most ships to come into, costing Barron a lot of business. ... No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal prot...

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Bush decided to establish a law that would be able to spy on every single American whichever mean of communication he wanted. ... According to the NSA, the President was breaking the nation's laws, and even though he knew these laws existed, he peacefully accepted his actions during the past four years after the publication. The President of the United States has been breaking the law for four years, and accepted that was breaking it, and continue on doing it without any interference of any other branch. ... People are losing their freedom of even having their cellphone near them when the...

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In 1973 nearing the end of the Vietnam War, President Gerald. ... Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the University of Texas, deciding that its law school's policy of considering race in the admissions process was a violation of the Constitution's equal-protection guarantee. ... But as history has shown, affirmative action has been defined, modified and removed in some sections of the laws that govern our very existence. I believe that until we as a societal unit become educated and tolerant of the complex country that we live in, these laws must remain....

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The early Americans wanted many things, from their own laws to religious freedoms, but most of all they wanted to be considered equals in the eyes of man. ... He withdrew $2,000,000 for military purposes without authorization, when the Constitution states that no money can be taken from the treasury unless approved by law. ... Also, Lincoln censored some anti-Union newspapers and had editors and publishers arrested, when the constitution clearly states that no law shall be made taking away freedom of speech or the press (Boritt,156). ... But, there was no evidence that the country's c...

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He was outraged that the same Constitution that had previously allowed laws discriminating against blacks was being used to say that not all affirmative action, a correction for the previous injustices, was not legal. ... Affirmative action in the future will be probably one of the most heated issues in government and the debate over whether it should be included in the U.S. educational system will eventually come to a conclusion in the near future. ...

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While supporters of the civilian trials proclaim that "due process " and justice must be afforded to all, as we have seen in the past, civilian trials of terrorists have been based more on international rules and procedures rather than on United States laws and jurisdiction. ... According to Major John Dehn, assistant Professor in the Department of Law, US Military Academy, at West Point: Public enemies of the United States have never been afforded the protection of the Bill of Rights. ... John Yoo, Law Professor at the University of California, Berkley, later writes that this information gath...

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Perhaps the most difficult aspect, however, of the Court's creation would be the reality that this Constitution in no way implied what the true "power" of the Court was outside of being capable of reversing or affirming state court decisions denying rights granted by treaties, laws, or the Constitution itself. ... Working off of precedent in cases such as Marbury and Chisholm, Marshall made it clear in Fletcher that the Supreme Court is indeed empowered to hold state laws unconstitutional. ... Nearing the end of Marshall's term, another critical case would be presented before the C...

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The members of Westboro Baptist Church ("Westboro"), led by Fred Phelps, picketed near the funeral to demonstrate their view that "the United States is overly tolerant of sin and that God kills American soldiers as punishment." ... In compliance with local law enforcement instructions of picketing, their picketing took place on public land approximately 1,000 feet from the St. ... Roughly forty years later, the Court first recognized that state tort law constitutes state action and, therefore, the First Amendment can operate as a safeguard to defendants exercising their right. ... The Westbor...

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Though we cannot know exactly what laws Roosevelt discussed with his counsel, we can retrospectively examine the rules that have in the past given the president this power to act. ... In the case of Presidential Power, it carries with it the implication that this threat is to near to wait for congressional input, and requires the immediate action of the executive. ...

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