Essays on Supreme court

How does the dynamic,a process or system characterized by con tant change, nature of our Constitution help our government keep up with the changing ti mes? Because of the flexibility of our constitution, we are able to change it on a day to day basi s. The variation of how the Constitution can be changed…

FACTS: In 1801 President John Adams in his last few weeks of Presidency appointed John Marshall as third chief justice of the United States to replace Oliver Ellsworth whom had resigned. The Senate confirmed Marshall but he also continued as secretary of state. Because of the Organic Act passed by the Federalist Congress, Adams had…

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that “All men are created equal,” but it was not until after the Civil War that true equality was attained in the United States. In 1865, subsequent to the war, the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified and slavery came to an end. Moreover, the Fourteenth Amendment bolstered the rights of recently…

Thurgood MarshallIntroductionOn June 17, 1991, a pivotal era in the history of the United States Supreme Court, and indeed United States history as a whole came to an end with the retirement from the court of Justice Thurgood Marshall. Having served to the age of 82 is remarkable enough, but what makes Marshall’s nearly 3…