Essays on United States law

                                                           Grutter v. Bollinger                         The ruling of the Supreme Court regarding Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) invites rigorous debate as to whether or not the majority opinion in the case, which concluded that   “factoring race into the admissions decisions of the University of Michigan Law School was compatible with the Constitution” (Pollak, 2005), in fact,…

Commissioner v. Duberstein In the Case number 376, Commissioner V. Duberstein, an individual taxpayer gave to a business corporation, upon request, the names of potential customers. The individual’s information was valuable to the corporation and in return the, corporation gave him a Cadillac automobile, the corporation then charged the cost of the car as an…

The compromise of 1850 comprised a number of acts, which were passed in 1850. The acts were passed by the United States Congress hoped to settle the strife, which existed between those people who supported slavery Northern parts and those who owned slaves in the southern parts of the United States of America. The compromise…

In the case of Village of Skokie vs. The ACLU(American Civil Liberties Union) I would definitely stand with the ACLU. The ACLU was defending the First Amendment Right. They were not defending the Nazis. We might not agree with what the Nazis are saying but, they still have a right to say it. Herb Lewison…

Mapp v. Ohio was a landmark U. S. Supreme Court Case where as on May 23, 1957 police officers outside Cleveland Ohio received an anonymous tip that a suspect in a bombing and illegal betting equipment case was being hid in the house of Dollree Mapp. After which, three officers preceded to the house and…

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…

Robey v. Hinners Facts: In 2005, Robey who runs his business in Sikeston, Missouri sold a used 2002 Cadillac Escalade to a Kentucky resident, Hinner, over ebay auction. As Robey advertised, the car was “clean, better and average” and with an “ 1 month/1,000 mile Service Agreement”. After Hinner bought the car, he realized that…

Gun control generally is considered laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of firearms. High rates of homicides by way of firearms is the main reason why government officials are pushing for harder gun control measures. When you see news reports of school shootings such as Sandy Hook or…

The first amendment says it’s all right to express one’s opinions as long as that opinion doesn’t do any harm to others. Flag Burning, as the Supreme Court declared it, is protected underneath the first amendment whether you or I like it or not. That is a fact. If the majority believes it’s unjust to…

The legal case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. is a sex discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Title VII specifically forbids any employer to … discriminate with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment in any way that would deprive any individual of employment opportunity…