Essays on Legal Sases

An abortion is a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy. It is a basic healthcare need for millions of women, girls and others who can become pregnant. How do state’s abortion laws affect young adults. Many states have different abortion laws. They express that depending...

Abortion is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy”. Abortion began gaining its controversy once the United States began implementing abortion laws in the 1820s, more specifically after the Roe V. Wade case. Abortion laws...

Imagine being a 17-year-old girl who just got pregnant…from rape. Do you really think that this underaged girl, who has already gone through so much trauma, would want to have the child of her rapist? Pregnancy is one of the most exciting things that could...

The legal doctrine of “separate but equal is equal” was established in the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson. Before this case, the Civil War ended in 1865 the 13th amendment was passed which ended the institution of Slavery but also did not guarantee...

The argument about whether to call abortion right or wrong is very complicated in the means of when the fetus is considered a person, scientifically. The Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, was a landmark decision proving that a state law that banned abortions,...

99. This number refers to the regulatory number of years a murderer in Alabama receives in prison. Under recent legislation, it’s also the number of years a doctor performing an abortion could obtain. Many have questioned such harsh legislation, asking questions like the following: how...

Within the United States, Americans will always obtain a controversial opinion about a specific federal law, whether it be a legal, moral or an ethical issue. One federal law that has obtained a wide variety of controversy in the American population would be the Roe...

According to the website History.com – The First Amendment states the following: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...

Violence at schools is on the rise, the number of attacks against students more than doubled since 1999. And with 84% of school shootings taking place at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level, students are seeking a nationwide platform to speak out concerning gun violence...

The Plessy versus Ferguson case was one of the many important trials in the 1800’s amongst many others. It was Homer Adolph Plessy going against John Ferguson for segregation on one if his trains leaving from New Orleans to Louisiana. This trial brought an eye...

On January 31, 1865 the 13th amendment was passed abolishing slavery in the United States. Even though slavery was abolished this did not end discrimination for African Americans. States continued to construct laws making it harder for African Americans to be equal. In 1896, a...

Identification and Evaluation of sources This investigation will explore the question, To what extent has the American Women’s Health movement in the 20th century help modern day woman in their fight for reproductive rights? The 1960s to the 1970s will be the main focus in...

There is a fine line between right and wrong. Whether it be in your personal life or in politics, its been seen over and over again. It might be something as trivial as skipping a day class or something greater such as deciding your major...

Information Technology plays a major part in the era of Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and WikiLeaks. After conducting an extensive research there were findings of how these individuals have impacted the defense information systems. Edward Snowden was contractor that was hired to work for the...

The period following reconstruction was one of great regression in terms of racial equality in the United States. This era of Redemption saw many pieces of legislations and court decisions that diminished the rights of the recently freedmen, with Democrats taking more control over the...

Aside from its legal question, the Scopes Trial was chiefly a conflict of personalities. Given that there were other factors which affected the case, but the trial was influenced by the high profile personnel involved. America’s top criminal lawyer, Clarence Darrow defended Scopes while the...

“The devil can cite scripture for his purposes” said William Shakespeare in The Merchant Of Venice. Much like the devil in this quote illustrates, the Scopes Trial was a battle for control of American society and American culture with fundamentalism as the weapon of choice....

“The modern world is the child of doubt and inquiry, as the ancient world was the child of fear and faith” (p. 72). This statement was uttered by Clarence Darrow, the counsel for the defense of John Scopes during the monkey trial that rather questionably...

Edward Snowden, born June 21, 1983, is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013 without authorization. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance...