John Robert Vane

Clarence Thomas is just the second African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court. Until the very recent confirmations of both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, for the past twenty-five plus years, Thomas had been the last conservative to be named to the current court, which is the complete opposite of his predecessor Justice Thurgood Marshall. Thomas’ confirmation hearings have gone down in history as those containing the most drama. His hearings would produce such intense arguments

Name and Citation: Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U. S. ___ (2011) Facts: Fred Phelps is the leader of the Westboro Baptist Church which is considered to be extremist. Phelps and his followers believe that God punishes those who are tolerant of homosexuality. Since, the United States has a high tolerance of homosexuality, they believe that the United States is damned. The military also has recently become more accepting of homosexuals in their ranks, thus the Westboro Baptist Church pickets many military

Name and Citation of Case: United States, Missouri v. Mcneely, 569 U. S. (2013) Decision: The Supreme Court attests. The Court noticed that its point of reference requests a case-by-case examination when lower courts figure out if urgent conditions advocated a warrantless pursuit. However, the State contended that exigency essentially exists in any DWI related blood test given that blood-alcohol content quickly decreases with time, the Court found no argumentation to embrace a per se rule. The

Decision to legalize same-sex couple marriage, Chief Justice Roberts makes a passionate argument revolving around the fact that it was the Supreme Court that made the decision and not the Country. Chief Justice Roberts shows his emotional look on the decision throughout the dissenting argument. During the dissenting article his frustration and anger grows during the moments where his personality was shown through. In the argument, Roberts stated, “Many people will rejoice, and I begrudge none their

Dear Chief Justice John Roberts, at the issue in Friedrichs v. California requiring public school teachers to pay dues to a local teachers' union to underwrite the cost of the union's work on collective bargaining. Educators who would prefer not to sponsor the union's other political action in composing each year to stay away from those charges, however despite everything they need to pay for their offer of the representation. A legitimate case now before the U.S. Incomparable Court, Friedrichs versus

Roe v. Wade was a decision made by United States Supreme Court regarding abortion in 1973. It was, and still is, one of the most controversial decisions the Supreme Court has ever made. Abortion is defined “the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus”. The appellant was a single, pregnant woman from Texas who wished to get an abortion. Prior to the court’s decision, abortion was illegal under Texas state law except in cases where the abortion would

Abortion, Poverty, and Rights Abortion was legalized in the United States of America on January 22, 1973 with the help of Roe v. Wade, giving women the freedom of choice and with the help of privacy to seek the termination of an unwanted pregnancy. Before this life changing court case, abortion was illegal in the United States of America. It was during the 1850s, that the heads of the American Medical Association (AMA) that made abortions illegal in the first place to assert their authority

combined.3 In a country founded upon the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, abortion is one of the greatest downfalls of those principles. It must be eliminated. In his book Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue, Dr. Robert Sproul declares, “At the heart of the abortion issue

Abortion In the year of 1973 the supreme court ruled in favor of legalizing abortion, many of the America women liked this law because it would them the more freedom to make their own decisions for themselves. In the issue of abortion there are two sides, pro-life and pro- choice, these two sides has been the topic for a lot of arguments in the past and even now. The questions that many people ask are: Is abortion beneficial to the person? Or are there certain situations that will allow women to

Texas is home to the well-known Roe v. Wade court case, yet has typically remained socially conservative on abortion and Texas’ pro-life community has since made an impact into revising past legislation that went against their views. The short history of abortion in Texas can be first dated back to 1973, where the landmark case of Roe v. Wade took place, with the Supreme Court ruling in nationwide legalization of abortion. In 2013, a bill was passed that restricted abortion in Texas, which has led