Robert G. Ingersoll

King v. Burwell (2015) is a Supreme Court case involving two parties, the petitioner David King and the respondent Sylvia Mathews Burwell the Secretary of Health and Human Services. In a brief background of the case according to Oyez, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance and lower health care costs. ACA requires each state to establish an “exchange” in which people can purchase health care; and if a

In 1988-1989, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a law on its abortion laws. Among these new provisions, the law required informed consent and a twenty-four hour waiting period prior to the decision to get an abortion and a minor seeking an abortion has to have the consent of a legal guardian or the parent. Married women seeking abortion is to inform the husband or father of her intentions of aborting the fetus. (Oyze) The case came to be because the question was whether or not the state can require

The U.S. Supreme Court, as well as other federal courts, have been ruling, shaping, and creating abortion policy over the last 40 years. Its earliest case can be traced back to January 1973, where the Roe v. Wade decision was made granting women the constitutional right to terminate their pregnancies. Since then legislators and governors still find trouble with developing law that regulates abortion. Before the Roe v. Wade ruling, abortion rights were banned or heavily restricted across American

On February 2nd, 1970 the Supreme Court was presented with the case Roe vs Wade. The case Roe vs Wade involves a woman named Norma McCorvey who is known as Jane Roe in court documents and a man named Henry Wade. Jane Roe had her first child in 1965. The child, Melissa was taken care of by Jane’s mother. Jane would leave the child with her mother while she went out with friends. One day Jane was woken up by her mother and was told to sign insurance papers when in reality those papers were adoption

On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Roe v. Wade, a challenge to a Texas statute that made it a crime to perform an abortion unless a woman’s life was at stake. The case had been filed by “Jane Roe,” an unmarried woman who wanted to safely and legally end her pregnancy. Siding with Roe, the court struck down the Texas law. The Court argued that the Constitution's First, Fourth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's privacy rights against state laws

Abortion In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide. Since then, abortion has become a popular choice for women who cannot handle the consequences of their action. There are many negative consequences that are associated with getting an abortion. Today, many women often turn to abortion despite how it devalues human life while causing psychological damage and future health issues. On January 22nd, 1973, The U.S. Supreme court made the decision to legalize abortion during Roe

Roe v. Wade, a supreme court case that became historic in the state of Texas, was an argument that focused on the legalization of abortions in 1973. Seventeen thousand three hundred forty is the number of abortions that happened in Texas during the 1900’s. This concerned doctors and women’s groups, and by the mid - 1900’s, they began to work hard to change the laws. Abortion is the way that a woman terminates her pregnancy if she and her family cannot meet the financial needs for the baby. Women

In order to have a thriving and healthy society a clean water supply is a very simple but necessary resource. Dating back to the beginning of civilizations the need for clean water was an essential need. The Clean Water Act dates to Franklin D Roosevelt’s administration. In 1972 Congress amended and passed what is now known as the Clean Water Act to protect our precious resource of water. The clean water Act prevented the dumping of pollutants into navigable waters without a permit. Many municipalities

On January 22nd of 1973 the Supreme Court ruled that a woman, with her doctor, could choose abortion in the earlier months of pregnancy without legal restrictions (McBride, 2006). Consequently, this case was critically important in fueling women’s rights (Johnson, 2015). Feminism was quickly rising between the 1960s and 1970s; the feminist movement greatly contributed to the growing trend of divorce in the United States during the 1970’s (Nandez, 2014). There were several ways feminists encouraged

court. Dissatisfied with the outcome, Ledbetter refused to give up and appealed her case to the U. S. Supreme Court. Argued from November 2006 to May 29, 2007, the case rendered a 5:4 vote favoring Goodyear. Supported by Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, Justice Alito asserted in the per curium opinion that “continuing to pay an employee at a