Hugo Black: From KKK to Civil Rights
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15 Pages. Hugo Black was born in Alabama in 1886. After getting a law degree he spent time practicing law and then Black, an active Democrat, was elected to the United States Senate in 1926. Black was known to be a big fan of Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal. The most interesting thing about this man elected to the Supreme Court was that he once was active in the Ku Klux Klan. Once on the Supreme Court Bench however, Black lost all racist and prejudiced views. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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In Defense Of American Liberties
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5 pages in length. Samuel Walker's In Defense of American Liberties: A History of the ACLU demonstrates the strengths, weaknesses and changes implemented by the American Civil Liberties Union over the past century. Its in-depth and detailed, if not sometimes strong and emotional, depiction gives the reader a sense of reality with regard to how it was -- and still is -- to fight for one's inherent freedoms. The writer discusses Walker's interpretation of how the ACLU climbed up from the ranks to become the most respected civil liberties organization. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Information Theory as an Explanation for Policy Failure
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This 6 page report discusses public policy and whether or not when policy fails, if 'implementation theory' can be pointed to as a convincing explanation of the failure. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Interest Groups and the U.S. Supreme Court
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15 pages in length. Excellent for anyone studying judicial systems or public administration ...With much attention paid to several modern cases, this report examines the role that special interest groups have in determining the decisions of Supreme Court Justices. It is argued that special interest groups have actually come to have a bit too much power today and that their resulting abuses should be curtailed. The cases of Clarence Thomas and of Robert Bork are used as primary points of discussion. Bibliography lists 11 sources and a FREE annotated bibliography briefly describes their use in the paper.
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Interstate Commerce and Picketing / Consitutional Issues
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A 4 page essay on a hypothetical scenario and the constitutionality of a law prohibiting the interference with interstate commercy. The writer details the constitutional theories on which the law could be struck down. No bibliography.
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Jacobson v. United States (1992)
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A 1 page discussion of this Supreme Court ruling. Outlines the case details of a two and one-half year campaign by the government to entice petitioner to order child pornography. Although the petitioner was originally convicted, the Supreme Court overturned that ruling based on the obvious intent of the government to entrap the petitioner. No additional sources are listed.
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James Madison/The Tenth Federalist (Federalist papers)
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A 2 page explication of Madison's argument in the Tenth Federalist (Federalist Papers) relating to faction and the instability of government under the Articles of Confederation. Included is his proposal to remedy the situation by the construction of a union of states via Adoption of the Constitution. No Bibliography.
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John Marshall & The Development Of the Supreme Court
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This 5 page paper looks at the evolution of the Supreme Court and the influence of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall. Marshall's role in the development of judicial review by the landmark case Marbury v. Madison is included. One source cited.
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John Marshall / Chief Justice
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A 10 page research paper that focuses on the accomplishments of Chief Justice Marshall and the controversy surrounding his actions in the Supreme Court. The writer focuses on interstate commerce, judicial review and single opinion in terms of the political climate of his day. Discussion also includes long-term influences on the Supreme Court and the nation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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John Scopes Trial
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In 5 pages the author discusses the John Scopes Trial. July 21, 1925 was a morning that many will never forget. It was a hot day in the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee. The players: Judge John T. Raulston, two worthy attorneys, and of course, and John Thomas Scopes. The event: The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. The significance: This was the famous "monkey trial," in which the decision was being made to the legality of the Butler Act that forbade the teaching of evolution in public schools. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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