Answer questions from p. 351 under “Case Analysis.” Case Analysis 1. Summarize the facts that led to the defendant’s claim that he was subjected to double jeopardy. Facts: October 14, defendant was arrested. On November 5, the United States sought entry of default in the civil forfeiture case. On November 13, defendant pleaded guilty to some of the criminal charges pursuant to a plea agreement.
Thomas Gibbons, another steamboat operator, competed with Aaron Ogden on this same route but held a federal coasting license issued by an act of Congress. Ogden filed a complaint in New York court to stop Gibbons from operating his boats, claiming that the monopoly granted by New York was legal even though he operated on shared, interstate waters. Gibbons disagreed arguing that the U.S. Constitution gave Congress the sole power over interstate commerce. After losing twice in New York courts, Gibbons appealed the case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court determined that the commerce clause of the Constitution grants the federal government the power to determine how interstate commerce is conducted.
1. Describe Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) landmark Supreme Court case. After the Civil War, black people were not allowed in places reserved for white people. Homer Plessy was mostly white but was somewhat mixed black. He got on a white-only railroad car, and was arrested when he refused to leave.
1. 1.December 18, 1865 -----13th Amendment ended slavery. 2. July 9, 1868 -----14th amendment: addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. 3.
History 1301 The Dred Scott Case In 1857, in the Scott vs. Sanford case (commonly known as the Dred Scott case) the Supreme Court of the United States made an important decision that would have a great affect on the United States as it is today. The ruling, in effect, declared that no black, free or slave could claim United States citizenship. Therefore, slaves bore no individual rights and were considered property. Furthermore, the decision was made which indicated that Congress could not make slavery in the United States territory illegal. Additionally, the verdict had many political and social implications, provoked angry resentment in the North and led the country a step closer to civil war.
Plessy v Ferguson was the landmark case decision on May 18, 1896 in which it was upheld by Supreme Court ruling to reinforce the Louisiana law that enforced the segregation of railroad facilities. It was determined that segregation was not considered a form of discrimination so long as the races were ‘equally’ accommodated. This became also known as the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine because it was well known that the conditions were certainly not equal. The overall outcome of this case set the equal rights movement back 100 years until Brown v Board of Education of Topeka overthrew this doctrine in 1954. This ruling was forever change the future of the school system for native born Black Americans and immigrants alike.
Europeans started bringing African-Americans to America back in the mid -1500s. Two and a half centuries of slavery and segregation stop black men and women from exercising their rights. They were denied the right to vote and if they tried to vote they were either beaten or even killed for trying to do so. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was formed in 1909. It’s sole purpose was to try to abolish segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation and securing for African Americans their constitutional rights.
Which school of jurisprudence is based on the philosophy that what matters is not what is written as law, but who enforces the law and by what process? a.|Legal positivism.| b.|Natural law.| c.|Legal realism.| d.|Sovereign selection.| 12. Which of the following would be an example of a civil lawsuit? a.|George is being prosecuted for bank fraud.| b.|The government has initiated an action against Jeff for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.| c.|Gretta hit Rita in a bar during happy hour. Rita is now suing for her injuries.| d.|The district attorney is bringing Ali to court for violating the city's keg ordinance.| B.
for the people, shall not perish from the earth" Lincoln's call for a "new birth of freedom" was realized in the form of the three crucial constitutional amendments: the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of due process and equal protection, and the Fifteenth Amendment's guarantee of the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln was committed to ending slavery as well as preserving the Union. In his first year in office, President Abraham Lincoln had stubbornly rejected the idea of abolishing slavery. But by 1862 he recognized that the best path to preserving the Union was by freeing the slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation played a central role in achieving this goal.
February 26, 2013 Assignment 3 American Government Professor Mcneal The characteristics of American democracy are freedom, equality, brotherhood, and rules and laws for Americans. Abraham Lincoln described the democracy as “government of the people, for the people and by the people”. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1864 declared freedom for slaves by President Lincoln. Declaring the justice and freedom for all mankind. “And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons” (The Emancipation Proclamation 1864).