Abrams v. United States

the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Nowhere in the First Amendment does it state that in times of war, the government can change the laws that have been made to protect the people of the United States. Although some thought President Wilson’s actions were just, he did not abide by the rules of the First Amendment, and because of that, he went too far in limiting people’s civil liberties

I. Case Summary Plaintiffs Yankee Gas Services Company and the Connecticut Light and Power Company, sued the defendant UGI Utilities. The Yankee Gas Services Company and the Connecticut Light and Power Company own thirteen manufactured gas facilities (MGPs) that were once owned by the defendants. The plaintiffs appeal before the judge in a trial to recover costs that they made in response to an MGP pollution from 1884 to 1941. The judgment ruled that UGI Utilities was not the owner of nine of the

unknown. One of the most controversial government programs that Snowden disclosed was how the National Security Agency (NSA) collected virtually every phone record for calls made in the United States between US citizens. It makes sense to monitor phone calls to or from callers located outside the United States, because non-US citizens don 't have the protection of the US Constitution and monitoring these calls also might be helpful in identifying foreigners who might be plotting terrorist attacks

The Commerce Clause in Article 1, Section 8 states that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce itself as well as the power to regulate local commerce if that local commerce has a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce. When Congress regulates an intrastate activity, there is a test that is used by the Supreme Court that determines whether Congress actually has the right to regulate this intrastate activity with some sort of economic effect. The Commerce Clause test

there has been no such thing as privacy. Whether society accepts this fact or not depends on their personal opinions. Government Surveillance has become a tool that the leaders of this beautiful country have abused. There has been an old saying that states, “Knowledge is power.” The elite of this nation have allowed the government too much leniency when it comes to privacy policies and laws. Government Surveillance has always been unconstitutional, it poisons society, and they abuse their power. Verizon

Korematsu v. United States, which became one of the biggest Supreme Court cases. The United States. Supreme Court held the conviction of Fred Korematsu, who was an American citizen born in Oakland, California but was also of Japanese descent from Japanese immigrants. Korematsu violated an exclusion order requiring him to submit a forced relocation during the World War II. After the bombing of the Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean by Japan’s military against the United States and the United States entry

I. The Author Joseph Anthony Lewis was born in New York City to parents Kassel Lewis and Sylvia Surut on March 27, 1927. Neither of his parents had jobs relevant to the news/journalism field, so his interest may have sprouted from elsewhere. Lewis always pursued writing throughout his life. He attended New York’s Horace Mann High School where he was an editor for student published works. This tells us that his interest in journalism and writing was sparked a young age and spiraled from then. He

The ethics of research can be complicated in any case, but become especially hard to work through regarding the inclusion of people without mental competency to make their own decisions. This is particularly true in the case of mental illness because the loss of competency isn’t always as easy to define for a mentally ill person. As a result of this, researchers must be cautious when considering how to go about testing drugs on the mentally ill. Any drug trial, even one with possible therapeutic

considered of one of America’s greatest rebels while he was fighting for his cause. Cassius Clay fought against the United States government because they tried to force him to enlist in the American Army, but Clay did not feel like he had to go fight in a war because it was against his religious beliefs. The feelings that he had turned into a long standing court case against the United States to fight for the freedom of not having to fight in the Vietnam War. Muhammad Ali was a boxer during the late 1900’s

Classic Hollywood had its successful ways of operating for many years, but ultimately would not last forever. The Supreme Court case United States vs. Paramount Pictures, Inc. caused drastic change in the entire system, leading to a completely new Hollywood. The Paramount Decision in 1948 incited a chain reaction of effects, including the fall of the studio system and a change in censorship, which gave directors more leverage in the making of their movies, ultimately developing into the self-conscious