John G. Roberts

Roe v. Wade was a landmark Supreme Court case in 1973. The plaintiff, Jane Roe, was challenging the state of Texas and its abortion laws when she was denied an abortion in 1969. She was suing the Dallas county district attorney, Henry Wade, in order to prove the laws unconstitutional. The laws stated that “abortion is illegal except if necessary to protect the woman's health,” (Mezey). The cases end result was that the court ruled the law as unconstitutional and that abortion be legal, with certain

How is marriage defined? Any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established invarious partd of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage. Sadly many religions still will not accept same sex marriage. A ruling by Massachusetts ' highest court that prohibiting

Have you been in so much pain that you were immobilized and physically unable to work yet denied any medical treatment? This happens to be the story of G.W. Gamble, a prison inmate injured while serving his prison sentence. In 1973 Gamble was unloading cotton bales from a truck in accordance with his prison labor assignment. During a routine shipment unloading, a “6.00 pound” cotton Bale (later determined to be 600 pounds, fell onto him, causing him to severely injured his back. Gamble struggled

In the monumental 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, the majority of the justices voted that the right to marry is a fundamental right of the people, regardless of the gender of the two-people joining in matrimony. Although this current Supreme Court case is considered a landmark case for the progression towards equality, this national debate pertaining to gay marriage has been going on since the 1986 case of Bowers v. Hardwick, which altered a Georgia law to “consider only the constitutionality

Gun control laws have long been a heated topic in the U.S. for years. The second amendment which states the right to bear arms contains a lengthy history of interpreting its meaning; for some it means that citizens should have a right to protect themselves and for others it is interpreted as it only applying to people in the military. No matter what people define the second amendment as, the recent gun mass shootings have brought this topic to the forefront where it has been debated continuously

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

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

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