The constitution and the bill of rights guarantee’s that as American’s we cannot be punished if that punishment is considered cruel and unusual. However, who defines what is cruel and unusual? A lot of American’s feel that the death penalty is cruel and unusual. That feeling is even stronger when you ask the rest of ...
The issue of school prayer and separating the church from the state is an issue that the Supreme Court has had to deal with throughout its history. The first case that the Supreme Court was approached with was Lemon v. Kurtzman in which a three part litmus test was used as the basis for a ...
The use of illicit drugs has persistently been a problem among minors. This problem especially began to grow during the mid to late 1980’s. It was during this time that school officials in Vernonia, Oregon realized that drug use and disciplinary actions resulting from it, was a growing problem among the student body-especially student athletes. ...
The Huffington Post recently ran an article by Timothy Martinell entitled, “Oops! NY Gun Law Restricts Police Officers”. The article laments the fact that New York legislators neglected to make police officers exempt from the new broad-reaching limitations on gun ownership. The bill, according to CNN, passed both the house and senate and was signed ...
