Constitutional and Contract Law Archive

It is illegal for a convicted felon to own or possess a gun. If a felon (on probation, or otherwise), were to walk into a store where guns are sold, he would not be able …

It was a plethora of things that started the movement towards the creation of America. One of the biggest impacts on our independence was the writings of Thomas Paine. George Washington would read from The …

When the founders of our great country framed the constitution and the original amendments the memories of a long and bloody rebellion were still fresh in their minds. A revolution that had been fought to …

IT isn’t just women who should be able to pack heat, any law abiding citizen should have something close to hand in the event that a non-law abiding scumbag decides he wants something that doesn’t …

236 years ago, the colonies residing in America decided they no longer wanted to be part of the British Empire. A small group of men chose to lead a revolution against the biggest government in …

The Tabloid Media: Political and Religious Arrest Before evaluating the quality of programs on television as well as cable some careful yet pertinent considerations must be imbibed into where we were in the past when …

We are guaranteed the right of free speech, including the right to criticize private individuals and public figures, by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which states; “Congress shall make no …

Through spoken communication, sometimes including a handshake, two or more parties (or individuals) may enter into an agreeable oral contract or referred to as “meeting of the Minds ” (mutual consent). It is understandable that …

Obviously people may have different views about city and town governments displaying Christmas symbols. Still, the bottom line is that when dealing with city or town government, one has to be sure you’re dealing with …

Too often, it is the often-overlooked branch of our federal government that affects the real decisions facing our nations more prudently than either of the other, more-transient branches are capable. Whereas the Clinton administration placed …

Freedom of speech along with freedom of the press gives us the right to criticize. These rights are unique in that they are not found in many other countries of the world, if at all …

Roe versus Wade marked the beginning of one of the most controversial issues in the United States. It allows the mother of an unborn child to thoughtlessly end her unborn child’s life. The Supreme Court …

On one of the last days of 2013, a class action lawsuit was filed against the social networking giant Facebook for violating users’ privacy rights. On Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, Michael Hurley and Matthew Campbell …

To start with, I really believed that the Supreme Court would overturn “Obama Care.”  First of all, I really do not  like most features of this law.  The only one that I do like is …

The issue of adult responsibility in the case of firearms related crimes and accidents involving minors is a very controversial and thought provoking issue. Statistics show that every year in the United States children are …

The supreme court has to strike down the mandate portion of the law that would impose a penalty on someone not purchasing insurance. It will go back, be rewritten, using different phraseology, be resubmitted, and …

Huguette M. Clark, the youngest daughter of William Andrews Clark, died in May 2011. Prior to her death, there had been some media coverage that described the extremely reclusive life she lived. Some even wondered if …

When I was a kid, I was taught that the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery. Abolish is defined as “to do away with, to void.” But the actual wording of the …

Plea Bargains The words “plea bargain” may create thoughts of lazy prosecutors accomplishing an easy conviction. The words “plea bargain” may create a sense of fairness and second chance to a defendant. Plea bargains create …

The internet should in no way be monitored and taxed in any way, shape, or form by the US government. For one, the internet is a worldwide connection. Many people in the United States have …

Common law and civil law are the two prominent legal systems in the Western world. This article title seeks an answer to the differences between these two fundamentally different legal theories or systems. In a …

Ridding the U.S. of legal gun possession altogether would have prevented the Virginia Tech massacre……..and then we all woke up. Thanks to the convenient and widely available black market, preventing a suicidal, cowardly, and homicidal …

Like it or not, the growth of the world wide web has been one of the largest contributing factors to the downfall of the US economy. Over the past two decades, traditional brick and mortar …

The Constitution.  This always makes for interesting debates and discussions.  But when you start to tackle an issue like this, namely can a state pass a law refusing to honor or obey a federal law …

On June 13th, 1866 the 39th United States Congress proposed the Fourteenth Amendment. Most of the southern state legislatures refused to ratify it, which led to the Reconstruction Acts. The military government was imposed until …

Most of us in Canada and the United states have collectively prospered under the umbrella of human rights, rule of law and freedom of expression. We live our lives secure in the knowledge that each …

Everyone wants to be free. America was born on the shared value of freedom that ran deep in the hearts of the first patriots and Founders. Most every nation in the world desires the freedom …

Fundamental “Free”doms “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably …

In a recent ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a New Jersey man did not have his constitutional rights violated when he was strip-searched at two different jails when taken into custody for one minor …

Here’s a lawyer’s answer to the question: an oral contract is enforceable if it is an otherwise valid contract and it is not rendered unenforceable by some other aspect of the law. What does that …