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Essay Instructions: In terms of the Fourteenth Amendment why is the due process clause important to you? Explain why.

Essay Instructions: Essay Question: Some opponents of affirmative action have claimed that it violates the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause. What sources (e.g., constitutional text, the framers' intent, contemporary understandings) might be brought to bear in assessing this claim, and how might those materials be used to address the question? The professor does not want our own opinion*

Essay Instructions: Research, review, and analyze Anti-Miscegenation Statutes in the United States and chose two (2) relevant cases.
1. Analyze and evaluate each case independently by providing the following (about two paragraphs per case):
Facts of the case
Issues
Rule
2. Compare and contrast both cases in regards to the Anti-Miscegenation Statutes.
3. Analyze how this statute could have influenced Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) and the Fourteenth Amendment.
4. Explain the significance of this statute to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOM).

Essay Instructions: not less than 1800, not more than 2000 words

Due Process. This Research Paper should be written using APA Style (but no cover page, no Abstract and single-spaced). Address the essay question succinctly and in a clearly organized manner. OBSERVE THE WORD LIMITS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: This Paper should be not less than 1800, not more than 2000) words, NOT including References. Use "Times New Roman" 12-point font and the paper must have a "References? page listing all sources used in the essay

Specific Essay Question: Discuss the meaning, history and importance of the constitutional concept of "Due Process" as contained in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Include in this essay a reletively brief discussion analyzing the conflicting positions of Justice Hugo Black and Justice Felix Frankfurter with respect to the incorporation of American citizens' rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and how these Justices' positions helped develop the concept of Due Process.
You MUST use U.S. Supreme Court cases to support your positions and the points you make about Due Process in the essay - DO NOT WRITE ABOUT decisions made by any Court other than the U.S. Supreme Court.
Comments about the essay question: The uniquely American concept of Due Process was developed by specific members of the U.S. Supreme Court. You will find that the meaning of Due Process is entwined with the history of Due Process and that the history of Due Process is best understood by reference to Supreme Court cases. Due Process is a complex topic so it is important that you organize your essay in a way that it actually explains your understanding of Due Process rather than submitting an essay composed of generalities and platitudes. Sorry: the Instructor for this course will not read and/or correct a ?draft? or an outline of your essay. Also Note: this essay should NOT discuss or even mention the "Due Process Model or the "Crime Control Model."
THE EXCELLENT MATERIAL ON DUE PROCESS AT SEVERAL POINTS THROUGHOUT THE ZALMAN TEXTBOOK IS YOUR STARTING POINT FOR UNDERSTANDING DUE PROCESS. THAT MATERIAL AND YOUR FURTHER RESEARCH WILL LEAD YOU TO THE CASES YOU NEED TO DISCUSS IN THE ESSAY