American civil war
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The American civil war was inevitable until the southern states declared resistance
against being held as slaves (Stiglitz, 2014). By this time they formed unions to fight for their
rights as they wanted to be apart of the United States of America. South Carolina among other
states from deep south were succeeded and this agitated the residents who could not put off
the war anyway. Kavanagh, 2003 says it was a battle of whether the ideology behind slavery
was right or wrong and it brought about the rise of armed conflict. The war could have been
avoided if they had settled their differences in non-violent ways like electing leaders and having
the leaders take them through a devised plan for the sake of peace. The southern societies
were defeated in the war as they were not united and their military was weak as compared to
their opponent.
Zhao, (2019) explains that the power of judicial review was granted to the supreme
court because no action should contradict the constitution meaning the courts only review a
law that has been brought to its attention but must be within the laws stipulated by the
constitution. Through the judicial review the supreme court is also able to declare both a
legislative and an executive act in violation of the US constitution.
Robinson v. Marshall (2020) case is a good example of a case settled by the supreme
court (Ahmed, 2020). It was in the pandemic period, coronavirus and Alabama state gave strict
orders against the freedom to come together in certain places like churches and schools. The
order also limited medical appointments to only very few emergency cases. Those that offer
abortion services fought this order claiming that their input in the medical line was equally
important and should be treated as an emergency case. The court ruled in favor of the service
providers. The state was compelled to appeal and filed an amicus brief in support of the appeal.
The state explained how extra it would be to allow for abortions yet churches remain under
lock. Both churches and the abortion centers had to remain closed as per the orders executed.
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Ahmed, A. (2020). How the COVID-19 response is altering the legal and regulatory landscape on
abortion. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 7(1), lsaa012.
Kavanagh, A. (2003). Participation and judicial review: A reply to Jeremy Waldron. Law and
Philosophy, 22(5), 451-486.
Stiglitz, J. (2014). Inequality is not inevitable. New York Times, 27, 1-2.
Zhao, M. (2019). Is a new Cold War inevitable? Chinese perspectives on US–China strategic
competition. The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 12(3), 371-394.