ipl-logo

Differences Between Justice Alito And Justice Thomas

705 Words3 Pages

Video Games Debate

Both Justice Alito and Justice Thomas has different opinions about the Court’s decision to ban video game sales to minors without parent or guardian approval. Justice Alito agrees with the decision but has concerns about the approach the Court took with the decision. Justice Thomas on the other hand disagreed about the decision but also disagreed with the Court’s opinion about The First Amendment effect the sales to a minor. I personally agree and disagree with certain things each of them informed.

Justice Alito agreed with the Court’s decision on banning the sale of video games to minors but disagreed on the approach they took with it. Justice Alito explains that the Court didn’t take any effort to understand the new technology since technology isn’t the same then as it is now. Then, he explains that there is a big difference between playing a video game or reading violence in a literature because with a video game, you can physically see the action but with books, you are imagining the action …show more content…

He explains that selling video games to minors do not interfere with the First Amendment at all and says that “freedom of speech” does not have anything to do with someone selling video games to minors without consent from a parent at all. An example that he gave us was, “It would be absurd to suggest that such a society understood “the freedom of speech” to include a right to speak to minors … without going through the minors’ parents.” I completely agree with Justice Thomas because nowhere in this world does anyone not have a right to speak to a minor without parents permission and to be putting out a law on teenagers to have parents permission is more worse. Teenagers should be old and mature enough to know that violence should never be used in real life if the parents raised them

Show More
Related
913 Words | 4 Pages

Its been fought over for many years that violent video games should not be given to minors, but teens and minors reply in a different way that of to adults and physiologists. But what does the Supreme Court have to say? One child psychologist claims to believe “violent video—games—which have become increasingly interactive and realistic—could lead minors to commit real-life acts of aggression, and that such games are psychologically damaging to them”(Yee 17). In order to understand the Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, one must know that a psychologist believed that violent video games for children lead to aggression later on in life, Each side presented its own view on the case, The impact on this case has changed Americas view on video game distribution to minors.

Read More
545 Words | 3 Pages

The 8-1 of the Supreme Court justices affirmed the lower court 's decision and agreed that the Phelps and his followers were "speaking" on matters of public concern on public property making them entitled to protection under the First Amendment. Justice Stephen J. Breyer filed a concurring opinion in which he wrote that while he agreed with the majority 's conclusion in the case, "I do not believe that our First Amendment analysis can stop at that point. " Justice Samuel Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which he argued: "Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this

Read More
150 Words | 1 Pages

Furthermore, the country’s two most qualified constitutional draftsmen, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and John Adams of Massachusetts, both of them influential in essential states in the struggle for ratification and cohorts of the new Constitution, had been assigned to Europe on diplomatic duty. Consequently, their participation in the deliberations of the new Constitution or in the open debates over ratification could not take place. They nonetheless communicated among one another and with associates back home, willingly exchanging ideas on the Constitution’s weaknesses and strengths. A number of the Framers requested the views of Jefferson and Adam. For example, James Madison of Virginia communicated of a frequent with Jefferson, as Roger

Read More
102 Words | 1 Pages

Despite the differences between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the author does a good job demonstrating how the two candidates will be admired in the history of America. Jefferson was reelected, again over Adams and others, in 1804. The two men did not talk again ever since. They do become friends when Adams made the move to write a sorry letter to Thomas, on January 1st 1812, wishing him many more years to come. Adams' last words before he died was, "Jefferson still lives!"

Read More
995 Words | 4 Pages

I believe this case applies to the Criminal Justice Field because with all the protests and things being said it’s hard to really know when is the breaking point or the point where you take action. For example, if someone tweets “I hate all lunch ladies” and then decides to burn a lunch lady hat, is that person still protected under the first amendment? It’s ultimately a hard question to answer when you are stuck between what is right and what is wrong. Chief Justice Warren said, “We cannot accept the view that an apparently limitless variety of conduct can be labeled "speech" whenever the person engaging in the conduct intends thereby to express an idea” which I agree with today, in the justice field, we see quite a few cops being threatened but you cannot just shoot a cop and yell I did it to express my first amendment rights. Without this case, the criminal justice field would not have a diverse way of amending certain situation involving the first amendment also we would not have the O’Brien test.

Read More
236 Words | 1 Pages

“Should gamers be prosecuted for virtual stealing?” an article written by Alex Weiss. In this article the writer tells his audience a story about a thirteen year old who was convicted of stealing an inanimate object on a video game. The defendant was said to have stolen two virtual items while playing the harmless game RuneScape. In this article you can most defiantly tell that the writer disagrees with the ruling of the court.

Read More
591 Words | 3 Pages

I pretended nothing had changed. I pretended today was just like yesterday, just like the day before, just like tomorrow was supposed to be. But I couldn't focus, I couldn’t think straight, I couldn’t communicate. My thoughts were racing, my heart was beating, my brain was crashing, and in the back of my mind all I could think about was him… Clarence Thomas, the man who made my life an inescapable hell. I thought about the times he lured me into his office, the way he described his sexual pleasures, his refusal in allowing me to leave before he wanted me to.

Read More
904 Words | 4 Pages

In Texas v. Johnson the court ruled that courts cannot limit freedom of speech solely because the thing being said is offensive or disagreeable to others. I agree with the courts on these last two rulings when comparing them to Fields case because I believe that Fields has the right to freedom of speech even if his speech contained a false statement. I believe that Fields’ statement although morally wrong, was not an act of malaise and did not cause harm to any individual. I think that most people would agree that what Fields said was morally wrong and was hurtful to those who have fought and been injured to protect our freedom here in the United States of

Read More
511 Words | 3 Pages

Before the Great Depression, the United States was one of the many industrialized countries that followed the gold standard, very different than what it is today. This enabled countries to conduct trade and exchange their products because others followed the same monetary system. In order to sustain the value of a dollar, countries had to follow the same system, however, as the Great Depression happened and countries began to leave the system of the gold standard because of reasons such as having an economy that is unable to keep up with the official system. For exapmle, after the First World War, the economy of Germany wasn't able to go on because of the immense debt that they owed. In the case of the United States, the Federal Reserve decided to sustain stability internationally instead of focusing on the prosperity of their country.

Read More
1629 Words | 7 Pages

Originalism is a judicial theory that reads the Constitution based on its original meaning at the time of its enactment. Justice Clarence Thomas is an outspoken advocate of originalism, which has left a legacy in the history of American literature. Many have questioned and scrutinized his opinions on originalism, stare decisis, and precedent, especially considering modern culture. In addition to its legal significance, Justice Thomas's jurisprudential approach has significant socio-political effects, making him the longest-serving African American justice in Supreme Court history.

Read More
515 Words | 3 Pages

Justice Stevens wrote an impassioned dissent that claimed the ruling decided by the majority would threaten the democratic process. The justice initiates his dissent by refuting the claim that Citizen’s United or any other corporation’s speech has been barred. Through political action committees these organization have the ability to spend unlimited funds to endorse their favored candidates at any location or at any time apart from the restricted dates. Stevens goes on to disprove of the courts basic foundation that regulation of the corporation is based on speaker’s identity which is unconstitutional. This is an incorrect view of the law that is not held in the constitution.

Read More
423 Words | 2 Pages

The Supreme Court of the United States is located in Washington, DC at One Frist Street NE. There are there member titles within the Supreme Court. These members are the Chief Justice of the United States, Associate Justices, and the Retired Justices. In today’s membership of the Supreme Court there is one chief justice, eight associate justices, and four retired justices. The Chief Justice of the United States is the head justice of the Supreme Court.

Read More
550 Words | 3 Pages

This quote just shows how angry and fed up he is with the court. Even the stage directions indicate that he leaves in anger. He came to his senses in the courtroom, but only after how unfair the court was being to the

Read More
773 Words | 4 Pages

Unlike adults, the First Amendment applies differently to children and the state is doing this in an effort to protect them. The statute that California has brought to the Court’s attention is clear and provides a fair warning about what is allowed and what is not. The statute would prevent a minor from buying a violent video game without his or her parents present, but it does not keep anyone from playing, obtaining, or an adult from buying a game and then giving it to the minor. Interactive video games that contain violence can negatively affect children by praising them when they cause harm to something or someone. Justice Stephen Breyer believes that there is plenty of evidence in studies that show these violent video games do more harm than good to children.

Read More
1183 Words | 5 Pages

I believe that not letting children, Teenagers, and young adults play violent video games would improve the life of all in the United States. Young children do things that they see others do. When they see someone in the video

Read More

More about Differences Between Justice Alito And Justice Thomas

Related Topics

Open Document