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Individual Rights vs. State's Rights
Title: Individual Rights vs. State's Rights
Category: Law & Government / Civil Rights
Details: Words: 1022 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Individual Rights vs. State's Rights
Lance Ito
Essay #1
February 12, 1997
In the reviewing the case of Planck v. Indiana, many complicated issues arise. Included in those, individual rights conflicting with the public good are among the most difficult. According to Mr and Mrs. Planck's attorney, John Price, the Planck's religious beliefs prohibit them from accepting professional medicine practice, as they practice alternative medicine and home school their children. After a complaint from an older Planck daughter, who did not embrace or …showed first 75 words of 1022 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1022 total…within reason--so that their rights as Americans, especially the First Amendment, are not violated. Since the Planck's religion is such that medical care should not be accepted, when the state steps in to assist Lance, they are inadvertently violating the Planck's First Amendment rights. Since this case is still pending in the courts, it will be interesting to see the outcome of its decision and its effects on us as Americans, and as individuals.
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