Supreme Court Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor 1954 – Justice Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court on May 26‚ 2009. A vacancy became open upon the retirement of Justice Souter. If her nomination and approval by the Senate is approved‚ she would become the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her confirmation hearing by the Senate did not go without controversy. Justice Sotomayor gave a speech at the University of California‚ Berkeley
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Roe vs. Wade Roe vs. Wade is a very well-known court case about abortion in the United States. It broke the news in 1969 when a divorced‚ poverty stricken‚ high school dropout‚ Norma McCorvey‚ desired for an abortion.1 In the state of Texas during this time‚ abortion was prohibited unless it jeopardized a woman’s health. So‚ Norma decided to have her child and set the child up for adoption. Then‚ she met Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee. Dictating on whether Texas’ Law was constitutional‚ the
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"Lower Court Holding: Decision of the U.S District Court for the Northern District of California." Supreme Court Debates‚ a Pro & Con® Monthly. 5th ed. Vol. 13. Washington‚ D.C.:Congressional Digest‚ 2010. 11-16. Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]. Web. 19 Sept. 2015. The article from Supreme Court Debates’ May 2010 Monthly Journal details the legal definitions of discrimination and explains standards for when First Amendment rights may be overruled. By examining “Christian Legal Society v. Martinez”
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that the supreme court has taken throughout history. Can we really say we have an indecisive Government? Looking back in history‚ we can recall how the Supreme Court acted differently than how they act today. I think the Supreme Court used to act based on the context of history in past court cases. However‚ today I believe the Court seems to act on behalf of the well connected and powerful people. We as a society often proclaimed‚ that our government only “works” for the rich in some cases that’s true
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Dred Scott vs Sanford was a very important political case and was one of the first case towards equal rights for everybody. Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri and he sued the state of Missouri for his freedom. In this time Missouri was a free state and therefore he stated that he could be free from slavery. Although he was free‚ the state of Missouri considered him property and could not be taken away from his owner. Not to mention Minorities in this time we’re not considered citizens and couldn’t
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Brown‚ challenged Kansas’s school segregation laws in the Supreme Court. Linda Brown’s case in the Supreme Court was Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka. Furthermore‚ Linda Brown is important to education because this case was a major civil rights victory because it was ruled racial segregation in public educational facilities are unconstitutional. This event brought an end to federal tolerance of racial segregation. In 1896‚ the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy Vs. Ferguson believed "separate but
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How accurate is it to say that the role of the Supreme Court was the most important factor in improving the status of African Americans in the USA in the years 1945–55? Supreme Court was an important factor when it comes to looking at the improvement of African American’s status. It challenged various factors such as education‚ voting rights and simply their rights in general. Whilst this is true‚ it isn’t the only factor that had an impact‚ other factors include World War 2 and federal government
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history‚ decisions made by the Supreme Court have profoundly affected society. According to the idea of judicial review‚ the Supreme Court is able to make final determination on whether or not a law is constitutional or unconstitutional. With this idea of judicial review‚ the Supreme Court made many influential decisions which has shaped society into the way it is today. Decisions of the Supreme Court can have a huge impact on the country. Throughout United States history‚ court decisions have rocked the
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Not a lot of people today are racist because of the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement is for the people to be good and they made more laws to make people to be even better.Three Supreme Court cases influenced the civil rights movement by making people to lessen African American:Shelley v. Kraemer‚Plessy v. Ferguson‚and Brown v. Board of Education. The cause Plessy vs. Ferguson made a law requiring restaurants‚ hotels‚and hospitals to serve African Americans.States began to require
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Jesus Rodriguez May-2-2016 Mr. Hanawalt 5period Supreme Court term limits The Supreme Court needs younger judges to function better. The supreme courts judges will not function very well because they are missing one judge out of nine judges. For example “Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease‚ obesity and diabetes” and this shows that the Supreme Court will not function properly with old judges. Therefore‚ term limits are a great idea because
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