the United States’ history‚ the Supreme Court has decided many cases. Their job is to decide whether or not laws‚ or punishments given by lower courts‚ abide by the rules written in the United States Constitution. Their decisions are based upon precedents set by other court cases‚ or their opinions of what the Constitution means‚ if there is no precedent. On the topic of the rights of minors‚ the Supreme Court has justly protected these rights as shown in the cases of In Re Gault‚ Tinker v. Des Moines
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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC GUILLERMO AUSTRIA‚ petitioner‚ vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS (Second Division)‚ PACIFICO ABAD and MARIA G. ABAD‚ respondents. Antonio Enrile Inton for petitioner. Jose A. Buendia for respondents. REYES‚ J.B.L.‚ J.: Guillermo Austria petitions for the review of the decision rendered by the Court of Appeal (in CA-G.R. No. 33572-R)‚ on the sole issue of whether in a contract of agency (consignment of goods for sale) it is necessary
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The Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court On September 25‚ 1789‚ the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. The first two proposed amendments‚ which concerned the number of constituents for each Representative and the compensation of Congressmen‚ were not ratified. Articles 3 to 12‚ however‚ ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures‚ constitute the first
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the Supreme Court Emmanuel Ebong Axia College of University of Phoenix Instructor: Anthony Nici August 23rd‚ 2010 The Role and Importance of the Supreme Court Introduction and Purpose The United States Supreme Court is considered the High Court of judicial powers in acting in a "judicial review manner in overturning laws and executive acts unconstitutional" (Mendelson‚ 1992‚ p. 775). With words of‚ "Equal Justice Under Law" written prominently above the main doors of the Supreme Court
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Upper Tier Rights There are many cases in the history of constitutional law that involve the wording of the United States Constitution. One case that deals with many parts of the constitution is Miranda v Arizona. This was a case that the Supreme Court voted on in 1966. This is a case of upper tier rights‚ because it deals with the constitutional rights. It mostly deals with the fourteenth amendment which is a right to due process and the sixth amendment which is a right to counsel. A suspect
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The Texas v. Johnson (1989) supreme court case is very important. It was a landmark supreme court case‚ and decided for all future court cases how the first amendment would be interpreted. They had to look at and determine the extent of the phrase‚ "freedom of speech". Johnson’s action of burning an American flag was to be reviewed and they would have to decide whether his action counted as "freedom of speech‚" and if it was protected by the first amendment. It turned out to be that his action was
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The case Gideon V Wainwright all started when Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested for possibly stealing pocket change‚ bottles of coke‚ beer‚ and wine. When Gideon went to trial Gideon believed that an attorney should be appointed to him under the 6th amendment the right to counsel ;however‚ the state of Florida decided that was for federal cases only. After Gideon lost his trial against the state of Florida Gideon found a way to take it further and appealed to the Supreme Court. Once Gideon appealed
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In 1986‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case established that there could be separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites‚ giving support to Jim Crow laws. The Supreme Court did not begin to reverse Plessy until the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case 58 years later‚ which established that segregating blacks and whites was unconstitutional and that separate could never be equal. After the period of reconstruction following the Civil War‚ many states in the south and
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Supreme Court Case Study Media Center Research: Presentations: Choose one Supreme Court case from approved list provided in class. Download the format below from Edline. Each bullet must be answered in a complete sentence. Punctuation and spelling will be part of the grade. [10 points each] Attach Citation sheet (Noodletools). [20 points] Class presentation. [20 points] References will be cited by using Noodletools – MLA Advance. Two sources must be cited. You will investigate your case by using
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Terry v. Ohio was a court decision made in 1968 that still affects how police conduct their operations to this day. This case gave special liberties to police officers which would otherwise be in conflict with the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment states " the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ house‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizure‚ shall not be violated‚ and no Warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and
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