I chose to discuss a Supreme Court Case which was found to be in direct violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case I am discussing is Loving v. Virginia. Initially‚ the Anti-miscegenation laws were put into place during the slavery/colonial period. No white man would tarnish his reputation or family name by actually marrying a slave but would indulge in the forbidden fruit by raping and/or having adulterous relationships with the slave. If through
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Intro Background story: On March 25‚ 1931‚ seven young white men entered a railroad stationmaster’s office in northern Alabama. They claimed that while they were riding the rails‚ a "bunch of Negroes" picked a fight with them and threw them off the train. The stationmaster phoned ahead to the next station‚ near Scottsboro‚ Alabama. A Scottsboro deputy sheriff made deputies of every man in town with a gun. When the train stopped‚ the posse (group of people legally authorized keep the peace) rounded
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Marbury V. Madison (1803) Facts: Congress enacted the Organic Act which authorized John Adams to appoint forty-two justices of the peace for the District of Colombia. In the confusion of the Adams administration’s last days in office‚ Marshall (then Secretary of State)‚ failed to deliver some of these commissions. When the new administration came into office‚ James Madison‚ the new Secretary of State‚ acting under orders from Jefferson‚ refused to deliver at least five of the commissions. William
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money had no problem terminating pregnancies if they wished”("Roe v. Wade."). The Roe v. Wade case is about a woman named‚ Norma McCorvey who is referred to as Jane Roe in this case. She was denied to have an abortion in the state of Texas. She decided to be sneaking and still went to the hospital and tried to have an abortion‚ but she was caught and got into a big hassle with the court. The thing that confuses me about this case is that Jane Roe had two kids before and gave them up for adoption
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In the sole dissent of the Plessey v. Ferguson case‚ Justice Harlan proclaimed that “[o]ur Constitution in color-blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens” (Linder‚ 2016). Yet trials in America have long included conversations about race‚ such as with the infamous O. J. Simpson trial. Legal distinctions based on race are also frequently made‚ such as is done when considering college admission. These conversations and distinctions are allowed because in reality‚ neither the Constitution
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to death. In the Atkins v. Virginia (2002) case‚ Supreme Court ruled that execution of such a person constitutes cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment (Bethany A. Young-Lundquist‚ 2012). Standardized tests were the method used to test intellect. The purpose of this study was the focus on potential limitations of adaptive functioning. It has been thought that individual s with high levels of psychopathic
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Miranda V. Arizona‚ 384 U.S. 436 (1966) Miranda V. Arizona is case where Mr. Ernesto Miranda who was suspected for kidnapping and rape of 18 years old woman. After Mr. Miranda is arrested and identified by victim‚ police interrogated him for two hours and he confessed the crime. However at time he signed a confession he was not aware of his rights. No one told him his rights to remain silent nor informed him that his statement would be used against him. Although‚ when he put his confession into
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Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California was a case in 1976 which the Supreme Court of California decided that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by any of their patients. Originally‚ in 1974‚ the decision was mandated warning the threatened person or persons but‚ in the year 1976 the California Supreme Court decided that it was intended for a “duty to protect” a victim. Mr. Poddar was a graduate student in the University
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Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1 (1968) “Unreasonable search and seizures” One of the many things learned at state police academies around the country is the “Terry pat”. What a Terry pat is‚ is a basic pat down of a suspects outer clothing‚ searching for weapons. The name came be known by a Superior Court case in the 1960’s‚ known as Terry v. Ohio. The case originated back in October 1963‚ involving John W. Terry and Richard Chilton. The two men were seen on a corner by veteran police detective
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Romer v. Evans Kay Long HIS303: The American Constitution Instructor: Brandy Robinson May 27‚ 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Decision: Romer v. Evans An examination of the United States Supreme Court case Romer v. Evans‚ which was decided on May 20‚ 1996‚ is to be put forth in this paper. The case was argued on October 10‚ 1995. At issue was Amendment 2 to the State Constitution of Colorado “which precludes all legislative‚ executive‚ or judicial action at any level of state or local government
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