between right and wrong or fair and unfair. These decisions grow more difficult as time goes on. When considering which Supreme Court case I wanted to research‚ the thought of picking the death penalty topic originally swayed me. I did not want to pick such a controversial subject‚ but I grew more and more intrigued as I read deeper into the case of Gregg vs. Georgia in 1976. The case stirred up many views about capital punishment and allowing a criminal to manipulate the wording of our country’s Constitution
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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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Plessy V. Ferguson- Topics 1. An Eventful Ride 2. Free Colored People 3. The Separate Car Act 4. Plessy Case 5. The Verdict (Louisiana Supreme Court 6. Back to Ferguson’s Court An Eventful Ride On June 7‚ 1892‚ respected admired New Orleans merchant Homer Plessy‚ in his 30‚ hopped on a train at the Press Street depot in New Orleans‚ on the way to Covington‚ Louisiana‚ couple of hours away. Plessy had purchased a first-class ticket‚ and was resembling the people sitting the in
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There are many hoops that a case must jump through in order to reach the federal supreme court‚ and there are different tracks in which it can get there. The Supreme Court can have original jurisdiction‚ it can reach the court via the federal system‚ and it can reach it via the state courts. The Supreme Court receives thousands of cases a year‚ and will only hear from approximately 80. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in a variety of cases. For instance‚ they have original jurisdiction
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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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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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is still a very controversial topic on its own however‚ add the possibility of a Fifth Amendment violation makes it worse. For the people in the State of Kansas‚ it something for significant since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1994. The case of Kansas V. Cheever involves just that‚ the sentence of death for a man accused of killing a Kansas Sherriff. During the trial the defendant declared a voluntary intoxication defense due to the consumption of methamphetamines at the time of the killing
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Introduction There have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law‚ like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact‚ obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific‚ this case deals with what is considered obscene‚ and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment‚ the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more depth. What brought this case about? In 1973‚ Marvin Miller‚ operator
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Supreme Court Case 11SC382 Tate vs Colorado SUMMARY Officer Benda was driving through a apartment complex when he saw a man with his car on. Officer Benda pulled up behind him‚ blocking the man in his parking space. The man‚ William Tate‚ was asleep/passed out at the steering wheel with the car on and in park. Officer Benda reported that the man had several open or empty beer cans around him. Officer Benda then knocked on the window
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The Supreme Court case‚ Ingraham v. Wright‚ was a turning point along the topic of education and schooling. James Ingraham was an eighth grader in a Florida public school. James failed to answer a question fast enough and was sent to Principal Willie Wright’s office for discipline. James refused to admit to not answering a question‚ he was then subject to twenty strikes from a wooden paddle. James went to see his doctor about the matter and was ordered to stay out of school to recover from his
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