Constitution was ratified. It originally gave the majority of the power to the states. As time went on‚ the national government gained more and more power. It used the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution to validate its acts‚ and the Supreme Court made decisions that strengthened the national government creating a more unified United States. Finally‚ the recent course of federalism has been to give powers back to the states. Federalism was needed in the Constitution to make sure that the
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oppressed. 3. The Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal” was the Plessey vs. Ferguson case in 1869. 4. Rosa Parks was a black woman‚ who stood up to whites‚ to fight for black rights. 5. The case was invalidated because it leads to a Supreme Court ruling. Section 3 1. The Scottsboro Boys were known for hopping from town to town on trains‚ and were accused of raping a group of young white girls. 2. They were unprofessional because they showed up to court drunk‚ they had no defendant
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The Supreme Court of the United States serves as the judicial body that interprets the implementation of the U.S. Constitution. Over the years‚ this Court as a whole has made some landmark decisions‚ forever altering the direction of our country. However‚ the Court is a sum of its parts‚ in which each individual justice has a say in the outcome of each case. Today‚ the Court is made up of one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. While there is no set standard on how the justices are to cast
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convicted under the USA Patriot Act of 2003 for "furthering the aims of known terrorism organizations by advocating the violence of the United States government that is called for by those organizations." He was tried and convicted by the Federal District Court‚ and has challenged the constitutionality of this Act on the grounds that it violates his First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech as protected by the United States Constitution. The United States Patriot Act of 2003 makes it a crime to "further
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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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that have been able to reach the top court‚ the Supreme Court. Even then not all of the cases that reached Supreme Court gained the status of being a landmark Supreme Court case. Each of these cases that gained the status of a landmark Supreme Court case was by embedding some type of societal impact that lasts to the United States such as‚ Miranda v. Arizona. In order for a case to be defined as a landmark Supreme Court case it must first reach the supreme court of the United States‚ then the case
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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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1. | Question : | The litigant who brings charges against an individual‚ corporation‚ or government in a civil or criminal court case is called the | | | Student Answer: | | plaintiff. | | | | defendant. | | | | counsel. | | | | prosecutor. | | | | attorney. | | Instructor Explanation: | L.O. 16-1: Identify the basic elements of the American judicial system and the major participants in it‚ pp. 468-470. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | |
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One Supreme Court member that stands out from the rest would have to be John Marshall. There is no doubt about this because he made the Supreme Court a co-equal branch of government. This means that it was an equal branch to the legislative and the executive. He became a Supreme Court Justice in 1801 and was appointed by John Adams. While holding his position he set three major goals that set precedents and made him the most significant Supreme Court Justice ever. Marshall strengthened the national
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