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    Caucasian‚ sat in a "whites only" car of a Louisiana train‚ and refused to move to the car for blacks and was then arrested. The Court had to decide whether the Louisiana law was unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. The Court ruled that the state law was within its constitutional boundaries. The majority of this case supported the state-imposed racial segregation. The Court based their final decision on the separate but equal doctrine and agreed that the state had separate facilities for blacks and

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    Is that justice? Every day in school we recite the pledge of allegiance and it states that we have justice for all but did Warren McCleskey receive the right justice? In the Preamble of the Constitution‚ the first thing it states is to establish justice. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and they have the rights to Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness. Warren McCleskey received the death penalty after he was convicted of murder and the Supreme Court reviewed

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    citizen has undeniable rights that are provided in the Constitution and that should also protect minors while they are at school and at home‚ where they should be able to express themselves without punishment as well. Ingraham v. Wright is a Supreme Court case that deals with corporal punishment at school. James Ingraham‚ a 14 year old boy‚ was taken to his principal’s office for “rowdy” behavior. As a punishment for misbehaving‚ the principal decided to give him five swats with a paddle‚ although

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    century‚ the Supreme Court has made numerous decisions that impacted the course of history. The Supreme Court has a very important job‚ to interpret the constitution principles and make decisions based on these important standards. Had it not been for the rulings made by this court‚ many laws and precedents may not have been adapted. One case that had an exceptionally important impact on history was the case of Muller vs. Oregon. This case is one of the most influential decisions in Supreme Court history

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    the Government for a redress of grievances”. The Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) is a landmark case that established whether or not students leave their 1st Amendment rights at the school gate. In December 1965‚ Mary Beth Tinker‚ a 13-year-old junior high student‚ gathered a group of students and decided to wear black wristbands that protested the Vietnam War. When asked to take the wristbands

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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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    Maryland. The Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case was formed from four similar same-sex marriage cases originating in Ohio‚ Tennessee‚ Michigan‚ and Kentucky that were consolidated by the Supreme Court under the title of Obergefell v. Hodges. It was accepted by the Supreme Court on January 16‚ 2015 whenever the petitioners were granted cert. The case was originally filed in the United States District Court for Southern District of Ohio‚ in which the trial court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs

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    money on “productive industries” that contributed to the economy. However‚ after law enforcement gathered evidence through wiretaps to arrest suspected criminals‚ issues regarding the protection from illegal search and seizure arose within the courts. Judiciary examination of the Fourth Amendment asked the question of whether

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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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    C Supreme Court Case Bobby Blankenship CJA/354 July 15th‚ 2013 P.M. Pollock Supreme Court Case Have you ever wondered if there is such a thing as to serious a judgment on a criminal case? In this paper I am bringing to light the case of The People VS. Rodrigo Caballero. In this case Caballero shot at a rival gang‚ in which he injured one individual. While being charged with three counts of willful‚ deliberate and premeditated attempted murder he was given a sentence of 110 years to life

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