Right of the accused
What is the most common of death?
Lethal injections
What does a school need in order to conduct a search?
Reasonable suspicion
What clause of the constitution did the US congress use to justify passing the civil right of 1964?
The economic opportunities
What is the importance of the Gideon v. Wainwright case?
That no matter the crime, people have the right to an assistance of council by the court
What did Rosa Park do?
She refuse to give up her seat on the bus and got arrested for it
What amendments are considered the rights of the accused?
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th
What supreme court created the exclusionary rule?
Mapp verses Ohio (1961)
What is Affirmative action?
Seeking to redress part injustices against specified groups by making special efforts to provide members of these group equal opportunities
What test did the Brandenburg v. Ohio create?
Immediate lawless action
What day did Martin Luther King Jr. die?
April 4, 1968
What is the 4th amendment?
The government cannot search, seizure or take your property without probable cause
Some exceptions to the 4th amendment
-The plain view rule
-Incident to arrest
-consent search
-hot pursuit
When can the right to vote be denied according to the 15th amendment?
-If you can't pass a test
-age under 21
-if you don't pay your taxes
What is the University of California v. Bakke about?
The supreme court ruled that while schools should have a diverse student body, race can not be the sole criteria to admission
What was Thurgood Marshall known for?
becoming one of the nation's first Black Supreme Court Justice
5 parts of the 5th amendment
-Right to grand jury trial
-Cannot be charged twice for the same crime
-cannot be force to testified against yourself
-due process right
-government cannot take your property without compensation
What does the 8th amendment guarantee?
-that there are no cruel and unusual punishment inflicted
-no excessive or fines
What is one power the supreme court lacks in order to make this decision work?
The supreme court can't enforce the laws
What is the important of Gregg v. Georgia?
A 2 part trial process must be provided before someone is put to death by the states
How did most of the civil rights leaders die?
assassinated
What is the exclusionary rule?
Evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court
5 parts of the 6th amendment
-right to a speedy and public trial
-right to be tried by an impartial jury
-right to know about your charges
-right to confront and call witnesses
-right to an attorney
13th amendment, when is slavery or involuntary servitude allowed?
Except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duty convicted.
What case created the "separate bu equal" doctrine?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who was the first civil right activist?