Civil Rights
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantee all U.S. citizens have this right.
What is legal counsel provided by the state?
In the Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier case, the Supreme Court ruled that censorship in a public school newspaper was acceptable "so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical (educational) concerns."
Judging from this ruling, the likely complaint of the students and editors who wrote for the newspaper was that this right was being violated.
What is freedom of speech?
Which of the following important Supreme Court cases established a precedent of legal, racial segregation in public places and was closely associated with the phrase "separate but equal"?
The police pick you up and begin asking you questions for an incident where a crime has taken place. What is your protection under the law and what landmark case ensures it?
What is the right against self-incrimination and Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the Florida Supreme Court's plan for recounting ballots violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Bush v. Gore (2000)
This was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
What was public school districts that segregate deny equal protection? Segregation in public school districts was found to be unconstitutional.
The Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) case ruled that students were protected under the first amendment. This ensured this right of students'.
What is the freedom of expression?
Mrs. Jasper, the science teacher, finds several beakers broken on the floor of the science classroom. She makes all of the students in the science class remain following class and tells them someone must confess to breaking the beakers in order for everyone to leave. She asks each student to write a note telling her what they know about the broken beakers. Three students each write notes that say “I saw Ann break the beakers.” One of the students, Michelle, was angry with Ann after they had argued earlier in the week. Mrs. Jasper reads the three notes and tells Ann to go with her to the school office. What Principle of Law was violated?
What is Due Process? Ann was not offered an opportunity to tell her story or to confront the evidence against her before being accused of something that she might not have done.
Clarence Gideon was arrested and charged in a Florida court for breaking and entering. He was unable to afford a lawyer, and the court refused to appoint a lawyer for him. Gideon was forced to defend himself in court, and the jury found him guilty. What did the court fail to do that violated Gideon's right?
What is provide an attorney if the accused is unable to afford one?
Which Supreme Court case resulted in what was known as “the separate but equal” doctrine?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1869)?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
Which principle was the focus of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
What is Self-Incrimination? The issue central to Miranda v. Arizona was the defendant’s right to remain silent to prevent self-incrimination.
The Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona established rights for citizens who are accused of a crime. What is the purpose of giving rights to citizens accused of a crime?
The person has a better chance to receive justice.
The District of Columbia passed a law requiring the registration of handguns, requiring that people get licenses for all pistols, and requiring that all legal firearms be kept unloaded or locked. A group of private gun owners (including Mr. Heller) filed a suit in federal court, claiming the laws violated their Second Amendment right to bear arms. The federal court said the Second Amendment only protected ownership of guns for militias (groups of people who are not part of the military but are trained like soldiers for emergencies, like the National Guard). Heller appealed this decision to the Supreme Court (DC v. Heller (2007)), which ruled in his favor. This is the amendment which served as a basis for the court's ruling.
What is the Second Amendment? “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”
A man was accused of a crime and convicted, but when his lawyer argued he was not given a fair trial because....
Hernandez v Texas (1954) No Mexican Americans had ever been on a Texas jury
What was the significance of Supreme Court's ruling in In Sweatt v Painter?
It helped to later give precedent to Brown v Board of education, and proved that separate but equal is not equal, or does not work
This Supreme court case decided a family can pull their child out of school by exercising their 1st amendment rights
What is Wisconsin V Yoder 1972
Identify the principle acknowledged by the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison.
What is judicial review?
At a school-supervised event, Joseph Frederick held up a banner with the message "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," a slang reference to marijuana smoking. Principal Deborah Morse took away the banner and suspended Frederick for ten days. This earlier court case was cited by Frederick as a reason why he should be allowed to display the message without penalty.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)?
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Anything you do or say may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish. If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney.
The rights above are read to those who are arrested. Which Supreme Court decision made this procedure standard?
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Why does the U.S. Constitution include the Bill of Rights?
The Supreme Court decisions in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) have been criticized because these rulings have...
What is expanded the rights of the accused?
The Supreme Court decision in United States v. Nixon (1974) reinforced the principle that the president of the United States...
The president is accountable for obeying the law.
In 1984, in front of the Dallas City Hall, Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag as a means of protest against Reagan administration policies. Johnson was tried and convicted under a Texas law outlawing flag desecration. He was sentenced to one year in jail and assessed a $2,000 fine. After the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction, the case went to the Supreme Court. This amendment was cited in his defense.
What is the First Amendment?
The supreme court case in which Mexican American students were being separated in a Texas school district into their own schools...
Delgado V Bastrop (1948)