Andrew Titcomb-Morales
Mrs. Holt
Legal Systems
4 October 2017 The 14 amendment is that no judge or any government official can take away you rights as a person such as someone’s: life, liberty, or property. This amendment has been used many times in history as a way to back up someone’s case. There are two famous cases that has occurred over time: Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education. In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, a man named Homer Plessy was arrested sitting in a first class seat in the white section of the train because he was one-eighth black. In the Brown Vs. Board of Education case a black family had brought to the attention to the U.S. Supreme Court that schools are learning the same curricular and have the same building …show more content…
Board of Education. Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s segregation was horrendous. Buses, trains and schools were still segregated even after the 14 amendment was ratified. In 1954 there was a court case called “Brown Vs. Board of Education”. Each day, Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through a dangerous railroad switchyard to get to the bus stop for the ride to their all-black elementary school (Summary of case on canvas). At the time there was a school closer but it was for white students only. Linda Brown and her family took a case to Federal court but the ruling was that no right was violated because the education system is very similar in black and white schools. After they had lost in federal court, the family had taken the case to the U.S. Supreme Court and the ruling was that the 14 amendment was being violated by a state law called, “Equal but …show more content…
In both cases it was found that the 14 amendment was being violated. Even though states may have their own laws, the U.S. Supreme Court overthrows any law that is made that can can contradict with any amendment or the constitution. In the case of Plessy Vs. Ferguson if someone has spent their hard earned money and wanted to sit in the first class area, they should be aloud to. However in the case of Brown Vs. education, it was unfair that that the Browns had lived closer to a school but that school was for whites and to get to their school they had to cross through a dangerous neighborhood. This amendment has been used many times throughout history and will continue to be used many
Mrs. Holt
Legal Systems
4 October 2017 The 14 amendment is that no judge or any government official can take away you rights as a person such as someone’s: life, liberty, or property. This amendment has been used many times in history as a way to back up someone’s case. There are two famous cases that has occurred over time: Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education. In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, a man named Homer Plessy was arrested sitting in a first class seat in the white section of the train because he was one-eighth black. In the Brown Vs. Board of Education case a black family had brought to the attention to the U.S. Supreme Court that schools are learning the same curricular and have the same building …show more content…
Board of Education. Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s segregation was horrendous. Buses, trains and schools were still segregated even after the 14 amendment was ratified. In 1954 there was a court case called “Brown Vs. Board of Education”. Each day, Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through a dangerous railroad switchyard to get to the bus stop for the ride to their all-black elementary school (Summary of case on canvas). At the time there was a school closer but it was for white students only. Linda Brown and her family took a case to Federal court but the ruling was that no right was violated because the education system is very similar in black and white schools. After they had lost in federal court, the family had taken the case to the U.S. Supreme Court and the ruling was that the 14 amendment was being violated by a state law called, “Equal but …show more content…
In both cases it was found that the 14 amendment was being violated. Even though states may have their own laws, the U.S. Supreme Court overthrows any law that is made that can can contradict with any amendment or the constitution. In the case of Plessy Vs. Ferguson if someone has spent their hard earned money and wanted to sit in the first class area, they should be aloud to. However in the case of Brown Vs. education, it was unfair that that the Browns had lived closer to a school but that school was for whites and to get to their school they had to cross through a dangerous neighborhood. This amendment has been used many times throughout history and will continue to be used many