Supreme Being

after the Reconstruction Era, the US Supreme Court needed to interpret a substantive meaning of the 14th Amendment in a response to legal arguments brought by women and laborers. The US Supreme Court’s interpretation of the amendment’s Sec. 1 affected women’s legal rights in both positive and negative ways. The Sec. 1’s privileges and immunities clause undermined women’s legal rights in Bradwell vs. Illinois (1873) and Minor vs. Happersett (1875) by the US Supreme Court’s narrow interpretation…

John Marshall is most famous for being the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding for 34 years. Some would say he was the greatest chief justice of all time. Being a chief justice was not his only role. He was a lawyer, Federalist, Virginia native, husband, father and to some a national hero. Marshall’s legacy lives on and we are reminded time and time again why he was such a fundamental Supreme Court Chief Justice. John Marshall was born on September 24, 1775 in Fauquier County,…

fingerprints were found at the scene of the crime. The Thomas Jennings Trial was an important trial because it changed what evidence can be used it court, by challenging and redefining American values such as what is used to convict criminals, fingerprints being allowed in court, and how minority are treated. On the night of September 19, 1910, Thomas Jennings broke into three houses in Chicago, Illinois. The last house Jennings broke into was Hiller household. Jennings first went into the one…

override a veto with a 2/3rd majority. The president can also go by congress with an executive order but congress can override his order with their own law. Now once a law is in place the supreme court can say if that law is unconstitutional but only if a citizen sues the country and brings the case all the way to the supreme court. The president 's only check on them is that if they are missing a justice he is the one to appoint them, but the senate has to approve his nomination. As you can see…

Simmons (2005) is another landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for crimes committed while under the age of 18. This is a violation of the Eighth Amendment prevention of cruel and unusual punishment. This decision made by the Supreme Court was not unanimous; with the decision being 5-4. PBS’ Frontline Educational Foundation states, the Supreme Court “notes that juveniles lack the ‘well-formed’ identities of adults…

In the year 2000, a case came to the floor of the Supreme Court dealing with interpretation of the First Amendment. In a country of the free, we are plagued by discrimination daily. The targets have shifted over the years. Religion and race seem to be the ever-present discriminatory subjects. Though religious groups also cause hate of those who are different in sexual orientation. In this case a man named James Dale lost his life long built rank and honor as an Eagle Scout and assistant scout…

The role of the supreme court is to rule on whether a law or action is constitutional or not. Cases are brought to the court and argued in front of the supreme court justices. These cases have to do with the rights of the people and can have a major impact on US laws. Sometimes state laws are overturned because they are determined to be unconstitutional. A major and well known case is Roe v Wade. The case involved a woman named Norma Mccorvey who lived in Texas. At the time Texas only allowed…

Future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948. He grew up in the small African-American community of Pin Point, Georgia, with his older sister Emma Mae and younger brother Myers Lee. His father disappeared early on in his life, and the family divided even further when he was 9 years old. Clarence Thomas has been a judge for 25 years, and during that time he was quoted as saying, “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” This quote relates to Thomas…

search and told them you need an arrest warrant. the police officer thought that if making this arrest in the house it had enough probable cause to not need a search warrant. the supreme court found that you need a search warrant to go up to the attic or bedrooms not an arrest warrant. 6. separate opinions- the supreme court judge said every state law enforcement runs into troubles and now with having things straight forward the 4th amendment of the united states constitution protects people…

some extent the contents of the vehicle, are in plain view. Does this mean that we can be stopped without cause? If I were a Supreme Court Justice my answer would be, at least…