Supreme Court of the United States

Plessy v. Ferguson started with a man who opposed to discrimination of race, Brown v. Board of Education repealing the Pv.F case and making the final change on discrimination, both cases have similarities changing the way of human history, and the Supreme Court plays a big role in making the final decision. History is made by the people that want to make a change in the world. To start off, the Plessy v. Ferguson case took place in the 1890s in Louisiana. A man named Homer Plessy was 1/8…

the USA the constitution established the Supreme Court under article 3 of the constitution. It is the ultimate authority in constitutional interpretation and its decisions can only be overturned by a constitutional amendment. In the UK, a supreme court was established in 2009 to provide greater clarity in the UK’s constitutional arrangements. In the UK, under the concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty, it is parliament which makes the laws but it is the courts who are tasked with interpreting…

tnut v. Leading body of Education (1954), now recognized as one of the best Supreme Court choices of the twentieth century, consistently held that the racial isolation of youngsters in government funded schools damaged the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In spite of the fact that the choice did not succeed in completely integrating government funded instruction in the United States, it put the Constitution in favor of racial fairness and aroused the beginning social…

significant cases the supreme court has heard are Brown vs. Board of Education, Gideon vs. Wainwrights, and Obergefell vs. Hodges. All of these cases revolve around equality, which is why I think they are the most important. The first case I have chosen to talk about, is the most important one to me, which is Obergefell vs. Hodges. This case had a 5-4 ruling, which shows how debatable this problem is. Obergefell vs. Hodges case legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. I know this is a…

Under the Constitution the First Amendment states “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The right to speak freely archived in the First Amendment is a sacred assurance, as well as an inevitable piece part of the democratic government and independence, which are key qualities in our society. “Censorship,” according to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes,…

The Amendments were introduced to the American Congress in 1789. They were created to protect the individuals of the United States. The Amendments are changes made to the Constitution by adding, altering, or omitting a certain part or term. The constitution has been amended twenty-seven times since 1788. The first ten amendments are called the Bills of Rights. Four amendments that I think have changed our Constitution greatly are: the First Amendment, the Thirteenth Amendment, the Eighteenth…

Jia Hui Lai BLAW 371 October 16, 2017 Instructor Steve Russell Obergefell v. Hodges Case Study Obergefell v. Hodges Analysis Facts and History Obergefell v. Hodges is the merging of six lower-court cases from four different states, which are Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In these states, marriage is defined as the union of two people which is naturally formed by a man and a woman. In Michigan, the case DeBoer v. Snyder, it involved with a female couple, DeBoer and Rowse, and the…

Exploration.” The right to freedom of expression, equality and human rights is a crucial key to democracy, and is safeguarded by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the United States is a party, both state that individuals have a right to freedom of expression. So, how does that right pertain to the Native American population? Our nation’s 2.5…

individuals look and rely on to the judicial branch to resolve the issue. Whether the courts rule that the issue has indications of an unlawful violation occurring. Individuals are also given the opportunity to appeal their case to a higher court if they do not like the overall ruling. Or even if they believe that their rights have been violated under the constitution. When a case is appealed and brought to the Supreme Court, it is left to the justices to decide the outcome of a case.…

Stated in the book CJ in the USA: An Introduction to Criminal Justice “The courts are just one component of the overall criminal justice system. The function of the courts is to judge and make proper disposition of crimes, it is in this venue that the guilt or innocence of a defendant is determined”(Byrum,2014). Key players important to the court system are prosecution, defense, judge, and the jury. To start off the prosecutor works with police by reviewing evidence, and preparing a search…