1. Many scholars and observers have argued that the ratification of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution has become the single most important act in all of congress.
a. Identify which provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment was applied in one of the following Supreme Court cases.
*Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
*Baker v. Carr (1962)
*Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
b. For the case you select in a, explain the significance of the decision in US politics.
c. Identify which provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment was
applied in one of the following Supreme Court cases.
*Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
*Gideon v. Wainright (1963)
*Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
d. For the case you select in c, explain the significance of the decision in US politics.
In my professional opinion I believe that in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case i was not a case of separation or segregation of black and white kids. The case was to make sure that black and white kids were not given the same education opportunities.
ReplyDeleteBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
ReplyDeleteA. The principle of equal protection under the law.
B. The significance of the decision is that it overruled the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Miranda v. Arizona
C. The principle of not depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
D. The significance of the decision is that it established the Miranda Rights, which must be given to criminal suspects before questioning them.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
ReplyDeleteA. Equal protection clause
B. Ruled in favor of Bakke, and extended the opportunities of racial minorities to be accepted into universities.
Gideon v. Wainright (1963)
C. The principle of Due proccess
D. The decision held was to appoint a lawyer in any case, no matter what the state or crime of the suspect.
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ReplyDeleteA) The Fourteenth Amendment was applied to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
ReplyDeleteby the provision of not accepting Negro children for "equal protection under the law."
B) The significance of the decision in US politic is for the States to pursue of provide or establish its public system, which will affect of American life in the future.
C) The Fourteenth Amendment was applied to Mapp v. Ohio by the provision of refuse to any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law."
D) The significance of the decision is criminial trial may not use the illegal evidents that gather by the polices.