(Bloomberg)
The Roe vs Wade case involved a woman in Texas, Jane Roe who was looking to get an abortion. However, abortion was illegal, unless it was done to save the mother. She filed a lawsuit against the Dallas County district attorney Henry Wade, to see if she could get an injunction saying she could go ahead with the abortion. The lawsuit was based on her saying the law was unconstitutional and invaded her right to privacy under the 9thand 14thAmendments. However, while the court agreed with her, it did not let her proceed with the abortion. Jane Roe appealed this decision with the Supreme Court. The state based its argument mainly on the idea that a fetus had legal rights, which need to be protected and the law should remain in place. Jane Roe said a woman has the right to an abortion and that the State could not interfere with her or any woman’s right to privacy in personal decisions. She said there is nothing saying that the fetus is a person, therefore the law is unconstitutional and should be overturned. The final decision made by the Supreme Court said a woman's right to an abortion falls within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman a right to abortion during the entirety of the pregnancy with the option for the State to set limitations. The impact of this case was legalized abortion in the USA. (Lewis)
Mapp v. Ohio
(The Constitution Project)
In the Mapp v Ohio case, the Supreme Court ruled that evidence in the case taken violated the 4thAmendment of the Constitution. This Amendment prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures and this evidence cannot be presented during a trial. This case happened because the police forced their way into Mapp’s home in Cleveland to look for a bombing suspect. All the police found were adult pictures and books. No search warrant was shown to Mapp or her lawyer during the trial and Mapp ended up being convicted based on this evidence. During an appeal, the Supreme Court granted a judicial review, which resulted in a reversal of the original court’s decision, based on the fact that the search violated the 4thAmendment. (Duignan) This decision had a great impact as this was the first the 4thAmendment was used in a criminal case in the courts and influenced the use of the exclusionary rules in future cases. (Constitution Laws)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
(thoughtco)
The Civil rights act of 1964 was first introduced by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The act ended segregation, employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or origin. It finally became law in 1965. Before this act was started, minorities could be refused service just because of their skin color. They couldn’t even go to public parks or hotels, especially in the South. Before the act became law, there were many who did not want it to go through. Senator Robert Byrd who used to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan spoke for 14 hours in the Senate trying to block the act. The Civil rights act of 1964 had a big impact on helping the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 also becoming law. (History)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
(fairvote)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created to give African Americans the right to vote. Before this, they could not vote according to the 15thAmendment. When the 15thAmendment was first written, African Americans could vote, however in 1877 the Supreme Court limited voting protections. White leaders wanted to reduce the number of African American voters. They used poll taxes and literacy tests and primaries for whites only. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the literacy tests and the payment of poll taxes were questioned. The impact of act included more African American voters, those elected to office and by 1970 the act included US citizens who could not speak English. (Encylopedia Britannica)
Works Cited
Mapp v. Ohio
(The Constitution Project)
In the Mapp v Ohio case, the Supreme Court ruled that evidence in the case taken violated the 4thAmendment of the Constitution. This Amendment prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures and this evidence cannot be presented during a trial. This case happened because the police forced their way into Mapp’s home in Cleveland to look for a bombing suspect. All the police found were adult pictures and books. No search warrant was shown to Mapp or her lawyer during the trial and Mapp ended up being convicted based on this evidence. During an appeal, the Supreme Court granted a judicial review, which resulted in a reversal of the original court’s decision, based on the fact that the search violated the 4thAmendment. (Duignan) This decision had a great impact as this was the first the 4thAmendment was used in a criminal case in the courts and influenced the use of the exclusionary rules in future cases. (Constitution Laws)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
(thoughtco)
The Civil rights act of 1964 was first introduced by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The act ended segregation, employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or origin. It finally became law in 1965. Before this act was started, minorities could be refused service just because of their skin color. They couldn’t even go to public parks or hotels, especially in the South. Before the act became law, there were many who did not want it to go through. Senator Robert Byrd who used to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan spoke for 14 hours in the Senate trying to block the act. The Civil rights act of 1964 had a big impact on helping the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 also becoming law. (History)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
(fairvote)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created to give African Americans the right to vote. Before this, they could not vote according to the 15thAmendment. When the 15thAmendment was first written, African Americans could vote, however in 1877 the Supreme Court limited voting protections. White leaders wanted to reduce the number of African American voters. They used poll taxes and literacy tests and primaries for whites only. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the literacy tests and the payment of poll taxes were questioned. The impact of act included more African American voters, those elected to office and by 1970 the act included US citizens who could not speak English. (Encylopedia Britannica)
Works Cited
Bloomberg. North Dakota Targets Roe v. Wade. n.d. 3 April 2019.
Constitution Laws. 2017. 5 April 2019.
Duignan, Brian. Encyclopedia Britannica. n.d. 4 April 2019.
Encylopedia Britannica. 2017. 5 April 2019.
fairvote. n.d. 5 April 2019.
History. 2019. 5 April 2019.
Lewis, Jane Johnson. The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision. 28 December 2018. 3 April 2019.
The Constitution Project. n.d. 4 April 2019.
thoughtco. n.d. 5 April 2019.
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