The United States Supreme Court has dealt with many cases, which had a variety of important issues that has affected American society. Some of these cases include Brown v. Board of education, Miranda v. Arizona, and Roe v. Wade.
Brown v. Board of Education took place in Topeka Kansas 1945, it was the questioning segregated schools in the South. Seven-year-old Linda Brown had to cross the railroad tracks and travel miles away to attend her all black school, but her father wanted her to attend the school just a few blocks away which was all white. The issue was whether segregation of children in public schools denies blacks their Fourteenth Amendment right of equal protection under the law. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that segregation of black children in the public school system was a direct violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In the ruling of the case they stated, "In the field of public educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) was a case involving a man by the name of Ernesto Miranda. Miranda was taking in by the police for charges of kidnapping and rape. The issue was whether the state of Arizona violated the constitutional rights of Miranda under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments when they interrogated him without advising him of his constitutional right to remain silent. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the police were in error. The police needs to inform suspects that they have the right to remain silent, that anything they say may be used against them, and that they have the right to counsel before the police may begin to question those held in custody. This decision establishes the “Miranda Warning” which police now use prior to interrogation of persons arrested.
A woman from Texas sought an abortion, but a Texas law prohibited such an action unless the mother’s life was in danger. Ms. Roe challenged the law arguing the law violated her Fourteenth Amendment right and right to privacy under the Bill of Rights. In 1973 the Supreme Court announced its decision in Roe v. Wade, which established a women's right to have an abortion. The Supreme Court's decision stated that states could limit the right to abortion. The decision established limitations could be imposed by the states during the first trimester, or first three months, of pregnancy. If the unborn child reaches the third trimester, it reaches viability and is given constitutional protection. The woman’s right to privacy is a fundamental right that can “only be denied if compelling state interest existed.”
In conclusion, if these events or problems didn't occur we wouldn't have as many rights as we do now. Things happen for a reason they maybe bad or good but in the end you maybe with the results.
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