The Paramount Decision: The Supreme Court Case

The case of Mapp vs. Ohio is a case of illegal search and seizure. It went to the Supreme Court in 1961. It is important to today’s society because it might mean the difference between guilty and innocent. I agree with the Supreme Court because it is illegal to access private property without a warrant or consent. The case lasted until June 19, 1961.

Gideon V. Wainwright The case starts with the arrest of Clarence Earl Gideon who was charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor. Gideon was a runaway, having left home around eighth grade he became a drifter. He wandered around from place to place and spent time in and out of prison of prison for many non-violent crimes. He eventually found some part time work at a pool club, the same club room he was accused of breaking into and robbing.

The judicial review process is an important aspect of the US Court system. The process involves the use of powers by the Federal Courts to void the congress' acts that direct conflict with the Constitution. The Marbury v. Madison is arguably the landmark case that relates to Judicial Review. The Marbury v. Madison case was written in the year 1803 by the Chief Justice at that time named John Marshall. Thomas Jefferson won an election on the Democratic - Republican Party that had just been formed creating a panicky political atmosphere having defeated John Adams of the previous ruling party.

Marbury vs. Madison John Marshall was the Supreme Court Judge that presided over the Marbury vs. Madison case. This case is important because it established the doctrine of judicial review. The Marbury vs. Marshall Supreme Court case began with John Adams who at the time was the President of the United States. James Madison was the Secretary of State and he was responsible for delivering commissions.

America’s founders created the constitution in order to create unification and order in the United States. However, there have been controversy surrounding the interpretation of the constitution, this has caused debate over many issues within the country. These issues and the lack of wartime policy within the constitution directly lead to the Civil War, which was one of the worst alterations this nation has faced. The Missouri compromise, the Dred Scott decision, and Bleeding Kansas were controversial issues surrounding the constitution that directly lead to the Civil War.

In 1908 he took on a case that would forever change the way cases could be present in court. Representing Oregon in the case Muller v. Oregon, Brandeis once again found himself in front of the Supreme Court. At issue was whether it was constitutional for a state law to limit the hours that female workers could work. Discovering a flaw in the current statue that considered it unreasonable infringement of freedom of contract between employers and their employees for a state to set any wages or hours legislation. By reviewing previous cases where the contract was limited when factors of a real or substantial relation to public health or welfare were at hand (The Brandeis Brief).

We see multiple successes of voting equality attempted through amendments, however, the Supreme Court’s decision on Shelby County v. Holder has pushed back years and years of effort for voting rights. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling was in Shelby County’s favor, stating that the Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional along with Section 5. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr, who wrote the majority’s opinion, said that the power to regulate election was reserved to the states, not the federal government. As a result to the court’s decision, the federal government can no longer determine which voting law discriminates and can be passed. After the case, many states had freely passed new voting laws; the most common voting law states passed

The author feels the Supreme court is a bad idea because they think it will lead to abuse of power and the Supreme Court will take over the government because there wasn’t a system of checks to limit its power yet. The author shows this view when they say “In the exercise of this power they will not be subordinate to, but above the legislature . . . The supreme court then has a right, independent of the legislature, to give a construction to the constitution and every part of it, and there is no power provided in this system to correct their construction or do it away.” (Antifederalist 79) This shows he thinks the Supreme Court will have the power to bend the constitution to its whim.

This case was not just an event in history, but a strong point that supported and still supports equality to this day. People can use this case to help support their reasoning for what they believe in and why certain actions should

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right. ”(Martin Luther King, Jr.) Most people were racist but now since the civil rights have been established most have stopped being racist and moved on. Three supreme court case decisions influenced the civil rights movements by letting more and more poeple know what the Supreme Court was doing to African Americans,and of the unfair him crow laws:(Dred Scott v. Sanford,Plessy v. Ferguson,Brown v. Board of Education). Dred Scott v. Sanford Is a case that most people felt that Dred Scott had an unfair charge against him.

A group takes a stand against the merging of church and school, in the Engel vs. Vitale court case, causing an outrage among the population of America. The Engel vs. Vitale court case was seen as a landmark in U.S Supreme Court cases, due to the case causing a significant disturbance in America, that ruled school-sponsored prayers to be in violation of The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The U.S Supreme Court is known as the highest federal court in the United States, which also means that the Engel vs. Vitale court case had to have been heard at least one other time before reaching the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court case, Engel vs. Vitale, a group of parents sued their children’s public school due to a New York State law

Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948, in Pin Point, Georgia. His father left his family when he was young. That, and other issues as the years passed led his family into money problems. Clarence and his brother were sent to live with their grandfather and step-grandmother. His grandfather had a major influence on his religious beliefs.

Supreme Court Decisions Setting Precedent Discrimination may not seen as big a problem today, but people had to fight for that problem, and court cases set precedents for today. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson and Brown versus Board of Education helped change the way we view discrimination today. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson decided that segregation was legal as long as everything was equal. But on the other hand, Brown versus Board of Education included separate but equal schools made African-American children feel inferior to the white children. 1896, Supreme Court heard the Plessy versus Ferguson case.

Polly Ann Myers Polly Ann Myers and Autherine Lucy were trying to get admission to the University of Alabama. The university didn’t allow them to attend classes at the university. This was a violation to the Fourteenth Amendment. The situation with Polly and Autherine went to court. The case was called the Lucy v. Adams case.

The long term effects created by the Paramount decision and the Hollywood black list caused the studios to scramble as they worked to restructure. In 1938 the large studios, the Justice Department, the smaller studios, and