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- 111: The Effects of Race on Sentencing in Capital Punishment Cases
- ... not completely unbiased. In the past twenty years strict controls have been implemented but the system still has symptoms of racial bias. This racial bias was first recognized by the Supreme Court in Fruman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972). The Supreme Court Justices decide that the death penalty was being handed out unfairly and according to Gest (1996) the Supreme Court felt the death penalty was being imposed “freakishly' and ‘ ...
- 112: The Great Depression
- ... 156 to 1,489 between 1920 and 1929, a phenomenal rise compared to other decades. But it is still less than 1 percent of all income-earners. 1922 •The conservative Supreme Court strikes down federal child labor legislation. 1923 •President Warren Harding dies in office; his administration seemed to me, to be one of the most corrupt in American history. Calvin Coolidge ... clean by comparison, becomes president. Coolidge is no less committed to laissez-faire and a non-interventionist government. He announces to the American people: "The business of America is business." •Supreme Court nullifies minimum wage for women in District of Columbia. 1924 •The Ku Klux Klan reaches the height of its influence in America: by the end of the year ...
- 113: The First Amendment
- ... foreign language paper published articles against the United States' war efforts, belittling the American and his governments. Although the man was not sent to jail or anything like that the Supreme Court did issue a statement to him and others like him stating "Freedom of the press may protect criticism and agitation for modification or repeal of laws, but it does not ... not to serve as a protecting screen for those who, while claiming its privileges, seek to destroy it." Also in 1890 when an unknown person made a case with the Supreme court on how the National Government had no right to allow certain religious teachings in certain places the Supreme Court Justice simply said that they a "perfect right to ...
- 114: Using the Student Study Sheets in the Classroom
- ... conscious of God? An excerpt from Jefferson's statute and a series of guided questions are provided to help students find an answer. Students may also wish to consider the Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale in the course of the discussion on religious freedom. Discussion The sections of Jefferson's statute eliminated by the Virginia assembly characterize the mind as influenced ... governmental crisis of 1798, and a contrasting excerpt from his first inaugural address in 1800, showing his view when the crisis had passed. Students may also wish to consider the Supreme Court case United States v. Eichman in the course of the discussion on social freedom. Discussion Jefferson's contrasting descriptions of American government, one founded in "jealousy," the other ...
- 115: Bill of Rights
- ... displays. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION: Robert Newmeyer and Glenn Braunstein were jailed in 1988 for refusing to stand in respect for a judge. Braunstein says the tradition of rising in court started decades ago when judges entered carrying Bibles. Since judges no longer carry Bibles, Braunstein says there is no reason to stand -- and his Bible tells him to honor no ... the state house of representatives. But a 1976 Michigan law prohibits a corporation from using its general treasury funds to make independent expenditures in a political campaign. In March, the Supreme Court upheld that law. According to dissenting Justice Kennedy, it is now a felony in Michigan for the Sierra Club, the American Civil Liberties Union, or the Chamber of Commerce ...
- 116: The Bill of Rights
- ... displays. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION: Robert Newmeyer and Glenn Braunstein were jailed in 1988 for refusing to stand in respect for a judge. Braunstein says the tradition of rising in court started decades ago when judges entered carrying Bibles. Since judges no longer carry Bibles, Braunstein says there is no reason to stand -- and his Bible tells him to honor no ... the state house of representatives. But a 1976 Michigan law prohibits a corporation from using its general treasury funds to make independent expenditures in a political campaign. In March, the Supreme Court upheld that law. According to dissenting Justice Kennedy, it is now a felony in Michigan for the Sierra Club, the American Civil Liberties Union, or the Chamber of Commerce ...
- 117: The Death Penalty
- ... confined to crimes of murder, including felony murder. A felony murder is any homicide committed in the course of committing another felony such as rape of robbery. After the 1972 court ruling that all but a few capital statutes were unconstitutional, thirty-seven states revised and reenacted their death penalty laws. The 1989 Supreme Court decided that the death penalty could be used on those who were mentally retarted or under age (but 16 years and over) at the time of the killing. Through ...
- 118: Brown vs. Board of Education
- Brown vs. Board of Education Brown and the NAACP filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on October 1, 1951. The Supreme Court heard the case first on December 9, 1952. They couldn’t reach a decision. They heard the case again approximately 1 year later. The court decided that they ...
- 119: Causes Of Civil War
- ... William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator, which started the antislavery moverment, in Boston. The Dred Scot Case was where a slave from Missouri went to Wisconsin and got married. The court had to decide if was Scott was a slave or free man. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" written by Harriet Breecher tells about the mistreatment of slaves in the South. Social ... bad relationship between the United States and France only separated the politicals leaders and the entire country. Also Government/Politics could of led to the America Civil war because of court cases such as Marbury vs. Madison, Dartmouth vs. Woodward, McCulloch vs. Maryland, and Worester vs. Georgia. Then there were the Midnight Judges, Alien and Sedation Act of 1798, Andrew Jackson ... War. Marbury vs. Madison was about Adams wanting Marbury to get the job of Secretary of State, but James Madison did not allow it. It was then taken to the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Marshall said the Supreme Court do not have control over such matters. Dartmounth College vs. Woodward case was about New Hampshire wanting to turn Dartmounth ...
- 120: Causes Of Civil War
- ... William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator, which started the antislavery moverment, in Boston. The Dred Scot Case was where a slave from Missouri went to Wisconsin and got married. The court had to decide if was Scott was a slave or free man. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" written by Harriet Breecher tells about the mistreatment of slaves in the South. Social ... bad relationship between the United States and France only separated the politicals leaders and the entire country. Also Government/Politics could of led to the America Civil war because of court cases such as Marbury vs. Madison, Dartmouth vs. Woodward, McCulloch vs. Maryland, and Worester vs. Georgia. Then there were the Midnight Judges, Alien and Sedation Act of 1798, Andrew Jackson ... War. Marbury vs. Madison was about Adams wanting Marbury to get the job of Secretary of State, but James Madison did not allow it. It was then taken to the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Marshall said the Supreme Court do not have control over such matters. Dartmounth College vs. Woodward case was about New Hampshire wanting to turn Dartmounth ...
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