Research this case and explain the background of the case....why did the court select the case...what were the main arguments proposed by each side....what was the court's ruling? (give both the majority and minority vote) how did they come to their decision? (basically the opinion of each side ....majority and minority)
A video has been provided for you above....to help with answer the questions above...a good starting point to find the correct information is www.oyez.org MAKE SURE THAT YOU CITE YOUR SOURCE IN YOUR POST OR YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE FULL CREDIT....Once you have completed this case analysis continue onto Roe v. Wade and do the same process by answering the questions provided above.
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ReplyDeleteIn Brown vs The Board of Education teachers and parents were trying to get segregation out of schools. The court selected the case, because it was one of great need at that time. The court ruled that there would no longer be segregation in public schools. 9 votes for Brown, 0 for the board of education. Their rationale for this was because it was detrimental to the black kids self esteem. In Roe v. Wade Roe ( a single pregnant women) was trying to get the court to make abortion legal. They decided to hear it because it was a constitutional issue. The main argument for those against abortion was that it is murder. The main argument for those for abortion was it was the woman's decision to decide what she was going to do with her body.Those for abortion were 7 those against were 2. Those for abortion believed it was the woman's right to decide, those against also believed it was murder.
ReplyDeleteThis case was about the "seperate but equal" rule and where black kids weren't allowed into all white schools. I can imagine that they chosen bb this because it was a pressing case, and influenced a lot of Americans. The arguments were "separate but equal is fine, and shouldn't change." And the NAACP lawyers argued that separate but equal is unconstitutional and wrong, and that separate is by definition not equal. The court ruled unanimously towards the NAACP lawyers and against "separate but equal". And how they came to this decision? In not sure. But it seemed to be an easy decision since it was a unanimous decision.
ReplyDeleteThe background to the case was that the phrase "separate but equal" that had been a result of an earlier court case was not being upheld correctly, and African Amercians were just being treated unfairly. The court had chose the case most likely because it was such a big deal to most people and it was becoming such a popular topic that they couldn't avoid it anymore, and it had support from the NAACP, which was a very large and prominous group. The main arguments proposed by the side for desegregation was that separating children based on their race was unconstitutional even if it seems like you are giving each race the same benefits. The main argument for the side against desegregating the schools was that it isn't required to give each race what it wants, but what it needs, and the fact that black and white children both had equal educational facilities was enough. The court had an unanimous ruling that was (9-0). They came to their decision by the peoole who were for desegregation tryin to convince the people who were against it to join their side and by the fact that they thought it would be better to come to a mutual consensus rather than a majority vote.
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The court selected the case because segregation was a growing issue in American at that time and needed to be addressed. It was also organized by the NAACP by Thurgood Marshall. The ruling was that segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th Amendment and was unconstitutional. All voted for Majority. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1952/1952_1 http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=87
ReplyDeleteIn the Brown vs. Board of Education case, this case in particular ended the legal segregation in public schools in the United States. Whites and Black were now capable of coming together as one to be educated under one roof in the segregated United States. The reason why the supreme court chose the case was because it was one of the major disputes in the nation at the time. When the case was finally settled, the supreme court ruled that segregation within the public schools was completely unconstitutional. Since white children were getting a good qualified education at a public school, would it be bad for blacks or any other human race to get an education at a nice public school? http://www.nps.gov/brvb/historyculture/index.htm http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1952/1952_1 With the Roe v Wade Roe case, a single pregnant woman wanted to challenge the court to make abortion legal in the United States. The court selected the case in order to challenge the supreme court to see if abortion is/was the right thing for our counrty. The arguments was that woman should have complete control over their bodies and the other argument was that people absolutely deserve life. More people people were for abortion than against it with this case. http://www.lawnix.com/cases/roe-wade.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZS.html
ReplyDeleteThe background of brown vs the board of education is simple, blacks wanted equal education for their children while whites didn't want the black children around their children. The court selected this case because it was a very important topic at the time because other equal rights were just put in, and so it had a lot of attention from the media. Blacks wanted their children to have the same buildings the same type of teachers and the same education as the white children were getting, while the whites said that they wanted their children to have white spouses and have white babys. They came to their decision unanimously.
ReplyDeleteRoe. v Wade- A pregnant woman wanted to go against the law in Texas and have an abortion and decided to make a case that a woman should be allowed to have an abortion. The ruling was that it was approved that all women could have and abortion in the United States. The majority won was 7-2 during the case.http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2603.html http://www.lawnix.com/cases/roe-wade.html
ReplyDeleteIn the court case Roe v. Wade it was about abortion an if women should be aloud to get them, the court selected this case because of the change in culture at the time that women were moving from just being in the house and raising kids to actually being out in the work force. The main argument from the women was that they were working now and the culture had changed so much that they didn't feel they needed to be in the house having babies anymore, so if they get pregnant it should be their chose if they want to have this baby or not. While ( mostly religious ) people were saying that it was wrong and should only take place in the terms of if the mother would die giving birth to the baby, while some said it was wrong all together and wouldn't allow it anyway. The court ruled to let abortion be and let it happen because of the changing culture and that it should just be about the doctor and the women, the government should not be aloud to get in on that at all. They came to this decision because of the changing culture they figured it would be best.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing spectate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. This division overturned Plessy v Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state segregation. The Warren's court unanimous 9-0 vote stated that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. The case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education was actually the name given to five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools. These cases were Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Briggs v. Elliot, Davis v. Board of Education of Prince Edward County (VA.), Boiling v. Sharpe, and Gebhart v. Ethel. While the facts of each case are different, the main issue in each was the constitutionality of state-sponsored segregation in public schools. The main argument was that the African American race wasn't getting what they needed nor were they treated equally.
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DeleteRoe vs Wade was the case that legalized abortion. Once again I believe they chose this case belle cause it was a pressing case, that effected a lot of people. The women were saying that its their right to have this decision, and didn't want the stereotype of after they had a baby that they didn't work. The opposing side believed that it was murder of the baby, or that it wasn't the woman's choice at that point. The verdict was towards the women. Saying that the first 3 months of pregnancy belonged to the woman, and the doctor. Not the government. He ruled more towards the government not overriding the doctor instead of giving the women their right, but it ended up giving them that right. I also believe that the justice was influenced by his wife and daughters. Both of my comments on this case haven been influenced by PBS as my source via videos.
ReplyDeleteThe background to this case is that a Texas woman who was pregnant with her third child tried to claim it was rape so she could get a legal abortion, but when it didn't work, she tried obtaining an illegal abortion she couldn't. So she went under the alias Jane Roe to sue for a woman's right to have an abortion. I assume that the court chose this case because it was such an odd issue and had never been brought up as a woman wanting to have an abortion. Or, they chose it because it wasn't something that had been looked into thoroughly and people were deeply divided on the matter. The arguments for Roe's were that women had a right to do what they pleased with a pregnancy and it was their business. The argument for the opposing side was that the unborn had rights and it was the state's job to protect them. The court's ruling was (7-2). I believe they came to that decison because the majority opinion was that an individual had the right to choose to bear a child or whatever without government intrusion.
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In Roe v Wade Roe, there was a woman that was pregnant. She argued for abortion to be legal. This issue was heard because it was constitutional. However, the main argument for those who were against abortion was that it was murder. Those that were for it said, it was a woman's decision because it was her body. The vote for this case was 7-2. Site: www.lawnix.com/cases/roe-wade.html
ReplyDeleteThe Supreme Court took the case brown v. the board of education because it had to deal with the constitutional right of equal treatment. This whole case came about when a parent of one of the black children in Kansas made a complaint that the segregated schools weren’t equal and that this was infringing on the constitutional right of equality. The state court said that the schools were “Substantially” equal enough. This wasn’t true so brown appealed to the Supreme Court. While represented by a future justice Thurgood Marshal, Brown got the decision that segregation of kids in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The court ruled on this unanimously. (PBS)
ReplyDeleteIn the case of Brown vs Board of Education, the conflict was whether or not t let colored and non colored students to be in the same school and learn together in the same class rooms. The case was selected because it was such a controversial idea and every day life was a struggle for our African American folks out here in these streets of the United States of America. Basically parents of students wanted the rule for children of color to have to go to schools with less resources and bad learning conditions to be reversed so that the children could go to school with with white children and they could meet new people and get an education they deserve. The government rued that black students deserved a good education and they would be able to go to school with the other kids. They decided that it would be best for the students to get their equality that that is the right thing to do. It was detrimental to black kids self esteem. Everyone voted towards it and it was unanimous.
ReplyDeleteIn the case of Roe vs Wade there was a conflict of a mother who had a baby but she had wanted to abort it but the law of the land wouldn’t let her. The law stated that a baby couldn’t be aborted in the case of insect or rape, the baby could only be aborted if it was to save the mother. Roe got 7 votes, Wade got 2. Since Roe received more votes, the law was changed so that abortion is now legal. People thought that the decision should be between a mother and their doctor.
Brown Vs Board Of Education
ReplyDeleteIn this case the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
Background Info :
In 1896 the case of Plessy v. Ferguson held that "as long as the separate facilities for the separate races were equal, segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment ("no State shall... deny to any person... the equal protection of the laws."
In 1951, a class action suit (a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued) was filed against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
An African American man Oliver L. Brown, was a parent, a welder in the shops of the Santa Fe Railroad, an assistant pastor at his local church his daughter Linda, a third grader, had to walk six blocks to her school bus stop to ride to Monroe Elementary, her segregated black school one mile away, while Sumner Elementary, a white school, was seven blocks from her house.
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