Government- Unit 8 Civil Rights cases

Miranda v. Arizona Holding

The government has to tell you your constitutional rights on arrest

Miranda v. Arizona Const. Clauses

5th amendment due process and 6th amendment

Kelo v. City of New London Holding

Government can take your land “for the greater good” including making jobs.

Kelo v. City of New London Const. Clauses

Eminent domain 5th amendment

Gideon v. Wainwright Holding

Government has to give you an attorney if you can not afford one

Gideon v. Wainwright Const. Clauses

6th amendment lawyer

Griswold v. Connecticut Holding

Established the right to privacy

Griswold v. Connecticut Const. Clauses

9th amendment

Plessy v. Ferguson Holding

Separate but equal is allowed if the facilities are the same

Plessy v. Ferguson Const. Clauses

14th equal protection

Brown v. Board of Education Holding

Overturned plessy v. Fergison, education facilities are inherently unequal

Brown v. Board of Education Const. Clauses

reverses what equal protection was defined as

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US Holding

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US Const. Clauses

Civil Rights Act <

Shaw v. Reno Holding

No racial gerrymandering

Shaw v. Reno Const. Clauses

14th equal protection

Obergefell v. Hodges Holding

legalized same sex marriages nationally

Obergefell v. Hodges Const. Clauses

14th equal protection

California Board of Regents v. Bakke Holding

Reverse discrimination, no use of quotas

California Board of Regents v. Bakke Const. Clauses

14th equal protection

Grutter v. Bollinger & Gratz v. Bollinger Holding

No automatic points, whole person review, diversity is a “compelling state interest”

Grutter v. Bollinger & Gratz v. Bollinger Const. Clauses

14th equal protection