Social Studies- Amendments and Supreme Court cases

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Amendment 4 (rights of the accused

Officers need a probable cause of a search warrant to search your home

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Amendment 5 (rights of the accused)

(Miranda rights) you have the right to remain silent; no double jeopardy and have to follow due process

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Amendment 6 (rights of the accused)

Right to a fair trial by jury, unless you say otherwise

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Amendment 8 (rights of the accused)

No excessive bail and not punishment too harsh; right to pay bail

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Amendment 13 (civil war amendments)

Outlawed slavery and banned forced labor, first civil war amendment

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Amendment 14 (civil war amendments)

Changed the definition of an American citizen and made states give all citizens “equal protection of the law”

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Amendment 15 (civil war amendments)

No state can deny a person the right to vote based on race

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Amendment 17 (voting right amendments)

People can vote for their representatives directly and senate members will be chosen by state legislatures

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Amendment 19 (voting right amendments)

Woman are allowed to vote

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Amendment 23 (voting right amendments)

District of Columbia (D.C.) got the right to vote

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Amendment 24 (voting right amendments)

Made poll tax illegal

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Amendment 26 (voting right amendments)

People who are 18 and older can vote

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal

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Miranda v. Arizona

the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination

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District of Columbia v. Heller

The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia

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Marbury v. Madison

This Supreme Court Case Brought about the first Judicial Review

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Gideon v. Wainwright

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Segregation was not legal (separation is not equal)

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Tinker v. Does Moines

Supreme Court ruling- giving students’ rights of free speech in public schools

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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

The Supreme Court clarified some of the limits on First Amendment rights for public school students.

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