Social Studies- Amendments and Supreme Court cases

This is for the test on friday

Amendment 4 (rights of the accused

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

Amendment 5 (rights of the accused)

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

Amendment 6 (rights of the accused)

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

Amendment 8 (rights of the accused)

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

Amendment 13 (civil war amendments)

Outlawed slavery and banned forced labor, first civil war amendment

Amendment 14 (civil war amendments)

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

Amendment 15 (civil war amendments)

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

Amendment 17 (voting right amendments)

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

Amendment 19 (voting right amendments)

Woman are allowed to vote

Amendment 23 (voting right amendments)

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

Amendment 24 (voting right amendments)

Made poll tax illegal

Amendment 26 (voting right amendments)

People who are 18 and older can vote

Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal

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

District of Columbia v. Heller

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

Marbury v. Madison

This Supreme Court Case Brought about the first Judicial Review

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.

Brown v. Board of Education

Segregation was not legal (separation is not equal)

Tinker v. Does Moines

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

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

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