1. Influential Supreme Court Cases
Civics

2. Miranda V. Arizona
Ernesto Miranda was arrested after identified by his 18yr old rape victim
Confessed during questioning but was not made aware of his 5th Amendment right
Miranda’s lawyer argued that his confession was inadmissible.
Miranda is convicted and sent to prison
Miranda’s lawyer takes case to the Supreme Court

4. Supreme Court Ruling
Miranda is given a new trial and his confession is inadmissible.
Miranda Warning cards are given to police to be read upon arrest

5. The Four Miranda Warnings
You have the right to remain silent
Anything you say can be used against you in the court of law
You have a right to the presence of an attorney
If you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you prior to questioning if you so desire.

6. “Whether or not you tell you mother what happened or not is none of my business.  But pray for me.” - Ernesto Miranda

7. Texas v. Johnson 1989 Flag burning freedom of speech?
Gregory Lee Johnson Burns an American Flag in protest in Dallas Texas
Illegal according to Texas law (desecration of a venerated object)
Supremacy Clause invoked
Johnson’s lawyer argues that this is protected speech
Court Agrees that Flag burning is protected speech

10. Roe v Wade 1973 Jane Roe – unmarried pregnant mother from Texas
Texas law: felony to abort a fetus unless “on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother.”
Roe sues Wade (district attorney of Dallas) on basis that constitutional guarantee of personal liberty and the right to privacy implicitly guaranteed in the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments

11. The Courts Ruling 7 – 2 in favor of Roe
Abortion is a fundamental right under the Constitution
Right to Privacy is key in the decision

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15. Respecting Women’s Choices: Why I Am Pro-Choice & Proud!
I call them anti-choice advocates because that is what they are. Some people claim this is the same as them calling me anti-life, but its not. Its not because I am pro-life, who isn’t? I think senseless killing is wrong; which is why I am a pacifist, I care about animal rights, about anti-violence initiatives,  and about gun-control. You know what I’m not about, though? Controlling other women’s bodies and lives.
If faced with a pregnancy I’m honestly not sure if I would adopt or carry to term, my own feelings about conception, life, and adoption are far too complex for me to ever know how I would react to this situation (only being in the situation, honestly, would let me know.) However, regardless of the choices I would make, I respect other women far too much to try and force my own choices, my own views, onto them.
That’s why I’m pro-choice. I don’t like the idea of abortion but, even more than that, I don’t like the idea of a world where a pregnant woman is not in control of her own body and not allowed to make decisions about what’s forming inside of her body.

16. Why I am pro-life
One of the greatest reasons why I am against abortion is that it takes the life of a precious child. The other main reason I am against it is that it very often takes the soul from a woman. I am not talking spiritually here but I am referring to the inner core of a woman. Time and time again I have encountered women that have never been the same again. The truth is that an unspoken number of women that have had an abortion have suffered from severe depression (often leading to suicide or suicide attempts), anxiety and other serious emotional baggage
I think it is essential for a society to value its unborn citizens. The importance we give our offspring prebirth affects the importance we place on them post-birth.
Abortion takes the life of your own flesh and blood. It goes against every morsel of our own built in morality. Whether you have religious beliefs or not, the truth is that inside their soul a woman knows that a child is not a choice but a blessing. Even if the times are uncertain and downright scary, in the end it will work out and you will ALWAYS be glad that you kept your baby.

17. Korematsu V United States 1944
World War II United States is at war with Japan and Germany.
Pearl Harbor attack, espionage plays a large role.
Internment camps are built to detain Japanese American’s
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt issues an executive order to internment camps are Citizens.

24. Fred Korematsu Sues Pretends to be Mexican-American
Caught and Arrested.
Sues the U.S. claiming that Interment violates his 14th Amendment
Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the Camps
“Need to protect the country is greater than individual rights”