The case of Mapp vs. Ohio is a case of illegal search and seizure. It went to the Supreme Court in 1961. It is important to today’s society because it might mean the difference between guilty and innocent. I agree with the Supreme Court because it is illegal to access private property without a warrant or consent. The case lasted until June 19, 1961.
Worcester v. Georgia By Sydney Stephenson Worcester v. Georgia is a case that impacted tribal sovereignty in the United States and the amount of power the state had over native American territories. Samuel Worcester was a minister affiliated with the ABCFM (American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions). In 1827 the board sent Worcester to join its Cherokee mission in Georgia. Upon his arrival, Worcester began working with Elias Boudinot, the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix (the first Native American newspaper in the United States) to translate religious text into the Cherokee language. Over time Worcester became a close friend of the Cherokee leaders and advised them about their political and legal rights under the Constitution and federal-Cherokee treaties.
Ronald Watts, 48 years old, a District tactical sergeant, and a patrol officer named Kallatt Mohammed, 47 years old, were both parts of the 2nd District tactical team in the Chicago Police Department. On the eve of February 13, 2012, both officers were formally charged in the U.S. District Court of Chicago by the Northern District of Illinois United State Attorney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, with government funds theft. Mr. Watts was an 18-year police veteran and Mr. Mohammed was with the Chicago PD for 14 years. Their arrest was due to unseal complaints of police criminal misconduct by two whistleblower officers, Shannon Spalding and Daniel Echeverria , followed by a thorough investigation of, special of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert D. Grant and the police department’s Internal Affairs Division.
In Brandenburg v. Ohio, in 1969, problems arose when Brandenburg, a leader of a Klu Klux Klan, held a KKK meeting in an Ohio farm. In the convention Brandenburg was filmed as he complained about the United States suppressing the white race. For the most part the film was inaudible but it was certain that Brandenburg had stated some demeaning opinions on African Americans and Jews. In the assembly some Klu Klux Klan members were holding weapons. Though Brandenburg was not, he made it clear that violence would not take place unless it was necessary.
Michigan vs. Bay Mills is a recent case that was decided by the Supreme Court in 2013. I chose to research this case for my judicial process class because I found it interesting. It is interesting because I do not know much about the United States federal government, states and Native American tribe’s current relationship. I have always thought that Native Americans act on their own government system with no interference from the United States almost like they are a separate country/ nation just residing within the United States. However, after researching the Michigan vs. Bay Mills court case I now understand that its relationship is more complex.
The case Furman v Georgia made it all the to the supreme court because it would affect the way the whole country delivered punishment. Although it surprised many people that it made it that far because most people were for capital punishment. Michael Meltsner said,”Georgia was a shock. Before LDF's anti-capital punishment campaign, there had been no successful court challenge of the death penalty — even when it had been handed down in a blatantly racist or totally arbitrary manner” (www.michealmeltsner.com/interview.html). .
The judicial review process is an important aspect of the US Court system. The process involves the use of powers by the Federal Courts to void the congress' acts that direct conflict with the Constitution. The Marbury v. Madison is arguably the landmark case that relates to Judicial Review. The Marbury v. Madison case was written in the year 1803 by the Chief Justice at that time named John Marshall. Thomas Jefferson won an election on the Democratic - Republican Party that had just been formed creating a panicky political atmosphere having defeated John Adams of the previous ruling party.
The issue in this case was whether school-sponsored nondenominational prayer in public schools violates the Establishment clause of the first amendment (Facts and Case Summary - Engel v. Vitale, n.d.). This case dealt with a New York state law that had required public schools to open each day with the Pledge of Allegiance and a nondenominational prayer in which the students recognized their dependence upon God (Facts and Case Summary - Engel v. Vitale, n.d.). This law had also allowed students to absent themselves from this activity if they found that it was objectionable. There was a parent that sued the school on behalf of their child. Their argument was that the law violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, as made applicable
Before 1948 Julius A. Wolf had been arrested and tried for reasons not stated in the Supreme Court case, but the evidence that was used against Wolf was taken unlawfully, the police had no warrant for his arrest as well as no warrant to search his office. Wolf was able to get an appeal to be tried one more time. In 1948 the trial Wolf v Colorado Supreme Court had begun. It was a very controversial topic because the case was based on the violation of the Fourth Amendment right of protection from search and seizures.
America’s founders created the constitution in order to create unification and order in the United States. However, there have been controversy surrounding the interpretation of the constitution, this has caused debate over many issues within the country. These issues and the lack of wartime policy within the constitution directly lead to the Civil War, which was one of the worst alterations this nation has faced. The Missouri compromise, the Dred Scott decision, and Bleeding Kansas were controversial issues surrounding the constitution that directly lead to the Civil War.
Milwaukee County The word "Milwaukee" may come from the Potawatomi language or Ojibwe language meaning, "Gathering place [by the water]". Europeans had arrived in what is known as the Milwaukee area prior to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. The Treaty of Chicago was put in place for the inhabiting ‘Indians’ to cede their land to the French. The Native Americans were promised various cash payouts and land west of the Mississippi.
No one would argue the ethics of parents teaching their children about their religion or political or moral values. The passing down of moral and religious convictions is universal regardless of race, religion (or lack thereof), nationality or creed. One might argue that it is a parent’s moral obligation to teach their children about religion, ethics and political values. Religiously fanatical parents believe they are ‘saving’ their children, but they are actually ‘ethically abusing’ them.
Traditionally, morality and values in schools have been taught using Christian guidelines, such as the King James Bible for Horace Mann’s common school and the early colonial schools who relied heavily on religious doctrine in their teaching. In 1962, the supreme court cases Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. Schempp banned school sponsored prayers and Bible reading. These rulings affirm Jefferson’s philosophy of separation of church and state and a secular public school system, they also challenge traditional aspects of American education. The debate surrounding values education warrants an acknowledgement of religion’s role in public
It wasn’t until the 1800’s that people were able to speak their minds and defend each other’s religions. Having designed to promote protestants ways of thinking made the supreme court feel obligated to apply an establishment prohibiting schools from celebrating particular religions, or promoting religion over different systematic believes. This is when schools stopped praying, stopped holidays celebrations and overtime religion over all was taken to the extreme and religion in school was completely discontinued (Marty, 2000). Even though school religion was discontinued, churches continued to offer religious education. Many parents send their children to church schools to learn about their own religions.
According to An Outline History of Religion in American Schools, schools were first created in order for children to learn about religion and the word of God. The very first people that came to the United States were Pilgrims, who made it a priority to teach their children the Bible and Christian faith. Schools used to be required to have Bible readings and there used to be Bible based textbooks in schools (Steele, 2012). Mary Wisniewski noted in her 2011 article, “Even early state-funded public schools in Massachusetts had devotional Bible readings and prayers....” After the Civil War, Blaine Amendments were passed in many states to ban religious schools from receiving public funding (Wisniewski, 2011).
