The Warren CourtJill St. Laurent Carley Denis

Earl Warren

• 14th Chief Justice•Very Liberal vs Conservative•Appointed by Eisenhower•Racial Equality

Brown vs Board of Education• Linda Brown

▫Student in a segregated school▫Walked five miles each day▫Oliver Brown, her father, had NAACP help

• Thurgood Marshal was the head of NAACP• He challenged the segregation

▫It went against the 14th amendment• Justice Earl Warren said, “In the eyes of the

law, justice was colorblind.”• This meant integration for America• Huge event in the civil rights movement

Mapp vs Ohio

•Dolree Mapp•Suspected of hiding a fugitive•Police

▫No warrant▫Fake warrant

She grabbed it and they fought her to get it back

Attroney wasn’t allowed to enter her house•Arrested for having pornographic material•“Exclusionary Rule”

Gideon vs Wainwright•Gideon was convicted for breaking and

entering•Not granted a lawyer

▫Said only for people in capital cases who can no afford and lawyer

•Forced to defend himself▫Five years in jail

•Hand wrote a note to Supreme Court▫The supreme court unanimously decided “All

citizens must be provided a lawyer if they can not afford one. This is regardless of crime type.”

Escobedo vs Illinois•Danny Escobedo arrested in connection with

a murder •Repeatedly requested for his lawyer but was

denied to even leave the interrogation room▫His lawyer even went down there and was

denied•“Escobedo Rule”

▫“Holds that individuals have the right to an attorney when an investigation is no long a general inquiry…but has begun to focus on a particular suspect…”

Miranda vs Arizona

•Ernest Miranda arrested for kidnapping and rape of four young girls

•Interrogated for two hours and confessed•Acquitted •Led to “Miranda Rights”

▫“Your have the right to remain silent, anything you say can, and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed for you.”

Engle vs Vitale

•Prayer be said in public schools voluntarily

•New Hyde Park Long Island parent sued school

•Court ruled against the school district•Led to “Separation of church and state”•Prayer in schools was to be considered

unconstitutional

Abbington vs Schempp

•Pennsylvania law required that at least ten Bible verses be read each morning in public schools.

•The Schempps, a family from Abington, sued

•The court found the school district wrong again▫Just like Engle vs Vitale▫Prayer in schools was to be considered

unconstitutional

Tinker vs Des Moines

•Students and parents protesting Vietnam War

•Wore black arm bands•Tinker children got suspended when they

wore the bands to school•Mr. and Mrs. Tinker sued•Led to freedom of “Symbolic speech”

▫Rights to freedom of speech and expression

Katz vs United States•Katz arrested for illegal gambling•FBI had recording device on Phone booth

Katz habitually used.•Court ruled in favor of Katz•Search and Seizure (wiretaps)

▫4th amendment allowed for the protection of a person and not just a person’s property against illegal searches whatever a citizen “seeks to preserve as private”, even in an area accessible to the public

BibliographyAmerican Heritage. 2nd ed. Vol. 24. American Heritage Company,

1973.

Christine Composition. Earl Warren Justice For All. New York: Oxford Unity P, 2001.

Discover Enterprise. Civil Rights Movement. Carlisle: Discover Enterprise, 1998.

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