3.11 Intervention

Following the 1966 Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona, police began informing people placed under arrest that they "have the right to remain silent." What basic freedom is this meant to protect, and how does it affect arrested individuals?

• A. The right to freedom of speech; it provides them with the ability to speak to their attorneys without fear of incrimination.

• B. The protection against self-incrimination; it informs them that speaking to law enforcement could incriminate them.

• C. The protection of due process; it prevents convicted offenders from receiving cruel and unusual punishments.

• D. The right to freedom of assembly; it prevents law enforcement from asking them questions without the presence of an attorney.

What happened in American schools after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• A. States could continue segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal.

• B. Individuals of different races voluntarily stopped all forms of school segregation.

• C. The federal government ordered that states desegregate classes.

• D. Desegregation was ordered for only high schools.

Supreme Court cases that established that separate is equal, therefore making segregation legal.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
• Washington D.C. v. Heller
• United States v Nixon

This Supreme Court case established that all citizens have a right to an attorney (legal counsel) even if they can not afford one.

• District of Columbia v. Heller
• Tinker v. DesMoines
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
• Gideon v Wainwright

Judicial Review allows the Supreme Court to do what?

• Find persons innocent until proven guilty

• Determine if a law is unconstitutional

• Limit the number of cases they hear

• Determine who will be the next Chief Justice