Warren Court Video

What is the purpose of the Supreme Court?

• Celebrate the law

• Make the law

• Execute the law

• Interpret the law

Categorize the details of Brown v. Board of Education by placing phrases in either true or not true

Groups:

(a) True about BROWN

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(b) NOT True about Brown

• Segration was okay if it was equal

• Segregation was unconstitutional

• Plessy went to school with whites

• Integration became law

• About a train car

• Overturned separate but equal

Why was the Brown v. Board ruling important in terms of the Cold War?

• Americans were able to support the Supreme Court by voting for judges.

• It helped everyone throughout the world sway toward the use of the court system.

• It helped the US in the ideological battle vs the Soviets

• The US lost credibility to the Soviets because of Plessy v. Ferguson.

One is based solely off what is written in the law, the other is up for how a person might view the situation and the law. Which does the Warren Court do?

• Strict

• Loose

Which of the following justices are identified as being important figures on the Warren Court? Choose all that apply.

• Earl Warren

• Sandra Day O'Conner

• Thurgood Marshall

• William Brennan

• Hugo Black

Why was the Warren Court considered an "agent of change"?

• Through rulings of fairness, providing more civil rights and breaking from the historical pattern of justice.

• By single handedly ending segregation throughout the nation.

• Because they listened to all parties involved before making a ruling.

• By igniting fierce opposition from Democrats and Republicans.

What did Miranda v. Arizona do?

• Required police officers to make criminals aware they were going to jail.

• Required police officers to make criminals aware of their rights; attorney, evidence, etc.

• Police officers could not obtain evidence without a search warrant.

• Required a lawyer be provided if the accused could not afford one.

Which supreme court case was seen as an "attack on the moral fabric of the nation"?

• Starr v. D.C.

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Engle v. Vitale

What did Gideon v. Wainwright establish?

• If you couldn't afford an attorney, one had to be provided for you

• Regardless of race, a lawyer was required at sentencing

• Segregation was not going to be lawful in California.

• School prayer was unconstitutional.

What argument do critics of judicial activism make?

• Judges are not elected, they are appointed, therefore they have no right to rule for the American people

• The court is not supposed to be expanding rights or creating new rights

• SCOTUS should be writing laws before ruling on them

• Attorneys arguing in favor of activism are not representative of the American people.