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Monthly Archives: March 2017
On This Date in Legal History
On March 31, 1976, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Gregg v. Georgia on whether the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. You can listen to the Court proceedings … Continue reading
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Tagged 8th Amendment, capital punishment, civics, cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty, Eighth Amendment, Gregg v. Georgia, On This Date, On This Day, OTD, Social Studies, Troy Gregg
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The 15th Amendment
On March 30, 1870, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish certified that the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified by the states. The Amendment granted African-American men the right to vote. Learn more at https://goo.gl/GH4Ywy and https://goo.gl/sNepQt.
On This Date in Legal History
On March 29, 1875, the United States Supreme Court decided Minor v. Happersett. Virginia Minor sued after she was prevented from registering to vote because she was a woman. She alleged that her Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated. A lower court … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th, 14th Amendment, 19th Amendment, amendment, Chief Justice Waite, constitutional, Fourteenth Amendment, jail door pin, Minor v. Happersett, Nineteenth Amendment, One Vote, One Woman, picketing, right to vote, Suffrage, suffragists, Susan B. Anthony, Susan Sarandon, unconstitutional, Virginia Minor, vote, White House
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On This Date in Legal History
In March 1897 the case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark was argued before the United States Supreme Court. The following facts were presented– Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco in 1873, and he continuously maintained a residence there. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese descent, Chinese Exclusion Act, citizenship, civics, Justice Gray, SCOTUS, Social Studies, United States Supreme Court, UNited States v. Wong Kim Ark, Wong Kim Ark
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On This Date in Legal History
In 1944 Irene Amos Morgan, an African American woman, was traveling on a bus in Virginia (on her way to Maryland) when she was asked by the driver to give up her seat for a white passenger. She was told … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Constitutional Law, History/Social Studies Common Core Curriculum, On This Date, United States Supreme Court
Tagged African American, Black, equal protection, interstate travel, Irene Amos Morgan, SCOTUS, segregation, separation of the races, Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court
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On This Date in Legal History
On March 26, 1930, Sandra Day O’Connor was born in El Paso, Texas. Happy birthday, Justice O’Connor. President Reagan sent a letter to the U.S. Senate confirming his nomination of Justice O’Connor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st female Supreme Court Justice, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice, Arizona Court of Appeals, Justice O'Connor, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, nomination, On This Date, On This Day, President Reagan, SCOTUS, United States Supreme Court
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On This Date in Legal History
On January 30, 1970, two police officers saw a teenager ( the “Appellee” in the case of Smith v. Goguen) on a street in Leominster, Massachusetts, with an American flag sewn to the seat of his pants. The teen was … Continue reading
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Tagged #law, America flag, civics, flag, flag desecration, On This Date, On This Day, SCOTUS, Smith v. Goguen, Social Studies, statute, unconstitutional, vague
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On This Date in Legal History
On March 24, 2009, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments, for the first time, in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Justice Kagan, who was Solicitor General at the time, argued the Government’s position during reargument on … Continue reading
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Tagged #apgov, 45th Solicitor General, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, civics, corporate spending, corporations, Elena Kagan, Hillary movie, Justice Antonin Scalia, On This Date, On This Day, OTD, persons, SCOTUS, Social Studies, The Story of Stuff
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In The News This Week
President Trump nominated Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the United States Supreme Court. This past week Judge Gorsuch testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators questioned him about his qualifications, his views on Supreme … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Constitutional Law, History/Social Studies Common Core Curriculum, In The News This Week, Social Studies, United States Supreme Court
Tagged #apgov, civics, Judge Neil Gorsuc, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court
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Remembering Felix Frankfurter
On November 15, 1882, former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was born in Austria. In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt nominated him to the United States Supreme Court. Unlike nowadays, it wasn’t customary for nominees to appear before the Senate … Continue reading
On This Date in Legal History
Gregory Lee Johnson was arrested for burning an American flag as a means of protesting President Reagan’s policies. He timed his demonstration to coincide with the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas. The delegates were meeting to renominate Reagan for … Continue reading
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Tagged #sschat, 1st Amendment, burning, civics, first amendment, flag, flag desecration, Gregory Lee Johnson, On This Date, On This Day, Social Studies, statute, Texas law, Texas v. Johnson
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On This Date in Legal History
A West Virginia newspaper, the Charleston Daily Mail, published the name of a 14-year-old who was apprehended and taken into custody for allegedly shooting a classmate at school. Reporters were able to determine the name of the student shooter simply by … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Constitutional Law, History/Social Studies Common Core Curriculum, On This Date, Social Studies, United States Supreme Court
Tagged 1st Amendment, Charleston Daily Mail, Chief Justice Burger, first amendment, newspaper, publication, school shooting, Warren E. Burger
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On This Date in Legal History
The case Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld arose after a widower, Steven C. Wiesenfeld (“Wiesenfeld”) was denied his Social Security survivor benefits upon his wife’s death during childbirth. Wiesenfeld opted not to work (outside the home) in order to raise their child. His wife, … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Constitutional Law, History/Social Studies Common Core Curriculum, On This Date, Social Studies, United States Supreme Court
Tagged and Welfare, Caspar Weinberger, discrimination, education, gender-based discrimination, Justice Brennan, lawsuit, On This Date, On This Day, Paula Polatschek, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Secretary of Health, Social Security Act, Social Security survivor benefits, Steven C. Wiesenfeld, Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld
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On This Date in Legal History
When a special police officer, Dick Heller, tried to register a handgun in Washington, D.C., his application was denied. A law banned handguns in the home. (A lawful gun in a home had to be disassembled or locked.) Heller sued … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Constitutional Law, History/Social Studies Common Core Curriculum, On This Date, Social Studies, United States Supreme Court
Tagged 2nd Amendment, Antonin Scalia, ban, firearm, handgun possession, handguns, Justice Scalia, license to carry, On This Date, On This Day, OTD, possession, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, self-defense, statute, Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court
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On This Date in Legal History
On March 17, 1777, Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney was born. He was the 11th United States Attorney General and the 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He served on the Court for 28 years. He’s probably best remembered for … Continue reading
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Tagged #apgov, #OnThisDate, #OnThisDay, Chief Justice Taney, civics, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Justice Taney, OTD, Roger B. Taney, SCOTUS, Social Studies, Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court
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On This Date in Legal History
On March 16, 1931, Aldridge v. United States was argued before the United States Supreme Court. The case involved a black criminal defendant, Alfred Scott Aldridge, who was charged with murdering a white police officer. At Aldridge’s trial, his attorney asked the … Continue reading
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Tagged #OnThisDate, #OnThisDay, Aldridge v. United States, Alfred Scott Aldridge, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, civics, disqualification, James Clark McReynolds, jurors, jury, Justice, Justice McReynolds, OTD, prejudices, racial prejudice, Social Studies, Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, void dire
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Happy Birthday Justice Ginsburg!
On March 15, 1933, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (aka “The Notorious R.B.G.) was born in Brooklyn, New York. Read more about the Justice at http://www.lawsuitgame.com/blog/?p=3182.
Posted in Civics, History/Social Studies Common Core Curriculum, On This Date, Social Studies, United States Supreme Court
Tagged #OnThisDate, #OnThisDay, #socialstudies, #SupremeCourt, civics, Justice Ginsburg, OTD, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, The Notorious R.B.G., United States Supreme Court
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On This Date in Legal History
Clarence Darrow was a prominent, brilliant, criminal lawyer. On March 13, 1938, he passed away. Watch the entertaining movie, Darrow, about this celebrated attorney.
March is Women’s History Month
Celebrating women’s achievements in the United States dates back to the early 1900s. “National Woman’s Day” was first celebrated on February 28, 1909. In August 1981, Congress passed a joint resolution designating the week of March 7 as “Women’s History … Continue reading
On This Date in Legal History
On March 11, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was argued before the United States Supreme Court. The case arose after the Board of Education required all public school students to use a “stiff-arm” salute while reciting the Pledge … Continue reading
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Tagged #OnThisDate, #OnThisDay, #SupremeCourt, 1st Amendment, Board of Education, constitutional, first amendment, flag salute, Jehovah's Witnesses, Justice Jackson, OTD, pledge, pledge of allegiance, SCOTUS, United States Supreme Court, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
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