Thursday, November 27, 2014

What famous case was decided by the Warren Supreme Court?

It would be very hard to decide which of the Warren
Court's cases was the most famous.  The Supreme Court, under Earl Warren, handed down
many decisions that had a huge impact on the US.  Here are a few of these
cases:


  • Miranda v. Arizona.  This one said that
    police had to read suspects their rights before questioning
    them.

  • Gideon v. Wainwright.  This one said that poor
    defendants had to have a lawyer appointed for them if they could not afford to pay for
    one themselves.

  • Griswold v. Connecticut.  This one said
    that people have a right to privacy and that, because of this, states could not ban the
    use of contraceptives.

However, if you have to
pick one case that is the most famous, I would say that it was the Brown v. Board of
Education case from 1954.  This case made racial segregation in schools illegal and
helped the Civil Rights Movement get started.

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