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    false confessions where the suspect only confessed in order to get out of the situation and did not truly commit the crime. The decision made in the Miranda v. Arizona case resulted in the Miranda Rights ("Miranda V. Arizona, 1966." 9). Chief Justice Earl Warren’s opinion stated that before any interrogation or questioning can begin, the accused person “must be warned that a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him, and that he has a right to the presence

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    It all started with a man named Earl Bakken who loved electronics. As a self-confessed "nerd", Bakken designed an electroshock weapon; similar to the taser’s of today, and used it to protect himself from bullies. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1948, and a Master’s in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota Graduate School. The use of electronic equipment in hospitals started to become popular after World War II, but the hospitals

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    Earl Warren 's Supreme Court rulings helped various rights for many Americans, most of which are still used and enforced today. The Warren 's Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregation in public schools as unconstitutional. It 's rulings on Mapp v. Ohio ended up resulting in the exclusionary rule. The rule made any evidence obtained illegally as inadmissible in court. In Reynold 's v. Sims required that legislative districts across states be made as equal as possible in population

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    Earl Warren was a politician and eventually a renown jurist. He served as the 30th Governor of California and the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. As the 14th Chief Justice, he was in charge of the Warren Court, now known as one of the most liberal courts in the history of the U.S. Warren led landmark decisions like Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Reynolds v. Sims, and Miranda v. Arizona that strengthened the power of the judicial branch to be in par with the other two branches.

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    When we protect hate speech and give white nationalists an equal space at the table to share their intrinsically violent beliefs instead of protecting the people who those words and symbols are meant to damage we are implicitly saying that their lives matter less than these words. We should be focused on enforcing laws that protect human life and the promise of equality, and create a space where people feel free and safe to pursue their goals without risk of injury. This is far more important than

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    Brown v Board of Education (Brown) (1954) marked a historic victory for civil rights in the United States. Chief Justice Warren declared the “Separate but Equal” doctrine unconstitutional, thereby moving the nation one step closer to a more integrated society. However, despite Brown’s monumental win for racial equality, it is undoubtedly obvious that the Court overstepped its boundaries in trying to push for progress. In Brown, the Court was unjustified in its actions to overrule Plessy v Ferguson

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    The topic I’ll be discussing will be the biasedness in media about a particular topic, the US Supreme Court’s decision on the case of Alexander vs. Holmes County Board of Education. The case involved a previous Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education, where they gave schools to desegregate public schools “with all deliberate speed.” 15 years passed and school districts were still segregated, so the courts gave them till the beginning of the next year, 1970. This gave some schools a very

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    DBQ 15: The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1964-2005 Liberals had dominated American society for most of the 1900s. The 1960s was widely known for being the age of counterculture, social reforms, and liberals. The era witnessed many advancements like racial equality such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a strong advancement in political liberalism, and a significant increase in the power and influence of government-funded social programs as a result of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society reforms. Beginning

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    Warren Court Education

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    The Warren Court described the practice of having separate schools for black and white children as inherently unequal in the revolutionary court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954) in the following ways. It allows for a significant difference to occur in educational and professional opportunities for black and white students, it leads minority children and teenagers to internalize the perception that they are inherently lesser than their Caucasian counterparts based on their race. Consequently

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    What 's A Name?

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    stroll around the streets of Nelson, do we ever look up at the blue signs, wondering the stories behind these names that roll off your tongue so everyday? Do you stop to picture Nelson, 170 years ago, imagining the people that walk the same path to work as you everyday, down Trafalgar Street? These steps that the first settlers of Nelson made, have shaped our city, creating the perfect base for following generations to make change upon. As generations have occupied Nelson, the names of these streets

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