John Marshall Harlan

case came from Louisiana, which in 1890 adopted a law providing for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” on its railroads. In 1892, passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car. He was brought before Judge John H. Ferguson of the Criminal Court for New Orleans, who upheld the state law. The law was challenged in the Supreme Court on grounds that it conflicted with the 13th and 14th

American History 1865-1900 Introduction Two major historical turning points during the post-Civil War period (1865-1900) were the dramatic rise of industrial America (industrialization) and the development of the American West. This paper reviews and critiques those developments Two major turning points: the rapid growth of American industry & settlement of the West. The Library of Congress (LOC) reports that the U.S. emerged after the Civil War as an "industrial giant"; the industries that

From the Ground Up Today we learn about black history in America, not about Negro History. Who tells he story is what makes the difference; the people who lived it VS the people who watched it. Primary source documents tell the stories about what was happening on the ground. These are the best way to teach ourselves about how education was for Negros, the way lawsuits played a role in the civil rights movements, how a “Battle in Cuba” shaped new men, and how the community came together to get this

The Fourteenth Amendment declared citizenship for, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” and “forbids states from denying any person life, liberty or property, without due process of law” (“Primary Documents in American History” 1). Due process of law means individuals have to be given a fair trial before the government takes away their rights as a citizen. The reason Congress wanted to pass this bill was because they wanted to ensure fair civil and legal rights to African Americans

The definition of freedom of speech is the right, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to express beliefs and ideas without unwarranted government restriction. (Morse & Mish, 2012) However, one cannot go about just saying whatever they please. There are in fact limitations to what one can say. Some might say that that is unconstitutional, but is it unconstitutional to prevent people from threatening others or preventing others from incriminating another person’s rights

Equality is a concept of life that has pinched the nerves of America for hundreds of years, due to the fact that our society is built upon the idea of fairness, equality, and creating opportunities for ourselves. Subsequently, everything previously listed goes against exactly what the belief of “separate but equal” stands for. In fact, Supreme Court case Plessy v Ferguson and Federal District Court case Brown v Board of education both are prime examples of how the ideal of “separate but equal” is

Mapp v. Ohio (1961), was a milestone case in criminal procedure, in which the United States Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures,” which cannot be used in the law on the state level or in criminal prosecutions in state courts, and in addition, federal criminal law prosecutions in federal courts (MAPP v. OHIO. They Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.) The Supreme Court successfully

There is a huge difference between the way in which the two groups are labeled. A group of white young men may have been called “rebellious” but young black men being called “thugs” presents a more serious threat to society. Due to these stereotypes “thugs” often get the reputations of being dangerous, yet a “rebellious teen” might get sympathy due to the fact that he or she is young. When in reality everyone should be held equally accountable for their actions and no particular race or group of

Privacy Under the Fourth Amendment Katz V. The United States The petitioner Mr. Katz was arrested for illegal gambling, he had been gambling over a public phone. The FBI attached an electronic recorder onto the outside of the public phone booth. The state courts claimed this to be legal because the recording device was on the outside of the phone and the FBI never entered the booth. The Supreme Court Ruled in the favor of Katz. They stated that the Fourth Amendment allowed for the

more moral or immoral than the chocolate or distilling industries”. In the argument of Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan, in the Supreme court case of USA vs. Bitty, said that “the lives and example of such persons are in hostility to 'the idea of the family as consisting in and springing from the union for life of one man and one woman in the holy estate of matrimony”. That argument that Harlan made is based on his religious beliefs, not on evidence. Prostitution is famously known as the oldest