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A case in 1872 when Myra Bradwell of Illinois applied to the Illinois Supreme Court for a license to study law. The supreme court refused on the grounds that women were not permitted to study law in Illinois. Myra appealed, claiming that their decision was against the fourth ammendment, which supposedly protected her from this sort of discrimination.
The supreme agreed with the illinois officials. |
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| What social ideas helped shape the supreme court's decision regarding the Bradwell case? |
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The idea that women were not bibically designed for anything apart from wife and mother.
The idea that interaction between races were so hot at the time that stirring up trouble was foolish.
The idea that after the war, the country was cautious of federal government intervention in these issues. |
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| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
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A little girl had to travel 21 blocks to get to her "colored" school, and a dangerous rail way was in her path. Her father appealed to the federal court to allow her to go the the "white" school just 5 blocks away. The court denighed him of the his, due to the "seperate but equal" doctrine. This turned into much more than a simple education disput.
The supreme court declared that the "seperate but equal" facilities were against the fourth ammendment. |
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| In 1982, Metzger was arrested for standing nude in front of his window, which was visable clearly to those on the outside. It was considered indecent behavior. The situation was so complex, due to the fact that the situation could be both decent and indecent, that the court declared the case invalid. |
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| In 1943, a drug company was charged with mislabeling and selling drugs. The corporate president was held liable for this, but he may not have had knowledge of this crime. Normally, one cannot be held liable for a crime if he was not knowledgable of such crime or the consequences. In this case; however, the president was held responsible. |
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| In 1832, the state of Georgia enacted laws to control the Cherokee Nation. Their purpose was to compromise the stability of the cherokee culture, social structure, and laws. Eleven missionairies living on the reservation were arrested under this law. This was against the Cherokee Nation's rights as a distict community and the treaties made with the Natives. The state refused to release the four men who would not take the oath of allegience. The supreme court and the Jackson administration did nothing to solve this problem, fearing going to arms with the state of Georgia. |
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| In 1985, a young 15 year old boy was shot dead by a police officer. The man was investigating the neighbor, when he saw the boy run across the next yard. The officer told the boy to stop, but he didn't. The officer then shot him in the back of the head. The officer claims that he looked around 18 years old, and he looked suspicious. The court first decided that he was in his right to kill the boy, for he had probable cause. Not everybody agreed, so new laws restricting the use of deadly force by police were enacted. |
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| This case established the right of the court to Judicial Review. |
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| This case established the idea that overcrowding in prisons was cruel and unusual punishment, which is against the law. |
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