Lawrence v Texas Texas law criminalizes homosexuality but not
heterosexuality. The court observed "an emerging awareness that liberty gives
substantial protection to adult persons in deciding how to conduct heir private
lives in matters pertaining to sex. Result: since Texas law furthered no
legitimate state interests but intruded into the intimate personal choices of
individuals, then the law was void Equality of opportunity Equal chance to
succeed/develope talents Equality of outcome Greater uniformity in
Q: abridging the "privileges or immunities of citizents of the US or depriving "any
person of life,
Answer:
liberty, or property without due process of law" and no state shall deny to any person
within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
what are black codes / jim crow laws laws enacted by the former slave states to
restrict the
freedom of blacks
ex: vagrancy and apprenticeship
laws forced blacks to work and denied them a choice of employers
racial segregation in the US from before the civil war, racial segregation had been a
way of
life in the south, blacks lived and worked separately from whites. after the war,
southern states
began to enact Jim crow laws to reinforce segregation. they required blacks to live in
separate
areas and restricted them to separate sections of hospitals, separate drinking and
toilet
facilities, separate schools and separate sections of trains, jails and parks
,Q: separate but equal doctrine separate facilities for blacks and whites satisfied the
14th
Answer:
amendment as long as they were equal
how did the court apply the 14th amendment in plessy vs ferguson plessy was 7/8
Caucasian, sat in a whites only car and was arrested for refusing to move to a "blacks
only" car.
He argued the 14th amendment and the supreme court disagreed - their decision
became
known as the separate but equal doctrine
14th amendment applied to brown v board of education brown was a black child
denied
entry into a white college. They appealed the case and it reached the supreme court in
1952. it
merged with 4 similar cases into a class action case. they challenged the separate but
equal
doctrine.
chief justice earl Warren declared that "in the field of public education the doctrine
of
"separate but equal" has NO place, separate education facilities are inherently
unequal.
the nations highest court found that state-imposed public school segregation violated
the equal
protection clause of the 14th amendment.
the court deferred implementation of the school desegregation until 1955 and then in
Brown v
Board of education II, it ruled the school system must desegregate.
de facto segregation not the result of government action
de jure segregation government imposed segregation
de jure segregation was upheld in the Plessy case but dismantled in the brown v
board case
civil rights movement the civil rights movement were steps taken to desegregate in
,other
areas then just schools
Q: Rosa Parks she was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus (white spot) and the
black
Answer:
community responded with a boycott on the bus system
montgomery bus boycott bus company moved close to bankruptcy, downtown
merchants
last black business. the leader of the group, martin luther king, encouraged the blacks
not to
give in - a year later the federal court ruled segregation on transportation illegal
24th amendment banned poll taxes in primary and general elections for national
office
civil rights act of 1964 most comprehensive legislative attempt ever to erase racial
discrimination in the US
entitled all persons to the full and equal implement of goods, services, and privileges
in places
of public accommodation
established the right to equality in employment opportunities
strengthened voting rights legislation
created the EEOC (equal employment opportunity commission) and charged it with
hearing
and investigating job discrimination complaints
provided that funds could be withheld from federally assisted programs administered
in a
discriminatory manner
voting rights act of 1965 empowered the attorney general to send voter registration
supervisors to areas in which fewer than half the eligible minority voters had been
registered
doubled black voter registration
fair housing act of 1968 banned discrimination in the rental and sale of most housing
, Q: regents of university California Davis vs Bakke while male (alan bakke) was
denied entry into
Answer:
college because the spots were being "saved" for minorities. court managed to
minimize white
opposition to the goal of equality
how did affirmative action laws change with the supreme courts ruling in the regents
case
the court said that because of equality we can extend gains for racial matters
when did native Americans receive citizenship 1924
native Americans have been coerced to assimilate into the mainstream of white
society
event that gave Hispanics national recognition for more rights the united farm
workers
union
resulted in better pay, working conditions, and housing for farm workers
what does the ADA (americans with disabilities act) guarantee to individuals with
disabilities
access to employment, transportation, public accommodations and communication
services
ending the "dont ask, dont tell" policy in the military led to what result the policy
enables
gays and lesbians to serve openly in the US military
protectionism the notion that women must be sheltered from lifes harsh realities (the
root
of laws that affected women's civil rights)
19th amendment gave women the right to vote
how did title IX of the education amendments of 1972 pressed for womens rights it
prohibited sex discrimination in federally aided educational programs
heterosexuality. The court observed "an emerging awareness that liberty gives
substantial protection to adult persons in deciding how to conduct heir private
lives in matters pertaining to sex. Result: since Texas law furthered no
legitimate state interests but intruded into the intimate personal choices of
individuals, then the law was void Equality of opportunity Equal chance to
succeed/develope talents Equality of outcome Greater uniformity in
Q: abridging the "privileges or immunities of citizents of the US or depriving "any
person of life,
Answer:
liberty, or property without due process of law" and no state shall deny to any person
within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
what are black codes / jim crow laws laws enacted by the former slave states to
restrict the
freedom of blacks
ex: vagrancy and apprenticeship
laws forced blacks to work and denied them a choice of employers
racial segregation in the US from before the civil war, racial segregation had been a
way of
life in the south, blacks lived and worked separately from whites. after the war,
southern states
began to enact Jim crow laws to reinforce segregation. they required blacks to live in
separate
areas and restricted them to separate sections of hospitals, separate drinking and
toilet
facilities, separate schools and separate sections of trains, jails and parks
,Q: separate but equal doctrine separate facilities for blacks and whites satisfied the
14th
Answer:
amendment as long as they were equal
how did the court apply the 14th amendment in plessy vs ferguson plessy was 7/8
Caucasian, sat in a whites only car and was arrested for refusing to move to a "blacks
only" car.
He argued the 14th amendment and the supreme court disagreed - their decision
became
known as the separate but equal doctrine
14th amendment applied to brown v board of education brown was a black child
denied
entry into a white college. They appealed the case and it reached the supreme court in
1952. it
merged with 4 similar cases into a class action case. they challenged the separate but
equal
doctrine.
chief justice earl Warren declared that "in the field of public education the doctrine
of
"separate but equal" has NO place, separate education facilities are inherently
unequal.
the nations highest court found that state-imposed public school segregation violated
the equal
protection clause of the 14th amendment.
the court deferred implementation of the school desegregation until 1955 and then in
Brown v
Board of education II, it ruled the school system must desegregate.
de facto segregation not the result of government action
de jure segregation government imposed segregation
de jure segregation was upheld in the Plessy case but dismantled in the brown v
board case
civil rights movement the civil rights movement were steps taken to desegregate in
,other
areas then just schools
Q: Rosa Parks she was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus (white spot) and the
black
Answer:
community responded with a boycott on the bus system
montgomery bus boycott bus company moved close to bankruptcy, downtown
merchants
last black business. the leader of the group, martin luther king, encouraged the blacks
not to
give in - a year later the federal court ruled segregation on transportation illegal
24th amendment banned poll taxes in primary and general elections for national
office
civil rights act of 1964 most comprehensive legislative attempt ever to erase racial
discrimination in the US
entitled all persons to the full and equal implement of goods, services, and privileges
in places
of public accommodation
established the right to equality in employment opportunities
strengthened voting rights legislation
created the EEOC (equal employment opportunity commission) and charged it with
hearing
and investigating job discrimination complaints
provided that funds could be withheld from federally assisted programs administered
in a
discriminatory manner
voting rights act of 1965 empowered the attorney general to send voter registration
supervisors to areas in which fewer than half the eligible minority voters had been
registered
doubled black voter registration
fair housing act of 1968 banned discrimination in the rental and sale of most housing
, Q: regents of university California Davis vs Bakke while male (alan bakke) was
denied entry into
Answer:
college because the spots were being "saved" for minorities. court managed to
minimize white
opposition to the goal of equality
how did affirmative action laws change with the supreme courts ruling in the regents
case
the court said that because of equality we can extend gains for racial matters
when did native Americans receive citizenship 1924
native Americans have been coerced to assimilate into the mainstream of white
society
event that gave Hispanics national recognition for more rights the united farm
workers
union
resulted in better pay, working conditions, and housing for farm workers
what does the ADA (americans with disabilities act) guarantee to individuals with
disabilities
access to employment, transportation, public accommodations and communication
services
ending the "dont ask, dont tell" policy in the military led to what result the policy
enables
gays and lesbians to serve openly in the US military
protectionism the notion that women must be sheltered from lifes harsh realities (the
root
of laws that affected women's civil rights)
19th amendment gave women the right to vote
how did title IX of the education amendments of 1972 pressed for womens rights it
prohibited sex discrimination in federally aided educational programs
