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Which clause of the fourteenth amendment ended up being used by the court to apply the bill of right to the states?
The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is used by the courts to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.
The women's suffrage movement wanted a constitutional amendment because?
The Supreme Court ruled against efforts to apply the Fourteenth Amendment to women
Which legal case saw the Supreme Court apply the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause?
The 15th amendment
How did the supreme court apply the intent of the fourteenth amendment after the slaughterhouse cases changed it?
It used the due process clause.
What quotations demonstrate pathos?
The duty of enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment is placed upon this Court."
The source of authority cited by the Supreme Court for applying the Bill of Rights to the states is?
the fourteenth amendment to the constitution
What role did the U.S supreme court play in ending reconstruction?
The Court restricted the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment by leaving its enforcement up to the states.
Who has to follow the precedent in Gideon v Wainwright?
The states have to follow the precedent set in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335 (1963). The US Supreme Court used the fourteenth Amendment due process clause to incorporate the Sixth Amendment right to counsel to the states. This reversed their earlier decision in Betts v Brady.
How did the Supreme Court's actions in US v Cruikshank impact Reconstruction efforts?
The Court ruled in favor of whites who had been convicted of violating the Fourteenth Amendment in the Colfax massacre, stating that because of the individuals were acting independently and not as agents of the state, the Fourteenth Amendment protections did not apply
How did Miranda v Arizona effect the Fourteenth Amendment?
Miranda v. Arizona, (1966) didn't affect the Fourteenth Amendment; the Fourteenth Amendment allowed the US Supreme Court's decision to be applied to the states via the Due Process Clause.
What was Florida's argument in the US Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright?
Florida argument came from an earlier case, Betty v Brady, which said that right to counsel provided by the fourteenth amendment does not compel states to provide counsel to any defendant. Also, Gideon did not commit a capital offense.(the 14th amendment transfers the laws in the Bill of Rights to the states)
What court case was overturned to set stage for legalized segregation?
fourteenth amendment
