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Civil Rights Expansion Through the Years
Civil Rights Expansion Through the Years
Civil Rights act of 1964
Brown V. Board of Education made segregation in schools unconstitutional, this allowed the legal promise to impose the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Once signed into law it prohibited segregation in public areas. It also prevented discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, or national origin. This includes job discrimination in the process of hiring, firing, and promoting.
14th Amendment 1868
Roe V. Wade 1973
The Emancipation Proclamation had freed the slaves but it left a gap in the rights of these people. The 14th Amendment granted equal protection under the law to all citizens, including former slaves. This law gave way to the boom in expansion of civil rights that would soon follow.
Miranda V. Arizona 1966
Roe V. Wade ruled that it is unconstitutional for any state to pass a law that regulates or outlaws abortion in the first trimester. The Supreme Court decided that the right of privacy is an implied right in the Bill of Rights. It ruled that included in the right of privacy was a woman's right to end or continue a pregnancy. This was a huge step in the way of women's rights, but the subject is still heavily debated and protested. The progression of a woman's rights may have started with the 19th amendment in 1920 but Roe V. Wade set a new wave of expansion of rights.
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The 5th amendment protects a person's right to not incriminate themselves, but without knowledge of this right they might hurt their case unknowingly. The Case of Miranda V. Arizona was about a man charged with the rape and kidnapping of a woman in Arizona. There was no substantial evidence against him, but the police obtained a confession through interrogation. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court were it was ruled that Law enforcement must prove that they informed the person of his or her rights. The "Miranda rights" came as a result and are standard practice in arrests.
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