Chose your own case!
- 1. Chose your own case! A JUDICIAL SYSTEM INTERACTIVE GAME!
- 2. Instructions 1) Choose your case 2) Follow the “adventure” of you case There are options to choose to change your path 3) Make sure you make good choices, you don’t want to be named as guilty. 4) Make sure you check the vocab bank for descriptions Have Fun!
- 3. Pick your case Roe vs. Wade Brown vs. Board of Education
- 4. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 5. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 6. Brown vs. Board of Education info In 1950 schools in Topeka, Kansas were segregated by color. Linda Brown and her sister were forced to walk through a dangerous railroad switchyard to get to the bus stop. There was a school closer to the Browns but it was for white children only. The family felt that the segregation was in violation of the fourteenth amendment. The family took their case to court. Which court did they go to? • State • Federal • Supreme
- 7. Brown 14th Amendment All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This section is what the Brown family was being deprived of. Brown vs. Board of education
- 8. Federal Court You are Correct! The Federal court decided that the segregation of schools was harmful for the colored children. Though both schools (colored and white) had the same curriculum, teachers, buildings and transportation the segregation was still legal. The family appealed to which court? • District • Continue with Federal • Supreme
- 9. Supreme Court You are correct! The family argued that “separate is not equal” The ruling
- 10. Brown vs. Board of Education ruling The Judge of the Supreme court ruled that the segregation of schools was “un-constitutional”. This signaled the end of legalized segregation of races in US schools. It also overthrew the “separate but equal” principal set in 1896 Case selection page
- 11. Federal Court Sorry you are incorrect Federal courts include… •Constitutionality •Bankruptcy cases •Cases involving the laws and treaties of the U.S
- 12. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 13. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 14. Roe vs Wade Case information In 1969 a single woman named Normal McCovery discovered she was pregnant with her third child. She wanted to get a legal abortion. She was denied, she brought a class action to court. She continued the case under the false identity as Jane Roe. Roe challenged the Texas state abortion law. The only exception was if the child was threatening the mother’s life. Roe’s main task was to decriminalize this law. What type of court did this case begin in? District Court State Court Federal Court
- 15. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 16. District Court You are Correct ! The district court found this argument reasonable, so Roe appealed to the next court. Where did she go next? State Court Continue with District Court Supreme Court
- 17. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 18. District Court You are correct ! The Roe team continued with the District court. This tier of the court found their argument invalid. They again appealed. Where did the case then appeal to? • Supreme Court • Continue with District •Federal Court
- 19. Supreme Court You are correct! This case was appealed to the Supreme court because the statue was violating the guarantee of personal liberty and the right to privacy as seen in First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments Continue to the ruling
- 20. Roe vs. Wade Ruling The judge ruled that in the first trimester, with the consultation of a physician any woman can terminate her pregnancy. During the second trimester, the state would determine. In the final trimester the state again would determine if an abortion would be granted. This ruling is still under controversy Case Selection
- 21. Roe vs Wade Fourteenth amendment Section 1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State *deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. *This is what Roe was possibly offending . This is very similar to the fifth amendment Supreme Court
- 22. Roe vs. Wade Ninth Amendments addresses rights of the people that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. This is what they used against Roe. Supreme Court
- 23. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 24. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 25. Vocab Appealed To move forward in the court system ex. State court to District Court Enumerated Mentioned or numbered Decriminalize To make legal If you do this action after the decriminalization it is okay Class action When one person gathers a large group of people to support and join the lawsuit he or she is filing Instructions page Roe vs. Wade
- 26. Roe vs. Wade Fifth Amendment No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, *nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. *This is what Roe was possibly offending . Supreme Court
- 27. Roe vs. Wade Fourth Amendment *The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. * They considered the viability of the case because it violated the plaintiffs first amendment in this way Supreme Court
- 28. Supreme Court You are incorrect Supreme Court covers… Anything that is a violation of the constitution
- 29. State court You are incorrect State courts cover things including… Divorce Custody Reading of the will Personal injury cases Try again! Return to the Case home page
- 30. Federal Court You are incorrect Federal courts include… •Constitutionality •Bankruptcy cases •Cases involving the laws and treaties of the U.S Try again! Return to the Case home page
- 31. District Court You are incorrect District Court covers… Civil cases Landlord/tenant disputes Child custody Divorce Criminal Cases Theft Robbery Assault
- 32. Roe vs. Wade First amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; *or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. * They considered the viability of the case because it violated the plaintiffs first amendment in this way Supreme Court