A US Politics Meme
Stolen from Cairmen
As evidenced by Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.
Go forth, and edumacate!
The case that comes to mind first is Miranda vs Arizona. Off the top of my head I don't know too many details, but I know that it featured an Ernest, or Ernesto Miranda, who was arrested in Arizona, for some fairly icky crime - I think rape?
The police grabbed him, hauled him off to jail and browbeat a confession out of him which was later used to convict him. This conviction was eventually overturning by the US Supreme Court because he had not been made sufficiently aware of his right to silence, or his right to an attorney, thus denying him of his constitutional fifth amendment right to not incriminate himself.
It is this case which gives the common name to the well known warning - "you have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney, anything you say can and will be used against you a court of law" - a 'Miranda warning'.
Everyone knew that one already, right? Hugh came up with a much better and more obscure copyright case.
As evidenced by Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.
The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.
Go forth, and edumacate!
The case that comes to mind first is Miranda vs Arizona. Off the top of my head I don't know too many details, but I know that it featured an Ernest, or Ernesto Miranda, who was arrested in Arizona, for some fairly icky crime - I think rape?
The police grabbed him, hauled him off to jail and browbeat a confession out of him which was later used to convict him. This conviction was eventually overturning by the US Supreme Court because he had not been made sufficiently aware of his right to silence, or his right to an attorney, thus denying him of his constitutional fifth amendment right to not incriminate himself.
It is this case which gives the common name to the well known warning - "you have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney, anything you say can and will be used against you a court of law" - a 'Miranda warning'.
Everyone knew that one already, right? Hugh came up with a much better and more obscure copyright case.