67. Unit 10-6: Modern Rights

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The 1963 court case Gideon v. Wainwright went all the way to the Supreme Court because Gideon was denied his 6th Amendment right that gives him a right to a___________.

Police officers must now read you your rights when you are accused of a crime. These are called _____________rights.

In 1964 Ecsobedo v. Illinois sets precedent when Ecsobedo was accused of murder. He asked for a lawyer and was denied a lawyer. After 14 hours he confessed. His case goes to the Supreme Court and he is acquitted because he was denied his 6th Amend

The _________Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 years old.

The role of the Supreme Court is to decide if a law is constitutional, and makes sure they are protecting the rights promised by the ____________.

Our founding fathers could never come up with every scenario that needed to be covered by laws or rights so in the 9th Amendment there is a clause that covers “other rights that are not explicitly mentioned in the constitution”.

Another important case is Miranda v. Arizona. Miranda was accused of kidnapping and rape. He was questioned and confessed. He claims he did not know he did not have to “tell on himself”.

Before Roe v. Wade abortion was ___________across most of the US.