POL_SC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Flag Desecration, Equal Protection Clause, Civil Liberties
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Appealed this case, conviction was reversed, went to the supreme court, Elements: precedent: cases that have been previously decided. Roe vs. wade: casey vs planned parenthood narrowed the ideas of this case: personal belief: justices are people they have personal belief. Conservative justices make more conservative decision and vise versa. Senate confirms them based on ideology: political climate of the country, public opinion, politics. Argument is that court is non-political and justices will say they aren"t paying attention to the media but they do. Civil liberties can change: same sex marriage, been a change in public opinion in the last 20-30 years, and with that the supreme court changed. In 2013 the court heard 2 cases at the same time and upheld a lower court decision: overkappel vs. hodges: (2015) 14th amendment: equal protection clause, 5/4, solis and. Olito, federal governments telling state governments what to do, solis was pissed tf off: sometimes civil liberties expand or contract.
