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Using the Courts to further the Cause

Analyze the impact of court decisions on the expansion of civil liberties. Explore landmark cases such as Wisconsin v. Yoder, Mendez v. Westminster, and White v. Regester to understand the influence of Supreme Court rulings. Discover how these cases challenged segregation, protected religious freedom, and fought for equal education rights.

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Using the Courts to further the Cause

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  1. Using the Courts to further the Cause OBJECTIVE: To analyze how the decisions of the court played a role in the expansion of civil liberties.

  2. Wisconsin v. Yoder - 1972 • Supreme Court ruled that Amish children could not be forced to go to school past the 8th Grade • Freedom of Religion superseded the states desire to educate all students

  3. Turn and Talk • Roberto Alvarez v. Board of Trustees of Lemon Grove School District, 1930 • http://youtu.be/92DiTCecPlk • As you watching the video, answer the following questions: • When was this case brought before the Supreme Court? • What issue was brought before the Supreme Court? • What connections can we make to information we learned in previous units?

  4. Mendez v. Westminster - 1946 • This case challenged racial segregation in schools in California. • Students who did not speak English were placed in separate “Mexican schools” • Court ruled that segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students into separate “Mexican schools” was unconstitutional.

  5. Delgado v. BastropISD - 1948 • The public education system in Texas for Mexican Americans offered segregated campuses with poorer facilities and limited students to vocationaltraining • LULAC and the American G.I. Forum helped challenge these segregation laws • Court ruled Texas has to endsegregation of Mexican American students but did allow separate classrooms on the same campus.

  6. Hernandez v. Texas - 1954 • No person with a Spanish surname allowed to serve on jury. • Hernandez was convicted and said he did not receive due process under 14th amendment • Texas argued that Mexican Americans were white, so he received fair trial. • Supreme Court said there was a difference between white and Hispanic and you could notexclude from a jury based on class.

  7. White v. Regester - 1964 • Challenged redistricting in Texas, which kept Mexican Americans from being elected • Supreme Court ruled that at large elections were discriminatory and so unconstitutional • Created single-member districts • After the Supreme Court decision the number of African American and Hispanic American representatives doubled.

  8. EdgewoodISD v. Kirby - 1984 • Public schoolfinance case – no equal funding • Since funding was based on property tax – areas with lower property values received less tax dollars • Court ruled legislature would have to change the way it fundedschools to make it moreequal. • ROBIN HOOD – Money is taken from richerschools and given to poorerschools.

  9. Other Landmark Civil Rights Cases • Hernandez v. Driscoll Consolidated ISD, 1948 • Ended all pedagogical and de jure segregation in Texas Public Education • Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD, 1970 • Recognized Hispanics as an identifiable minority group and so used the Brown decision to prohibit segregation in public schools for Mexican Americans • Plyler v. Doe, 1982 • Allowed for children of illegal immigrants to receive a public education in grade K-12

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