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THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Several students in Montana were suspended from school for dying their hair green on St. Patrick’s Day. School rules stipulate (say) that only natural colors of hair are acceptable. Their parents sued the school board in the local court and lost. They then appealed and lost again in the circuit court as well as the state supreme court. Finally they requested the U.S. Supreme Court hear the case.What rights did this case involve that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to take it?
A
Civil Rights
B
Equal Rights
C
Juvenile Rights
D
Constitutional Rights
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” This is true for other fundamental rights, as well.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975) Due process provides a property right for students in their education, so a hearing is required before they are deprived of it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Almost all the cases that the justices hear are reviews of the decisions made by other courts-there are no juries or witnesses. The justices consider the records they are given, including lower court decisions for every step of a case, evidence, and the argument presented before them in making their final decision.

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