THE 1970S 1969 1979
SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE
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Question
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Supreme Court decisions in Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda V. Arizona affected individual liberties by doing which of the following?
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Eliminating the poll tax as a voting requirement
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Preventing the use of organized prayer in public schools
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Requiring equal pay for men and women doing the same job
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Expanding the constitutional rights of people accused of crimes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Eisenstadt v Baird (1971), and Lawrence v. Texas (2003) are two of the most prolific cases in which the Court extended the right to privacy. In each of these cases, the Court relied upon the Fourteenth Amendment, not penumbras.
Detailed explanation-2: -Justices make decisions based on LEGAL factors such as precedent and norms, and POLITICAL factors such as ideology and sensitivity to public opinion. Justices are humans too and are just as susceptible to political ideology as the rest of us.
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