Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court CasesUniversity of Texas Press, 2006 - Počet stran: 239 To achieve justice and equal protection under the law, Latinos have turned to the U.S. court system to assert and defend their rights. Some of these cases have reached the United States Supreme Court, whose rulings over more than a century have both expanded and restricted the legal rights of Latinos, creating a complex terrain of power relations between the U.S. government and the country's now-largest ethnic minority. To map this legal landscape, Latinos and American Law examines fourteen landmark Supreme Court cases that have significantly affected Latino rights, from Botiller v. Dominguez in 1889 to Alexander v. Sandoval in 2001. Carlos Soltero organizes his study chronologically, looking at one or more decisions handed down by the Fuller Court (1888-1910), the Taft Court (1921-1930), the Warren Court (1953-1969), the Burger Court (1969-1986), and the Rehnquist Court (1986-2005). For each case, he opens with historical and legal background on the issues involved and then thoroughly discusses the opinion(s) rendered by the justices. He also offers an analysis of each decision's significance, as well as subsequent developments that have affected its impact. Through these case studies, Soltero demonstrates that in dealing with Latinos over issues such as education, the administration of criminal justice, voting rights, employment, and immigration, the Supreme Court has more often mirrored, rather than led, the attitudes and politics of the larger U.S. society. |
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... Plyler v . Doe ( 1982 ) case resulted from a convergence of factors during the 1970s and early 1980s . At its core , Plyler raised the question of who should pay to educate children whose parents migrated to the United States ...
... Plyler involved a constitutional challenge under the Equal Protection Clause based on a deprivation of educational opportunities in public schools in Texas . One issue was whether the Equal Protection Clause applied to aliens illegally ...
... Plyler . Governor Gray Davis and California's government chose not to appeal the ruling , and therefore the Su- preme Court did not reconsider the issues raised in Plyler in connection with that case , contrary to the expectation of ...
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A THE FULLER COURT 18881910 | 7 |
Katzenbach v Morgan 1966 and Voting Rights of Puerto Ricans | 48 |
Miranda v Arizona 1966 and the Rights of the Criminally Accused | 61 |
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