Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court CasesUniversity of Texas Press, 3. 6. 2009 - Počet stran: 251 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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... criminal justice, voting rights, employment, and immigration, those legally trained as well as non-lawyer readers will gain a greater appreciation of the subtle complexities of the issues facing Latinos and their interactions with the ...
... criminal jury. The flip side of classifying people is defining those not in the classified group. The two most important groups in relation to Hispanics are white Americans and black Americans because the United States as a society has ...
... criminal cases, there were First Amendment (free press, free speech) issues and other circumstances of Balzac which juxtaposed the anti-colonial history of the United States during its struggles against England as a burgeoning na- tion ...
... criminal prosecution against two editors of a Filipino newspaper for making allegedly libelous statements against members of the colonial government.25 D.Balzac v. Porto [sic] Rico (1922): The Opinion Jesús Balzac published a newspaper ...
... criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, applied to Puerto Rico. Article 3 of the Constitution ...
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C THE WARREN COURT 19531969 | 35 |
3 Hernandez v Texas 1954 and the Exclusion of MexicanAmericans from Grand Juries | 37 |
4 Katzenbach v Morgan 1966 and Voting Rights of Puerto Ricans with Limited English Proficiency | 48 |
E THE REHNQUIST COURT 19862005 | 133 |
10 INS v CardozaFonseca 1987 Refugees and Political Asylum | 135 |
11 US v VerdugoUrquidez 1990 and Limits to the Applicability of the Bill of Rights Geographically and as to Only The People | 145 |
12 Hernandez v New York 1991 and the Exclusion of Bilingual Jurors | 157 |
13 Johnson v DeGrandy 1994 CubanAmericans and Voting Rights in the American Legal System | 171 |
14 Alexander v Sandoval 2001 Title VI and the Courts Refusal to Consider the Validity of EnglishOnly Laws or Rules | 185 |
Conclusion | 195 |
Notes | 201 |
5 Miranda v Arizona 1966 and the Rights of the Criminally Accused | 61 |
D THE BURGER COURT 19691986 | 75 |
6 San Antonio ISD v Rodriguez 1973 and the Search for Equality in School Funding | 77 |
7 Espinoza v Farah Mfg Co 1973 and National Origin Discrimination in Employment | 95 |
8 United States v BrignoniPonce 1975 Law and Order on the Border | 107 |
9 Plyler v Doe 1982 and Educating Children of Illegal Aliens | 118 |
Bibliography | 217 |
List of Cases | 223 |
Cases Mentioned | 229 |
General Index | 233 |