Wednesday, March 26, 2014

3 Supreme Court Cases 3/21/14

1. Religion: Sherbert v. Verner
This was a case in which the Supreme court of the United States held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment required that government demonstrate a compelling government interest before denying unemployment compensation to someone who was fired because their job conflicted with their religion.


2. School System: Safford Unified School District vs. Redding 
A mother said that the fourth amendment was violated when her child was unreasonably searcher at school for ibuprofen. The supreme court agreed saying the fourth amendment was violated.

3. Minority: Hollingsworth vs. Perry 
 The supreme court ruled that same sex marriage opponents in California did not have standing to appeal the lower court ruling which changed the law on same sex marriage in the state of California.

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