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Justice System Timeline
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Oliver was the 58th justice in US history, the first one to be appointed in the 1900s
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Shiras Jr. retired after 10 years of being an Associate Justice in 1903
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Day was the 59th justice appointed, the second in the 1900s
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The Constitution stops a state from interfering with an employee’s right to contract with an employer
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William Henry Moody was the 60th justice of the United States
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It advanced justice for African Americans in 1909
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Lurton became the 61st justice as an Associate Justice
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The case was based on cruel and unusual punishment, which changes through time
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White was the chief justice from 1910-1921
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Joseph Rucker Lamar became the 64th justice of the Supreme Court, replacing William Henry Moody
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Willis Van Devanter was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
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Congress votes to abolish US circuit courts and change it to District Courts
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Mahlon Pitney was the 65th appointed justice of the United States. He is from NJ
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Louis Brandeis became the 67th Justice of the Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court stated that if a Speech clearly presents danger to the security of the United States is a violation of
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The ACLU was created in 1920 in order "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
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19th Amendment was passed in order to give woman rights
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William Howard Taft became the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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George Sutherland became the 70th justice of the Supreme Court
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Pierce Butler was the 71st justice appointed to the Supreme Court
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Edward Terry Sanford was the 72nd justice appointed to the Supreme Court
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Gee Jon was the first person to ever be executed by a gas chamber
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Charles Evan Hughes became the 11th Chief Justice after Taft retired
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Owen Josephus Roberts was the 74th justice appointed to the Supreme Court
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Benjamin N. Cardozo was the 75th justice appointed to the Supreme Court
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A woman found a snail in her beer and sued for negligence. This case established tort of negligence
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The case gave defendants the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty
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The last public execution was on this date. Rainey Bethea was executed for rape of a 70-year old woman
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Hugo Black became the 76th justice of the Supreme Court
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Stanley Forman Reed was the 77th justice appointed to the Supreme Court
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Felix Frankfurter became the 78th justice of the United States
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William O. Douglas became the 79th justice of the Supreme Court
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James F. Byrnes became the 81st justice of the United States
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Harlan F. Stone was the next Chief Justice after Hughes
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Robert H. Jackson of NY became the 82nd justice of the United States
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She became the first female attorney in the Criminal Justice Department
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The Supreme Court Case upheld internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
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Harold Hitz Burton became the 84th justice of the Supreme Court
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Fred M. Vinson became the 13th Chief Justice after Harlan F. Stone
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Sherman Minton became the 87th justice of the Supreme Court
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Earl Warren became the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after Fred Vinson
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This Supreme Court case ended legal racial segregation in school.
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John Marshall Harlan II became the 89th justice of the supreme court
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After Rosa Park refused to sit in the back of the bus, she was arrested and many boycotted the bus system
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Alaska got rid of the death penlty, making the last execution in 1950 in Juneau
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First federal civil rights legisltion
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States are not able to nullify decisions to federal courts
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While searching Mapp's house, police found a different object than they were looking for. Mapp argued saying they didn't have a warrant for that object. The Supreme court agreeed
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The Supreme Court ruled that if there is segregation in transportation facilities, it is deemed unconstitutional
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Byron white became the 93rd justice of the United States Supreme Court
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A school in NY had a prayer every morning to God and the school was brought to court for violation of the first Amendment
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Arthur Goldberg was appointed as an Associate justice
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This Supreme Court case granted defendants the right to an attorney even if they couldn't afford it
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Sullivan sued the New York Times for making false statements but was overruled by the Supreme Court
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Riots broke out in Los Angeles because of the arrest of three African Americans. The riots broke out after Marquette Frye was pulled over. The riots represented Black Power
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Abe Fortas became the 95th justice of the Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court case made it mandatory for prisoners to hear their rights as a citizen before being questioned by the police
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Marshall was the first black justice of the United States
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Police were able to stop and frisk and it doesn't violate the constitution
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When students go to school, they still have their rights.
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Warren E. Burger became the 15th Chief Justice of the United States after Earl Warren
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Harry Blackmun was the 98th justice of the supreme court
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. became the 99th justice of the supreme court
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He was the 100th justice of the United States, serving as an Associate and Chief Justice
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The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to education
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The supreme court stated that a woman's privacy in abortion is protected by the constitution
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Texas still carries out the death penalty. Texas has carried out the most executions in the United States
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Though he is the president, he is not above the law
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The Court decided that students are entitled to certain due process rights
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John Paul Stevens became the 101st justice of the Supreme Court
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After the Watergate scandal, the Public Integrity Section was created in order to seek corruption
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Alabama reinstated capital punishment (Death Penalty) in 1976
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Charles Brooks, Jr. was the first person to be killed by lethal injection in Texas.
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Washington D.C. no longer carries out the death penalty
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Sandra was the first woman appointed as a justice in history
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Created in order to decide appeals from the district courts
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The ruling stated that students have a reduced expectation of privacy on school grounds
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Students can't make obscene speeches in school. They do not have a First Amendment right
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The Supreme Court case decided that Administrators may edit the content in school newspapers if inappropriate
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Anthony Kennedy is the longest lasting incumbent, who has been an Associate Justice for over 30 years
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Offensive speech is still protected by the First Amendment
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The case decided that a persons life support could be killed only if there is clear evidence stating that is what the person would have wanted
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It was created in order to stop the action of laundering money
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Ginsburg is the oldest incumbent of the Supreme Court
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Stephen Breyer became the 108th justice of the Supreme Court
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Billy Bailey was the last person to be hanged in the united states
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A football before a game said a prayer over the loud speaker. The Supreme Court ruled that students cannot use loud speakers to lead prayers
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Although some aren't constitutional, certain voucher programs are constitutional.
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Random drug tests given to students that do extracurricular activities does not violate the 4th Amendment
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The supreme court case decided it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes underage
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First person to be appointed as a justice in the 2000s
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The death penalty was brought back in 1982 but then abolished by Governor Corzine in 2007
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Citizens were granted the right to possess firearms for self defense.
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Sonia Sotomayor became the 111th justice of the Supreme Court
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She was the last woman to be appointed as a justice
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The Supreme Court ruled that life sentence without parole is unconstitutional for juveniles
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The Supreme Court decided that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to opposite-sex unions is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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Marijuana was now being commercially sold in Colorado
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Scalia is the last former justice who passed in the year 2016
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Born in 1967, Neil Gorsuch is the newest justice of the supreme court, being appointed only on 2017
