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Roe v. Wade Grutter v. Bollinger

Roe v. Wade Grutter v. Bollinger. Lauren Bauschard. Roe V. Wade. Decided in 1973 Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger. Roe v. Wade. Texas law made it a felony to abort a fetus unless it was medically advised.

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Roe v. Wade Grutter v. Bollinger

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  1. Roe v. WadeGrutter v. Bollinger Lauren Bauschard

  2. Roe V. Wade • Decided in 1973 • Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

  3. Roe v. Wade • Texas law made it a felony to abort a fetus unless it was medically advised. • Roe who was unmarried and pregnant filed a suit against Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County. • She argued it violated her rights in the Fourteenth Amendment under the Due Process Clause which is to protect certain fundamental rights against government action.

  4. Roe V. Wade • Roe filed suit against Wade, district attorney of Dallas County to challenge the law outlawing abortion. • State court argued that is is a policy best left to the legislature to deicide. • A three- judge federal district court ruled the Texas abortion law unconstitutional • The case was appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  5. Roe V. Wade • Outcome: The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion • The Supreme court invalidated any state laws that prohibited first trimester abortions.

  6. Roe V. Wade • I agree with the decision made by the Supreme Court. A woman has the right to her own personal privacy and decisions.

  7. Grutter V. Bollinger • Decided in 2003 • Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

  8. Grutter V. Bollinger • University of Michigan Law School denied admissions to Barbara Grutter, a white student with a 3.8 GPA and 161 LSAT scores. • Petitioner alleged that respondents discriminated against her on the basis of race in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 • The law school used race as a predominant factor, giving applicants belonging to a certain minority group a greater chance of admissions.

  9. Grutter V. Bollinger • At the District Court Level it was decided that the admissions policies were unconstitutional they clearly considered race. • The Sixth Circuit Court of appeals reversed the decision by referring to the Bakke decision and the use of race could be used towards diversity.

  10. Grutter V. Bollinger • After going to the Supreme Court it was decided that the United States Constitution “does not prohibit law school’s narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse body” • It implied that affirmative action should not be allowed and that a “colorblind” policy should be implemented. • Therefore, University of Michigan Law School admissions program that gave special consideration for being a certain racial minority did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

  11. Grutter V. Bollinger Opinion • Academic performance and character should be more important criteria for admissions than racial identity. • Students cannot define their race but they can define their worth. Race is not something that students are in control of and should not be judged based on it.

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