Obscenity is a category of speech unprotected by the First Amendment. Obscenity laws are concerned with prohibiting lewd, filthy, or disgusting words or pictures. Indecent materials or depictions, normally speech or artistic expressions, may be...
individual rights
Personal Autonomy
The Supreme Court does not use the phrase "personal autonomy" very often. Unlike privacy, it is not a fundamental right. As such, it is still a very limited concept regarding its impact on legal jurisprudence.
In Planned...
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Definition:
The Supreme Court case, since overturned by Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which upheld the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race.
Overview:
Louisiana had adopted a law in 1890 that...
Reverse discrimination
When a member of a non-minority group claims that someone (such as an employer) has discriminated against the person.
Right
1. A power or privilege held by the general public as the result of a constitution, statute, regulation, judicial precedent, or other type of law.
2. A legally enforceable claim held by someone as the result of specific events or transactions...
Right to counsel
right to privacy
riparian rights
Roe v. Wade (1973)
The Supreme Court case that held that the Constitution protected a woman’s right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus.
OverviewThe case involved a Texas statute that prohibited abortion except when necessary to save the life of...
Roth v. United States (1957)
The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court defined obscenity as that which "appeals to the prurient interest," and not merely as sexual material. The Court ruled that obscenity has no redeeming...