Supreme Court Haiku
Warren Court (1953-1969)
Time of social change
The court takes a central role
Rights of suspects too
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Schools for black and white
Separate is not equal
Desegregation
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
The Fourth Amendment
Exclusionary rule
Applies to state courts
Torcaso v. Watkins (1961)
No religious tests
For government employment
Establishment Clause
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Establishment Clause
No required prayer in schools
Church and State apart
Gideon v. Wainright (1963)
Appointed counsel
For those who can't afford one
Sixth Amendment right
Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
Pennsylvania law
Public school Bible readings
Engel reaffirmed
Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
Church member fired
Would not work on holy day
Giver her benefits
Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Contraceptive ban
Marital privacy right
Penumbra of rights
GRIFFIN V. CALIFORNIA (1965)
Closing arguments
Can’t presume guilt from silence
Fifth Amendment right
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Suspects must be warned
The right to remain silent
The right to counsel
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966)
Virginia poll tax
Breedlove v. Suttles reversed
Equal Protection.
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Mixed-race marriages
Fundamental civil right
State may not prevent
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
Anti-war armbands
Protected symbolic speech
Student free speech rights
