Vocabulary:
Habeas Corpus
A writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person’s release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
14th Amendment
An amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
Verdict
The finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial.
Resources:
Waaxe’s Laws(for education use only-please contact the author for any replication or reproduction outside of this particular curriculum)
Extension Activities:
Examine the 14th Amendment
Make a cause and effect chart for the 14th Amendment--time of passing, intended effect, and what still needed to be done to ensure equal rights under the law
*what other times in history were the rights of habeas corpus suspended?
Examine similar cases to Standing Bear v. Crook
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
