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nPosted on June 13, 2019
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nThere were two momentous Supreme-Court events on back-to-back June 13ths:
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nJune 13, 1966 – The Supreme Court ruled that police officers have to inform suspects of their rights BEFORE questioning them.
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nThe case was Miranda v. Arizona, and that’s why we call this the Miranda warning: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?”
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nWe sometimes call these rights our Miranda rights.
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June 13, 1967 – President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to become the first black jurist on the Supreme Court.
June 13, 1967 – President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to become the first black jurist on the Supreme Court.n
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nMarshall was already super important to the nation, because he had used the law to destroy some unfair laws, with his work as legal counsel for the NAACP taking apart Jim Crow laws that maintained racial segregation and racial discrimination. And while serving on the Supreme Court, Marshall used the power of dissent to promote equity for women and for racial minorities – he used the power of dissent to shine a bright light on the problem with the death penalty – he used the power of dissent to support women’s right to make their own medical decisions for their own bodies.
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nFor more about Marshall and about the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court, check out this earlier post.
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nFor more about the U.S. Supreme Court, check out these earlier posts.
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nAlso on this date:
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Anniversary of the founding of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Anniversary of the founding of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
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nAnniversary of King Ludwig’s mysterious death
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nBirthdays of environmental artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo
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nSamurai Miyamoto Musashi’s birthday
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nBirthday of mathematician / logician / philosopher / painter / art theorist Leon Chwistek
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nnAnniversary of the creation of the Yukon Territory in Canada
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| Birthday of organic chemist Rolf Huisgen |
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest boards for:
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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