Supreme Court Cases
Over the past 100 years rights of U.S citizens have evolved. In particular the rights of woman and men have changed a great deal, also freedom of expression has changed a lot. Each one of the above rights have foot holds in several different amendments, specifically the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth for gender discrimination, and for freedom of expression the First mainly. The following cases are cases which I think represent the evolution of gender discrimination and freedom of expression best. The first case is "Frontiero Vs. Richardson"(1973) this case is a good example of gender discrimination. The gender which is being discriminated against is the female gender. Sharron Frontiero is a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. She filed for a dependent's allowance for her husband. The dependent's allowance was denied. According to Federal Law the wives of military members are provided with this allowance automatically, yet husbands of military members are not given the allowance unless there wives income provides for over one half of their support. According to Frontiero not allowing her husband or any other husbands to have dependency, by not allowing this they were unconstitutionally discriminating against female military mem
Stanley then took Georgia back to court saying that his freedom of expression was being violated according to the First Amendment. The search unearthed three reels of 8mm film. Virginia Military Institute being an all male institute the United States brought a suit against VMI saying that the school was unconstitutional and that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. The gender being discriminated against male. Seventeen and and a half year old Michael M. "(1969) This case is different from the other cases for two reasons, one, this case is about freedom of expression and, two, this case has been used as an example for a couple other cases for example "Osborne Vs. "(1996) This is a good example of gender discrimination. " Warranted officers searched Stanley's home looking for any evidence that could help convict him of his alleged bookmaking activities. The gender being discriminated against is female. According to the court no, because VWIL could not give women the same benefits as VMI. Through the above examples it is quite clear how gender discrimination and freedom of expression have evolved over the last 100 years. At one time reading pornography or speaking against the government was one in the same and was taken care of discretely and shunned upon by most but, know it is common knowledge of pornography on the inter net or magazines ect.
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