Supreme Court Decisions

[Alonso Quijana]

There have been many influential Supreme Court cases, with many influential decisions. Discuss which you think is the most important to our country as a whole, and why.  

[Alonso Quijana]

I'll go first.

In my opinion, I think that Marbury vs. Madison (1803) was the most important Supreme Court case in the history of the U.S. It was the first to really establish the Supreme Court as a legitimate branch of the US government. This was especially seen with John Marshall's judicial review.  

[the grey seer]

does the emmet till case count?  

[Alonso Quijana]

Sure, I haven't heard of that one, but if it's a major case that affected the nation in some way, it works.  

[the grey seer]

it was a hate crime that had a 14 yr. black kid killed 4 whistleing @ a white woman back in the 50s i think  

[Alonso Quijana]

You mean a cat call? Or just whistling?  

[the grey seer]

i believe just a whistle to say that she was hot and he got ghosted 4 it  

[Alonso Quijana]

Ah I see. So basically he was persecuted because he was a black man taking interest in a white woman? I don't get it...racism is so stupid.  

[the grey seer]

truly  

[Alonso Quijana]

I really don't understand why people think that different races are better or worse. Just because two people aren't the same, doesn't mean that one is better than the other.  

[the grey seer]

it's human nature  

[Alonso Quijana]

I know, but I don't understand why people can't rise above it and see that skin color doesn't matter.  

[the grey seer]

it might stem from 2 things
1 arroganc
2 supiority complex  

[Alonso Quijana]

Still, I don't understand why people can't just see that everyone is equal. And racism doesn't even make sense to me! Skin color doesn't inhibit people. I'm not advocating any discrimination, but discrimination against, say, stupidity makes more sense: it disrupts someone's ability to fit in, be productive, etc.  

[the grey seer]

true how do we define ourselves without using useless labels question