Us Vs Nixon Essay

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Case Name: U.S v. Nixon

How has this Supreme Court decision impacted the unique American identity and influence the way we live in society?
The supreme court case has impacted the unique American identity and had influenced the way we live in society. The President at the time was Richard Nixon. He was trying to use Executive privilege so that he didn’t have to give away recordings from the oval office that talks about a burglary in the Democratic party headquarters. When the United States won with an 8-0 vote, Executive privilege was proven not limitless, and can’t be used to prevent evidence from being heard in a criminal proceeding. The President isn’t above the law, and this case helped reinforce that rule. Other countries may not …show more content…

The way we live in society is influenced because students rights to freedom of speech at school is limited. Since the school owns the school paper, the school officials can edit it and change anything written in it if they don’t like it. Like when Kuhlmeier wrote about teen pregnancy and divorce, the school didn’t like it and thought that it was “too deep” for ninth graders. The unique American identity was impacted because now the schools are limiting the freedom of speech and press, which seems to be going against the Constitution. This shows that how the supreme court will let something that seems so wrong and against the Constitution “slip by.” This also related to the Morse v. Frederick case. A student named Joseph Frederick stood across the street from his school, because the students were told that they could stand there and watch the Olympic Torch Relay being passed through Juneau, Alaska on its way to Salt Lake City, Utah. Frederick held up a sign that “Bongs hits 4 Jesus.” This is known to be a message to encourage use of marijuana. The principal then suspended Frederick for 8 days because the sign was held up “in the midst of his fellow students, during school hours, and at a school-sanctioned activity.” The supreme court ruled in favor of Morse, the school principal 5-4. This also limited the students freedom of speech rights at school, but it was a message

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