Lau v. Nichols (1974) by Carson Blackshaw https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp en-us 2017-11-03 12:51:52 UTC 2017-11-06 12:20:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Lau v. Nichols (1974) cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203259861 2017-11-03 12:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203259861 Context cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203261415 The San Francisco school system did not teach English to 1,800 Chinese students who did not speak English, denying them the opportunity to participate in a public educational program. Ten years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a non English-speaking student brought on the case due to unequal learning opportunities. ]]> 2017-11-03 12:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203261415 Thesis cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203261905 The supreme court case Lau v. Nicholas created equality in California school systems and ensured their 14th amendment rights. ]]> 2017-11-03 12:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203261905 Decision cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203263527 The San Francisco school system is denied the non English students' 14th amendment right because they discriminated against them by race. These students were denied the opportunity to obtain the education that was comparable to other students who had an understanding of English.]]> 2017-11-03 13:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203263527 Impact cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203264002 The Supreme Court decision gave foreign students an opportunity to break the language barrier, and participate in the english classes. Also, it gave the opportunity to students with a language barrier to bridge the gap, and gave all students an opportunity to participate in required english classes. ]]> 2017-11-03 13:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203264002 cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203267921 2017-11-03 13:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203267921 cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203692874 2017-11-05 22:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203692874 Quote from Lau v. Nichols Case cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203720714 "It seems obvious that the Chinese-speaking minority receive fewer benefits than the English-speaking majority from respondents' school system which denies them a meaningful opportunity to participate in the educational program - all earmarks of the discrimination banned by the regulations."]]> 2017-11-06 02:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203720714 cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203721115 2017-11-06 02:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203721115 People involved cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203728211 Edward H. Steinman – representing the petitioners 
 
Thomas M. O’Connor – arguing for the opposition 
 
San Francisco school system - sued by non English-speaking students  

 Assistant Attorney General Pottinger - argued for the US 
 
Mr. Justice Douglass – delivered opinion of the court 
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Argued: December 10, 1973    Decided: January 21, 1974

]]> 2017-11-06 03:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203728646 14th Amendment cjblackshaw19 https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203729223 "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."]]> 2017-11-06 03:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cjblackshaw19/xt7tqvw18jxp/wish/203729223