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− | The {{w|Supreme Court of the United States}} is the highest federal court of the United States. A {{w|Bracket (tournament)|tournament bracket}} is a tree diagram that represents the series of games played during a knockout tournament. US Supreme Court cases are typically titled as Petitioner versus Respondent. To spoof this, [[Randall]] has put sixteen famous Supreme Court cases into a tournament bracket, as though they were games in the first round of a single-elimination tournament, and that the winners of the 16 listed court cases will somehow file against each other and then again until the final winner is selected. This is similar to college basketball's {{w|NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|March Madness}}, complete with a ranking bracket. "Sweet 16" in the context of a tournament refers to the stage in a tournament where 16 competitors remain. This comic's concept is thus a word play on "court" (court of law v. basketball court | + | The {{w|Supreme Court of the United States}} is the highest federal court of the United States. A {{w|Bracket (tournament)|tournament bracket}} is a tree diagram that represents the series of games played during a knockout tournament. US Supreme Court cases are typically titled as Petitioner versus Respondent. To spoof this, [[Randall]] has put sixteen famous Supreme Court cases into a tournament bracket, as though they were games in the first round of a single-elimination tournament, and that the winners of the 16 listed court cases will somehow file against each other and then again until the final winner is selected. This is similar to college basketball's {{w|NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|March Madness}}, complete with a ranking bracket. "Sweet 16" in the context of a tournament refers to the stage in a tournament where 16 competitors remain. This comic's concept is thus a word play on "court" (court of law v. basketball court). |
The cases are: | The cases are: | ||
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====''Miranda'' (winner) v. Arizona, 1966==== | ====''Miranda'' (winner) v. Arizona, 1966==== | ||
− | + | ToDo:{{w|Miranda v. Arizona|Miranda v. Arizona}} | |
+ | (required police to inform suspects of their rights) | ||
====''Loving'' (winner) v. Virginia, April 10, 1967 - June 12, 1967==== | ====''Loving'' (winner) v. Virginia, April 10, 1967 - June 12, 1967==== | ||
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====''United States'' (winner) v. Nixon, July 8, 1974 - July 24, 1974==== | ====''United States'' (winner) v. Nixon, July 8, 1974 - July 24, 1974==== | ||
− | + | ToDo: {{w|United States v. Nixon|United States v. Nixon}} | |
+ | (ordered president Nixon to turn over Watergate tapes) | ||
====''Bush'' (winner) v. Gore, December 12, 2000==== | ====''Bush'' (winner) v. Gore, December 12, 2000==== | ||
− | + | ToDo: {{w|Bush v. Gore|Bush v. Gore}} | |
− | + | (disputed 2000 Presidential election) | |
====''Lawrence'' (winner) v. Texas, June 26, 2003==== | ====''Lawrence'' (winner) v. Texas, June 26, 2003==== | ||
− | {{w|Lawrence v. Texas|Lawrence v. Texas}} | + | ToDo:{{w|Lawrence v. Texas|Lawrence v. Texas}} |
+ | (invalidated sodomy laws and made same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory) | ||
====''Massachusetts'' (winner) v. EPA, April 2, 2007==== | ====''Massachusetts'' (winner) v. EPA, April 2, 2007==== | ||
− | + | ToDo:{{w|Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency|Massachusetts v. EPA}} | |
− | + | (decided that the state of Massachusetts has standing to sue the EPA for not doing enough against global warming) | |
====''Obergefell'' (winner) v. Hodges, June 26, 2015==== | ====''Obergefell'' (winner) v. Hodges, June 26, 2015==== | ||
− | + | ToDo:{{w|Obergefell v. Hodges|Obergefell v. Hodges}} | |
− | + | (requiring government recognition of same-sex marriage) | |
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The title text refers to a practice of filling out a March Madness bracket, predicting a winner for each game up to the championship. A bracket is "busted" when the result of a game is not as predicted; because future matchups depend on previous results, the whole bracket is worthless at that point. Randall "had Massachusetts v. Connecticut in the final", predicting both parties would win all previous rounds and advance to the final game/case. Because Connecticut lost its first-round case to Griswold, his bracket is busted in the first round. | The title text refers to a practice of filling out a March Madness bracket, predicting a winner for each game up to the championship. A bracket is "busted" when the result of a game is not as predicted; because future matchups depend on previous results, the whole bracket is worthless at that point. Randall "had Massachusetts v. Connecticut in the final", predicting both parties would win all previous rounds and advance to the final game/case. Because Connecticut lost its first-round case to Griswold, his bracket is busted in the first round. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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