Living in a country without having the right to any legal representation, can be very stressful. Forty years ago, on March 1963, the U.S Supreme Court announced one of the most important decisions in its History. The court case Gideon vs. Wainright, established clearly the right of a poor person charged with a felony crime to have a lawyer paid for by the state. The court also ruled that a state must provide legal counsel …showed first 75 words of 1406 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1406 total…still a major part of the legal system today. Overall, the Supreme Court's decisions have had major impacts on the way we live. If the Supreme Court hadn't made this decision, then no one else would have bothered or been able to convince people to change their behavior. The Courts ability of judicial review and the courts control of the way the laws are carried out have molded the society to what it is today.