Why did Preston Brooks attack Charles Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor? Choose 1 Sumner had insulted Brooks's elderly uncle in a vitriolic speech against proslavery advocates. B Brooks mistakenly believed that Sumner had spread a malicious rumor about his wife. Sumner had suggested that abolitionists such as Brooks were thieves and hypocrites.

8. select a supreme court case that has been particularly important in protecting civil liberties in the united states. in a three-paragraph essay, describe the case and the ruling, then explain how the case demonstrates why it is important that the supreme court is: a. protected from political or public pressure (since justices are appointed rather than elected and serve lifetime terms) b. able to change its interpretations of the law over time (10 points)