Court Cases Flashcards
Korematsu vs US
Internment of more than 100,000 Japanese in US constitutional
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
A slave escaped to a free state enjoyed no rights as a citizen and congress had no right to ban slavery
Nixon vs US
Watergate: tried to make sure he won the election
Miranda vs. Arizona
Raped a girl but got away with it because he was not read his rights, protects rights of the accused
Roe vs Wade
Banned states from discriminating against abortion
Tinker vs Des Moines/ Texas vs Johnson
Arm bands/ burning flag: all symbolic speech, constitutional
Gideon vs wainwright
Wrote to court: right to council 14/6th amend
Baker vs. Carr
One man one vote- redistricting and gerrymandering
Wallace vs. Geoffrey
Silent prayer in classroom
Muculloch vs Maryland
Implied powers
Gibbons vs Ogden
Regulate interstate commerce
Angel vs Vitale
Prayer in schools aloud
Plessy vs Ferguson
Constitutional justification for segregation
