Landmark Surpreme Court Cases Flashcards
Plessy v. Ferguson
Judged segregated schools as legal as long as “separate but equal” was applied to education.
Marbury v. Madison
Gave the Supreme Court its power to interpret the law (judicial review).
Brown v. Board of Education
Desegregated public schools, said “Separate is not equal.”
Miranda v. Arizona
Before questioning, police must read the rights of suspects or the evidence may not be used in court.
Roe v. Wade
14th Amendment’s right to privacy includes women’s choice to have an abortion.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Schools may act in loco parentis, and censor school-sponsored speech-newspapers.
United States v. Nixon
Executive privilege is not all inclusive and does not give a blank check.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Reverse discrimination is illegal, goes against the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Schools had a legitimate need to maintain appropriate environment and thus could search in reasonable suspicion and not just probable cause.
Bob Jones University v. United States
Refused a religious school tax exemption due to racial discrimination.
Dred Scott v. Stanford
That blacks were not citizens and that slaves were property and could be taken anywhere, regardless of a state’s status as free or slave holding.
Engel v. Vitale
Government-written prayers were not to be recited in public schools and were an unconstitutional violation of the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment.
Gideon v. Wainwright
An attorney must be furnished to defendant who cannot afford one.
In Re Gault
Juvenile offenders have the same rights given in the 14th Amendment and Due Process Clause. Including right to counsel, phone call, cross-examination, confront their accuser, right to silence, etc.
Mapp v. Ohio
Supreme Court held Due Process Clause prohibiting illegal search and seizures.
