Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
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Marshall Court 1801-1835
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- Marbury v Madison (1803) - Can decide if laws are constitutional and clarify laws
- Worchester v Georgia (1832) - States cant regulate Native land or People
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Dred Scott v Sanford
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1857 - Black people can’t be citizens
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Plessy v Furguson
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1896 - Separate but equal
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Brown v Board of Education
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1954 - overturned Plessy v Furgeson
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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1925 - traditionalist, can’t teach evolution
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Korematsu v US
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1944 - internment is illegal, no its not
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Reproductive rights cases
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- (1965) Griswold v Connecticut - cant ban contraceptives
2.(1973) Roe v Wade - women can get abortions
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Regents v Bakke
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1978 - affirmative action is okay but specific quotas aren’t allowed