Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
Segregation in public school is unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of education 1954
Enslaved People Are Not Citizens and Cannot Sue
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
School-Sponsored Prayer is Unconstitutional
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Federal Government has Power Over Interstate Commerce
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Indigent Defendants Have the Right to Counsel
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Schools Can Limit the Free Speech Rights of Students
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Japanese American Internment During World War II was Constitutional
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Illegally Obtained Evidence is Inadmissible in State Courts
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Establishment of Judicial Review and the Importance of the Separation of Powers
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Congress has Implied Powers to Create a National Bank
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Police Must Inform Suspects of Their Rights
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
School Searches Do Not Violate the Fourth Ammendment
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
Same-Sex Couples Have a Constitutional Right to Marry
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Separate but Equal” Segregation is Upheld
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Affirmative Action Must Be Limited and Race Cannot Be Sole Criterion
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978)
Abortion is Legalized Nationwide
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Free Speech is Not Absolute in Times of War
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Burning the American Flag is Protected Symbolic Speech
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Students Have Free Speech Rights in Public Schools
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Court Limits Executive Privilege, Orders Nixon to Release Tapes
United States v. Nixon (1974)
legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Florida Supreme Court’s recount order of the state’s presidential election
Gore V. Bush 2000
