Useful supreme court cases

Question 1

Dred Scott
When
What

Answer 1

1857
slavery constitutional
reinforced the 3/5 clause
slaves who run away cannot sue for their freedom beacause they are only 3/5 of a person so not a citizen so cannot sue for federal protection

Question 2

Slaughterhouse
When
What

Answer 2

1873
tested scope of 14th and ‘equal protection under law’
set precedent that supreme court could not intervene in private businesses matters

Question 3

Cruikshank
When
What

Answer 3

1876
federal gov could not take action against individulas, only states
legitimised violence and terror by individuals against blacks as only states could prosecute which due to all white juries they largely didn’t do

Question 4

USA v Reece
When
What

Answer 4

1876

recognised the right of states to exclude people from voting

Question 5

Plessy v Ferguson
When
What

Answer 5

1896

separate but equal

Question 6

Grovey v Townsend
When
What
also when was struck down

Answer 6

1936
blacks excluded from democratic all white primaries constitutional as is a private matter as democratic party is a private organisation (struck down 1944)

Question 7

Regents of California University v Bakke
When
What

Answer 7

1978
race can be taken into account in university admissions policy but cannot be a sole factor
put some limits on federal and state affirmative action