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Supreme Court
Lowellville's Flashcards for Supreme Court Cases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An octaroon bought a ticket on for first class on the East Lousiana Railway, sitting in a whites-only car, and was convicted then appealed to the Supreme Court. "Seperate but equal" and "Our Constitution is color-blind," (John Marshall Harlan)(Fuller '96 | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| Concerned court jurisdiction, power of the Supreme Court-judicial review. Decided by Chief Justice, John Marshall. | Marbury v. Madison |
| "Burger court." Norma McCorvey (used alias in court) was raped, legalized abortions. "right to privacy" the term person "does not include the unborn" (1973) | Roe v. Wade |
| "Separate but equal isn't equal." Girl had to attend to black school even though white school was better and far closer. Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (Earl Warren 1954) | Brown v. Topeka Board of Education |
| Gerrymandering. Strategically drawn voter districts. (Earl Warren 1962) | Baker v. Carr |
| Because crime was not capital, an attorney was not provided. B&E of a pool hall in Florida. (Earl Warren, 1963) | Gideon v. Wainwright |
| Interstate sale of goods produced by child labor. Two sons would be unemployed. Federal gov't has no right to regulate child labor (White, 1918) | Hammer v. Dagenhart |
| Georgia legislature sold land along Yazoo river corruptly to private citizens for bribes. (John Marshall, 1810) | Fletcher v. Peck |
| Fed. court case, Lincoln suspended habeus corpus, he couldn't do that, only Congress. Lincoln ignored ruling. | Ex Parte Merryman |
| Second Bank of the US began calling in loans owed by the states, so this state taxed out-of-state banks. "the power to tax was the power to destroy," so you guys can't tax us anyway. (John Marshall, 1819) | McColluch v. Maryland |
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