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Ms. Ouzts Court Case
Famous Supreme Court Cases
Question | Answer |
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Schenck was accused of attempting to insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment during WWI. Court ruled taht Schenck was not protected by 1st amendment in this situation. | Schenck v. U.S. |
Relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps was legal. Wartime measures take precedent over your civil rights. | Korematsu v. U.S. |
Segregation in education creates inequality; seperate but equal no longer okay. | Brown v. Board of Ed of Topeka |
Citizens are protected against unlawful search and seizure by states and federal gov't and items found can't be used in court. | Mapp v. Ohio |
Established requirement to inform people accused of a crime of their rights. | Miranda v. Arizona |
State laws against abortion are illegal. Abortion is legal; women's right to privacy. | Roe v. Wade |
Supreme Court has the power to decide if a decision is constitutional or unconstitutional. Established the right of judicial review. | Marbury v. Madison |
New York's licensing requirement was unconstitutional, regulation of navigation by steamboat operators and others for purposes of conducting interstate commerce was a power reserved to and exercised by Congress. | Gibbons v. Ogden |
Ruled that African-Americans were not citizens and declared slaves were property. They had no rights. | Dred Scott v. Sandford |
Justified segregation; separate but equal is constitutional and segregation continues in the south for decades. | Plessy v. Ferguson |