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U.S. Landmark Cases
Mr. Orr
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marbury v. Madison | established judicial review as a power of the Supreme Court |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | states can't tax the federal government established national government supreme |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | defined and explained interstate commers |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | created separate but equal doctrine |
| Schenk v. U.S. | speech an be limited under clear and present danger rule |
| Giltow v. NY | expanded clear and present danger rule to application by state government |
| Brown v. Topeka Board of Education | eliminated separate but equal doctrine |
| Mapp v. Ohio | forbade the use of illegally obtained evidence |
| Wesberry v. Sanders | Established one man one vote |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | States must provide lawyers for defendants who can't afford them |
| Baker v. Carr | establish one man one vote for the apportionment for congress representation |
| Reynolds v. Sims | establish one man one vote for state government |
| Miranda v. Arizona | Establish the right to remain silent and the right to be informed of that right |
| Katz v. U.S. | wire tapping is illegal to do unless you have warrant |
| Escobedo v. Illinois | established immediate right for a attorney |
| W. Virginia St. Board of Education v. Barnette | compulsory flag salute are unconstitutional Ex: Pledge of allegiance |
| Terry v. Ohio | defined the illegal search of a person or individual |
| U.S. v. Nixon | limited executive privlege |
| Barron v. Baltimore | stated the Bill of Rights limits the National Government only |
| Engel v. Vitale | defined prayer in public schools is unconsitutional |
| Miller v. California | established three question test for obscenity |
| Roe v. Wade | Upheld woman's right to privacy and choice (legalized abortion) |
| Cohens v. Virginia | established The United States Supreme Court power to over turn State Supreme Court decisions |
| Rochin v. California | defined procedural due process |
| Roth v. U.S. | Defined obscenity as not protected by the first amendment |
| TLO v. New Jersey | defined the legal search and seizure for a desuetude (reasonable suspicion v. probable cause |
| Bush v. Gore | Established Supreme Courts power to solve election disputes |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder | Extended separation of church and state stated that the Amish don't have to attend school after the 8th grade |
| Epperson v. Arkansas | overturned Arkansas law which prohibited the teaching of evolution in school |
| Chisholm v. Georgia | Considered to be the first significant supreme court case 1793 |
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