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Supreme Court Cases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Established Judicial Review (constitutional or unconstitutional?) | Marbury v. Madison |
| Ended Segregation in Schools | Brown v. Board of Education |
| "Separate by equal" created segregation in schools | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| Accused must be advised of right to remain silent and right to attorney | Miranda v. Arizona |
| Gave women abortion rights | Roe v. Wade |
| "Clear and Present" danger restriction of freedom of speech was created | Schenck v. United States |
| Prayer in public schools is prohibited | Engel v. Vitale |
| A Supreme Court case where the Court upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, citing national security over individual rights. | Korematsu v. United States |
| Requires police to have a search warrant | Mapp v. Ohio |
| Supreme Court Decision - Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it | Worcester v. Georgia |
| the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves | Gideon v. Wainwright |
| Supreme court case in which it was decided that a student may be searched if there is "reasonable ground" for doing so. | New Jersey v. TLO |
| Supreme Court case dealing with affirmative action that ruled that affirmative action programs in principle are constitutional, but a strict quota system wasn't. | Bakke v. University of California |
| flag burning is protected by the First Amendment | Texas v. Johnson |
| Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive (1st Amendment Free Speech) | Tinker v. Des Moines |
| In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to make their own laws about abortion. | Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization |
| the Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not U.S. citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in U.S. territories. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |