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Supreme Court Cases
Important Cases-Needed For Nerd Practice
| Case | Date and Description |
|---|---|
| Marbury v. Madison | Judicial Review |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Concept: Constitution,Nutshell: National Supremacy, Elastic Clause, Bank of the US |
| US v. Nixon | Concept: constitution,Nutshell: Watergate tapes, no absolute exec rpivilege of immunity |
| In re Gault | 14th Amendment equal protection of the law-Juveniles accused of serious crimes must be given the same rights as adults |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | gov can regulate interstate commerce Steamboat case |
| Gregg v. Georgia | 8th Amendment-death penalty is NOT cruel and unusual punishment |
| Tinker v. Des Moines | free speech,speech in school ok if not disruptive |
| NJ v. TLO | search and seizure,not unlimited search and seizure in schools but "reasonable suspicion" instead of "probable cause" |
| Texas v. Johnson | free speech,symbolic speech- flag burning legal |
| Dred Scott v. Stanfford | Slaves are property |
| Engel v. Vitale | freedom of religion,separation of church and state, banned use of a prayer in NY |
| NY Times v. US | free press,reaffirmed no priar restraint |
| Heart of Atlant Motel v. US | private businesses cannot discriminate if they provide a public service directly tied to interstate commerce |
| Korematsu v. US | Right to internment camps, we can relocate people seen as a threat to the US |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | 14th-due process,incorporated right to a lawyer |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 14th-equal protection,separate but equal ok |
| Mapp v. Ohio | 14th-due process,incorporated exclusionary rule |
| Miranda v. Arizona | 14th-due process,5th/6th Amendment rights must be enforced |
| Brown v. Bd. of Education | 14th-Equal Protection, separate but equal not fair, “detrimental effect” |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg | 14th-Equal Protection, states’ remedy powers were broad and powerful-yes, busing |
| Regents of U. of CA v. Bakke | 14th-Equal Protection, reverse discrimination, quotas unconstitutional but can use race as a criteria in public institutions |
| Furman v. Georgia | 8th Amendment-Ruled death penalty cruel and unusual punishment |
| Roe v. Wade | right to privacy, states can’t ban abortions |
| Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir | 1st Amendment- school adminstration may censor school newspaper articles |
| Leandro v. NC | school funding does not have to be equal- each student must be given a 'sound basic education' |
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