U.s. Supreme Court Cases

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Marbury Vs. Madison

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Established Judicial Review - 1803

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Mapp Vs. Ohio

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ruled that illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible in court - 1961

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Texas Vs. Johnson

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ruled that burning the U.S. flag is a form of expression and that to limit one's right to burn the flag would be limiting an individual's First Amendment rights - 1989

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Miranda Vs. Arizona

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ruled that the accused must be informed of his or her rights before arrest - 1966

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Roe Vs. Wade

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declares that a state cannot take away a women's right to an abortion - 1973

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Gideon Vs. Wainwright

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ruled that all accused individuals are entitled to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one - 1963

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McCulloch Vs. Maryland

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declared that a State cannot tax the federal government and that requiring federal banks to use special paper to print money was a form of taxation - 1819

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State Vs. Mann

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ruled that slaves are property therefore the master has absolute power to render submissions of the slave - 1829

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In Re Gault

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claimed that the State must provide due process for juveniles. This case orders that juveniles should have the right to a phone call, right to a counsel (lawyer), right to cross-examine, and advised of the right to silence - 1967

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Plessy Vs. Ferguson

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established "seperate but equal" and supported the segregation of public facilities - 1896

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Swann Vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

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busing was ordered to desegreate Charlotte schools - 1971

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Dred Scott Vs. Sanford

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claimed that a State cannot deprive one of his properties and that a slave is property - 1857

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Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka

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overturned Plessy Vs. Ferguson and stated that "seperate is unequal" - 1954

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New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.

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established that students can be searched under reasonable suspicion - 1985

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Engel Vs. Vitale

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ruled that requiring students to recite a prayer in school is a violation of the First Amendment rights - 1962

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Korematsu Vs. United States

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allowed internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor and ruled that the restrictions of certain racial groups may be justified during circumstances of emergency - 1944

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Furman Vs. Georgia

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rasied the question of racial imbalances in uses of the death penalty in Georgia - 1972

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Gibbons Vs. Ogden

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ruled that the Federal government (rather than the State governments) has the power to regulate interstate commerce - 1824

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Hazelwood School District Vs. Kuhlmeir

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ruled that a student's right to freedom of the press is limited within a school enviroment - 1988

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Olmstead Vs. United States

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ruled that illegally obtained information from wire tapping is admissible in court and is not protected by the Fourth Amendment - 1928

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Schenck Vs. United States

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ruled that the First Amendment right of free speech is limited in the time of war and create a precedent that First Amendment guarentees are not absolute - 1919

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Tinker Vs. Des Moines School District

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claimed that students could wear their armbands to protest the Vietnam War because the armbans were not disruptive to the school enviroment - 1969

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Regents of the University of California Vs. Bakke

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ruled that admissions quota for minority students violated the equal protection clause - 1978

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Leandro Vs. State of North Carolina

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ruled that the state of North Carolinamust do whatever is necessary to provide a "sound and basic education" to all students. This case ordered pre-K programs for at-risk students and claimed that economically disadvantaged students need services beyond those provided to the general population - 1997

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Bethel School District Vs. Fraser

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ruled that schools may limit the profane, obscene lewd speech of a student (First Amendment) - 1986

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Gregg V. Georgia

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ruled that death penalty itself does not violate the U.S. constitution - 1976