U.s. Supreme Court Cases Civics And Economics

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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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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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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

Clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power over interstate commerce.

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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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Schenck Vs. United States

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Unanimously upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 which declared that people who interfered with the war effort were subject to imprisonment; declared that the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech was not absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and present danger."

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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 Carolina must 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

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U.S vs. Nixon

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President is not above the law. The court rejected Richard Nixon’s claim to an absolutely unqualified privilege against any judicial process.

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Schechter v. U. S. (1936)

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Sometimes called "the sick chicken case." Unanimously declared the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) unconstitutional on three grounds: that the act delegated legislative power to the executive; that there was a lack of constitutional authority for such legislation; and that it sought to regulate businesses that were wholly intrastate in character.

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Bush v. Gore (2000)

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The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation standards in different counties violated the equal protection clause. In effect, the ruling meant Bush would win the election.