Supreme court cases Flashcards
remember each supreme court cases (29 cards)
Brown v. Board of Education
End racial school segregation (Desegregation)
Cherokee Nation Cases
Native sovereignty matters
DC v. Heller
Individual gun ownership right (gun rights)
Dred Scott:
Denied African American citizenship
Engel v. Vitale
No official school prayer
Furman v. Georgia
Paused death penalty
Gratz/Grutter
Nuanced affirmative action rules
Griswold v. Connecticut
Right to privacy (contraception)
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Schools can censor newspapers
Mapp v. Ohio
Exclude illegal evidence (evidence rules)
Marbury v. Madison:
Judicial review (court can declare laws as unconstitutional)
Miranda v. Arizona
Suspect rights (right to remain silent)
Near v. Minnesota
No prior government media censorship
Roe v. Wade
Abortion rights
Plessy v. Ferguson
“Separate but equal” (later rejected), Segregation.
Powell v. Alabama
Right to legal counsel
Schenck v. U.S
Limit dangerous speech
Texas v. Johnson
Flag burning = free speech 🇺🇸
Terry v. Ohio
Police stop-and-frisk rules
Bakke Case
Race in admissions ( race can’t be the sole admission factor)
Pentagon Papers
(Press freedom wins!!) The government could not prevent the publification of classified documents.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Student speech rights
Minersville/West Virginia
No forced flag salute
Island Trees v. Pico
Can’t ban library books
