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What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Said African Americans could be provided with ''separate but eqaul'' public facillities; began school integration
What is the case of the heart of atlanta motel
Congress has the right to regulate local commerce as a result of the civil rights act of 1964
What is tinker v. Des Moines
Black armbands as a sign of freedom of speech against the vietnam war were protected
What was bethel school District v. Frasier
There are limits to freedom of speech in schools
What is NJ v. TLO
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States addressing the constitutionality of a search of a public high school student for contraband after she was caught smoking. A subsequent search of her purse revealed drug paraphernalia, marijuana, and documentation of drug sales.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
Overturned segregation
What is regents of the university of california v. blake
Affirmative action
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
You have the right to a legal council
What is Gregg v. Georgia
Death penalty was applied fairly
What is Korematsu v. US
The american government has unusual powers during time of war
What is swann v. charlotte
Forced busing to integrate the school
What is Dejonge v. Oregon
Reinforced peaceable assembly and association protection of the first amendment
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Schools have the right to censor student run newspapers
What is Marbury v. Madison
The U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison(1803) established the principle of judicial review
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
What is furman v. georgia
Death penalty was applied unfairly
What is Engel v. Vitale
Held that public school districts practice of starting the day with prayer violates the establishment clause
What is Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld (2006), the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush administration's use of military commissions to try terrorist suspects violated the U.S. Code of Military Justice and Geneva Conventions, and were not specifically authorized by any act of Congress.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that established that the "Necessary and Proper" Clause of the U.S. Constitution gives the federal U.S. government certain implied powers that are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution
What is Texas v. johnson
Burning the US flag in protest is protected under freedom of speech
What is Mapp v. Ohio
Evidence obtained without a search warrant is not admissible in court
What is US. v. Eichman
Struck down Federal Flag Protection Act held that flag burning is expressive speech
What is Miranda v. Arizona
ruled at the time of arrest suspects can not be questioned until informed of there rights
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1, was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.
What is Engle v. Vitale
Held that public school districts practice of starting the day with prayer violates the establishment clause