Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases
Amendments
Amendments
100
Judicial Review, Federalism
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)
100
Japanese Internment, Equal Protection - The Court agreed with government and stated that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the Japanese and Japanese Americans.
What is Korematsu v. United States (1944)
100
Student Speech, Symbolic Speech -no one expects students to “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
100
Voting Age Set to 18 Years. Ratified 7/1/1971.
What is Amendment 26
100
Citizenship Rights. Ratified 7/9/1868. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
What is Amendment 14
200
State Taxes, National Supremacy
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
200
School Segregation, Equal Protection - "We conclude that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
200
Abortion, Right to Privacy
What is Roe v. Wade (1973)
200
Poll Tax Barred. Ratified 1/23/1964.
What is Amendment 24
200
Race No Bar to Vote. Ratified 2/3/1870. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is Amendment 15
300
State Rights, Commerce Clause - The Supreme Court determined that the commerce clause of the Constitution grants the federal government the power to determine how interstate commerce is conducted.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
300
Exclusionary Rule, Due Process - The Court determined that evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in state courts.
What is Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
300
Watergate, Checks and Balances - The Court decided that executive privilege is not limitless, and the tapes were released.
What is United States v. Nixon (1974)
300
Presidential Term Limits. Ratified 2/27/1951
What is Amendment 22
300
Status of Income Tax Clarified. Ratified 2/3/1913. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
What is Amendment 16
400
Slavery, Due Process, the Missouri Compromise - " . . . We think they [people of African ancestry] are . . . not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges...
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
400
Right to Counsel, Due Process - The Court unanimously ruled in Gideon’s favor, stating that the Six Amendment requires state courts to provide attorneys for criminal defendants who cannot otherwise afford counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
400
Affirmative Action, Equal Protection - " . . . Race or ethnic background may be deemed a "plus" in a particular applicant's file, yet it does not insulate the individual from comparison with all other candidates for the available seats."
What is Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978)
400
Women's Suffrage. Ratified 8/18/1920
What is Amendment 19
400
Liquor Abolished. Ratified 1/16/1919. Repealed by Amendment 21, 12/5/1933.
What is Amendment 18
500
"Separate but Equal," Equal Protection
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
500
Self-Incrimination, Due Process - The Supreme Court agreed, deciding that the police had not taken proper steps to inform Miranda of his rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
500
Censorship, Student Press Rights - " . . . educators do not offend the First Amendment by exercising editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored expressive activities so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
500
Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865
What is Amendment 13
500
Senators Elected by Popular Vote. Ratified 4/8/1913
What is Amendment 17
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