Court Cases
This landmark court case famously used the phrase "separate but equal" to allow legal segregation in the United States
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This amendment prohibits government officials from illegally searching/taking your private property.
What is the fourth amendment?
This amendment gave voting rights to all men in the United States, regardless of race
What is the 15th Amendment?
This type of court is where any legal complaint starts, regardless of the type of case.
What is a trial court?
This man, the second youngest person to be nominated for this role in US history, is our current Chief Justice
Who is John Roberts?
This court case protected a student's right to freely express themselves via clothing accessories, with certain limitations, in the school building
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This amendment would allow me to kick a soldier off of my backyard trampoline if I didn't want them there
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This amendment gave voting rights to women in the United States
What is the 19th Amendment?
This type of court case results in a court order.
What is a civil case?
This famous attorney, who famously represented the Brown family, became the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court in 1967
Thurgood Marshall
This court case reversed the decision made in Plessy, at least in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amendment guarantees your right to a public, speedy trial, as well as a lawyer if you cannot afford one.
What is the 6th amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is the number of federal trial courts, also known as district courts, that are in the United States today.
What is 94?
This woman, nominated to the court in 2009, is the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Supreme Court
This landmark court case established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
This first amendment gives protection to these five categories
Among other things, this amendment states no government can deny to any person subject to its jurisdiction equal protection of the law
What is the 14th Amendment?
This branch of the federal government has the power to set up any federal court lower than the Supreme Court.
What is the legislative branch?
This man, who shares a first name with two other justices in this category, was the lone dissent in Plessy vs. Ferguson
Who is John Harlan?
This Supreme Court Case will determine if an executive order passed by President Trump in 2025 changes the current understanding of the 14th Amendment's clause on citizenship.
What is Trump v. Barbara?
This amendment explains that people in the United States have rights besides just those described in the Constitution
What is the 9th amendment?
This amendment moved the voting age from 21 to 18 during the Vietnam War
What is the 26th Amendment?
This word describes a decision issued by the Supreme Court that must be followed by all lower courts when dealing with similar cases.
Precedent
This man was the first Chief Justice of the United States of America
John Jay