Brown v. Board of Education
Loving v. Virginia
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
United States v. Nixon
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In what year was it a landmark Supreme Court case

1954

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When was the case?

1967

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when was the case?

1896

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What amendment was violated in this case?

5th Amendment

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When was it?

1974

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How many cases did this start off as?

What is 5 cases

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Who did Richard Loving want to marry?

Mildred Jeter

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What was the decision?

upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine


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How long was Miranda questioned without a lawyer present?

2 hours

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What did the case do?

The President cannot shield himself from producing evidence in a criminal prosecution based on the doctrine of executive privilege, although it is valid in other situations.

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What did this case inspire?

What is the Civil Rights Movement

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Why was it against the law for them to get married?

because Mildred is an African American women and it is against the laws for a white person and a African American to get married.

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What did the case stem from?

an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people

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What was the justices vote?

5 to 4

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What did the case violate?

Act violated the principle of separation of powers, the principle of presidential privilege

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What was the ruling for the case?

What is unanimous and unconstitutional


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Where did they get married at?

Washington DC

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Who won?

7-1: Ferguson

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What was Miranda charged for and for how long was he sentenced?

kidnapping and rape; 20-30 years on each count

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What was the outcome?

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Nixon must turn over the tapes

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What did this decision open the door for?

What is desegregation of American schools

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What amendment did the court of Virginia break?

14 amendment

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What effect did it have?

upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws

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What did the Supreme Court rule?

detained criminal suspects and there were police questioning and must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination

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Why was it significant

the decision was important to the late stages of the Watergate scandal, when there was an ongoing impeachment process against Richard Nixon

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