Court Juristiction
Court Cases
Court Cases pt.2
Court cases pt.3
Extra
100

The authority of a court to hear a case.

Jurisdiction 

100

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review.

Marbury v. Madison

100

Oliver Wendell Holmes; clear and present danger test; limits on speech esp. during wartime. 

Freedom of speech is limited during wartime.

Schenk v. U.S. (1919)

100

Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not be used in a criminal trial.

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

100

Order by the Supreme Court directing a lower court to send up the records of a case for review.

Writ of Certiorari

200

Authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases.

Concurrent Jurisdiction

200

Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law.

McCulloch v. Maryland

200

Says that the government can intern (imprison) citizens during wartime emergencies.

Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)

200

Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of 1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th Amendment's due process clause; Warren Court's judicial activism.

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

200

Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. 

Have to have a reason to be detained.

Habeas Corpus

300

The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. These are the courts that determine the facts about a case.

Original Jurisdiction

300

Affirmed federal control of interstate commerce under commerce clause of the Constitution.

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

300

Supreme court case in which it was decided that a student may be searched if there is "reasonable ground" for doing so.

New Jersey v. TLO (1985)

300

Miranda rights. 

5th Amendment self-incrimination clause requires government agents to warn suspects of their right to remain silent and/or contact an attorney before questioning them when they are in custody. Statements made without Miranda Warning are inadmissible in court (like the exclusionary rule for evidence).

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

300

The southern colonies were established for......

Economics

400

The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts. 

Appellate Jurisdiction

400

Says that slaves are not citizens.
They are property.

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)


400

1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated. 

Separation is NOT equal.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

400

Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceedings. Warren Court's judicial activism in criminal rights.

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

400

"City on a Hill"

Puritans

500

The lower federal courts, beneath the Supreme Court. 

Inferior Courts

500

"Separate but equal"

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

500

Abortion rights fall within the privacy implied in the 14th amendment.

Roe v. Wade (1973)

500

Was a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment.

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

500

Disagreement/to disagree.

Dissenter