A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court established the rights of a criminal suspect who has been arrested or is otherwise not free to leave.
What is Miranda V. Arizona?
100
The Supreme Court case that held that the Constitution protected a woman’s right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus
What is Roe V. Wade?
100
the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the principle of "judicial review" -- the power of federal courts to void acts of Congress in conflict with the Constitution
What is Marbury V. Madison?
100
Invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states
What is Texas V. Johnson?
100
Number of justices on the supreme court
What is 9
200
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that evidence obtained by illegal search and seizure could not be introduced in state or federal trials
What is Mapp V. Ohio?
200
case regarding school desegregation, decided by the Supreme Court in 1954. The Court ruled that segregation in public schools is prohibited by the Constitution
What is Brown V Board of Education?
200
established the principles that the federal government possesses broad powers to pass a number of types of laws, and that the states cannot interfere with any federal agency by imposing a direct tax upon it
What is McCullough V. Maryland?
200
a decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools.
What is Tinker V. Des moines
200
Percent of court cases the supreme court actually hears each year out of the cases sent to them
What is less than 1 percent?
300
held that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant's right to counsel and that an indigent defendant must be provided with a court-appointed lawyer in all felony cases
What is Gideon V. Wainwright
300
upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions such as schools, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
300
ruled that a state's ban on the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy. The case concerned a Connecticut law that criminalized the encouragement or use of birth control
What is Griswold V. Connecticut?
300
a United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
What is Schneck V United States?
300
President that appointed the most supreme court justices
Who is George Washington?
400
a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment.
What is Escobedo V. Illinois?
400
United States Supreme Court case dealing with the planned desegregation busing of public school students across district lines among 53 school districts in metropolitan Detroit
What is Milliken V Bradley?
400
a landmarkUnited States Supreme Court case that decided that redistricting (attempts to change the way voting districts are delineated) issues present justiciable questions, thus enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide redistricting cases
What is Baker V. Carr?
400
ruled it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools
What is Engle V. Vitale?
400
The only supreme court justice to be impeached
Who is Samuel Chase?
500
a U.S. Supreme Court decision which upheld the constitutionality of random drug testing regimen implemented by the local public schools in Vernonia, Oregon
What is Veronica School District V. Acton- Nick
500
upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy
What is Bakke V. California?
500
United States Supreme Court case in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state statutory provisions regarding abortion was challenged
What is Casey V. Planned Parenthood?
500
Held that government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is directed to inciting, and is likely to incite, imminent lawless action.
What is Brandenburg V. Ohio?
500
Number of supreme court justices to appear on United States currency