Students are entitled to certain due process rights.
Goss v. Lopez
Separate schools are not equal.
Brown v. Board of Education
Colleges and universities have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity.
Grutter v. Bollinger
The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment.
Texas v. Johnson
Students do not have a First Amendment right to make obscene speeches in school.
Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser
“separate but equal”
Plessy v. Ferguson
Administrators may edit the content of school newspapers.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning.
Miranda v. Arizona
Students do not leave their rights at the schoolhouse door.
Tinker v. Des Moines
School-initiated players in the public school system violate the First Amendment.
Engel v. Vitale
Certain school voucher programs are constitutional.
Zelma v. Simmons-Harris
Struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States.
Loving v. Virginia
In order to prove libel, a public official must show that what was said against them was made with actual malice.
New York Times v. Sullivan
The President is not above the law.
U.S. v. Nixon
Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school.
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Random drug tests of student-athletes is not an unreasonable search and seizure.
Vernonia School District v. Acton
Illegally obtained material cannot be used in a criminal trial.
Mapp v. Ohio
It is cruel and unusual punishment to execute persons for crimes they committed before age 18.
Roper v. Simmons
Random drug tests of student-athletes is not an unreasonable search and seizure.
Vernonia School District v. Acton
Students may not use a school's loudspeaker system to offer student-led, student-initiated prayer.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Indigent defendants must be provided representation without charge.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Established the doctrine of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
Stop and frisks do not violate the Constitution under certain circumstances.
Terry v. Ohio
Certain school voucher programs are constitutional.
Zelma v. Simmons-Harris