Court Decisions
This court case set the precedent of "separate but equal"
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
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This court case said that the president is not above the law, and that the legal system cannot work without the courts ability to obtain evidence
What is Nixon V. U.S.?
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This court case overturned Plessy V. Ferguson
What is Brown V. Board of Education
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In Hazelwood V. Kuhlmeier, the students claimed that the principal of their school had violated this right
What is Freedom of Speech?
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This is a decision that has been made that determines how we will do things in the future
What is a precedent?
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This court case ends segregation in schools in the U.S.
What is Brown V. Board of Education?
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This court case sets the precedent that slaves were not citizens, and that you could not deny citizens their right to property
What is Dred Scott V. Standford?
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This Amendment promises freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech
What is the 1st Amendment?
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This practice is where cops read out a list a rights to someone who is being arrested
What are the Miranda Rights?
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This ensures citizens the right to a fair legal process by having set rules and procedures that must be followed by our government and our legal system
What is due process?
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This court case establishes children's right to due process.
What is In Re Gault?
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This court case sets the precedent for courts to provide criminals with a lawyer.
What is Gideon V. Wainwright?
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This Amendment promises the right to a fair, public, speedy, trial, with a jury and a lawyer/attorney
What is the 6th Amendment?
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Plessy V. Ferguson said that this social practice, of separating people based on race was consitutional
What is segregation?
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This determined how new states would enter the U.S, as a slave or free state, and was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court under the 5th Amendment.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
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This court case determined that schools could censor students freedom of speech if necessary.
What is Hazelwood V. Kuhlmeier?
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This court case sets the precedent that everyone must be informed of their rights upon arrest
What is Miranda V. Arizona?
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This Amendment said you could not deny someone the right to their property, and promises due process of the law
What is the 5th Amendment?
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In Dred Scott V. Standford, slaves were considered to not be this
What is a citizen?
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This is the ability of the Supreme Court to deem actions made by the other two branches of government unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review?
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This court case created the Supremacy Clause and gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review
What is Marbury V. Madison?
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This Amendment includes the Equal Protection clause, and gives citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
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This is a right protected under the 5th Amendment, the case of Mirand a V. Arizona reinforced the protection of this by stating ”you have the right to remain silent”?
What is self-incrimination?
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This establishes that the U.S. Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Supremacy Clause?
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