Specific court cases
Unconstitutional for state officials to compose a school prayer
What is the first amendment?
What is Freedom of religion and speech?
How do you prove jurisdiction?
The court must have power over the defendant that you are suing
This case ruled that a slave in the north is not free and that because a slave is property, not a person slaves can’t sue in US courts.
What is Dred Scott v Sanford?
This case ruled that the exclusionary rule applies to the states.
What is Mapp v Ohio?
What is Lemon v Kurtzman
Secondary education act from 1968 was unconstitutional
What is the fourth amendment?
What is police cannot search property without probable cause?
What are the three types of jurisdictions?
Original, appellate, exclusive
This case ruled it was unconstitutional for states to pass anti-sodomy laws.
What is Lawrence V Texas?
This case ruled that a fundamental right to privacy protects a women’s right to an abortion in the first trimester of their pregnancy.
What is Roe v Wade?
What is Schenck v US
Supreme Court case concerning espionage act of 1917.
What is the sixth amendment?
What does jurisdiction mean?
It is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined filed of responsibility.
This case ruled the universities may use race-conscious admissions policies in the interest of creating a diverse student population.
What is Regents of the University of California v Bakke?
This case ruled that the constitution creates “zones of privacy” that prevent laws banning birth control.
What is Griswold v Connecticut?
Tinker v Des Moines
What is the Tenth amendment?
What is power not specifically given to federal govt by the constitution goes to the states and people?
What is a writ of certiorari?
A writ of certiorari orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that a higher court may review it
This case ruled that implementing desegregation could include racial quotas.
What is Swann v Charlotte-Macklenburg?
this case ruled that searches in a school require only reasonable suspicion due to the need to maintain a learning environment.
What is TLO v New Jersey?
Supreme Court case that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag.
Texas V Johnson
What is the 8th amendment?
What is excessive bail shall not be required?
Who pays for Supreme Court cases?
Each party will pay their own legal fees.
This case ruled that it is unconstitutional for a
State to ban biracial marriage.
What is Loving v Virginia?
This case ruled that the death penalty does not “invariably violate the constitution”
What is Gregg V Georgia?