Expanding Federal Power
The court case that established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This court case gave women the constitutional right to an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This decision by the Supreme Court declared that enslaved people were property, and as such were not protected by the Constitution.
What is the Dredd Scott Decision?
This court case ruled that the presidents' executive privilege cannot be invoked in the case of potential criminal activity.
What is United States v. Nixon?
This court case is associated with the term "Miranda Rights."
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The court case that led to state governments being unable to tax a federal institution.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The court case that declared that segregation is inherently unequal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This court case established segregation in the United States.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Because this company diversified its product as a Trust of many sugar companies, the Court ruled it did not violate the restraint of trade provision of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
What is the E.C. Knight company?
This court case is associated with the phrase "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The court case that gave Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This court case concluded that states were not allowed to introduce illegally obtained evidence in a trial.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
The result of this court case was that schools can search students with reasonable cause.
What is New Jersey v. TLO?
This court case concerns itself with an Oregon law that limited women to ten hours of work in factories and laundries. The law was found constitutional because of the argument that women do not have the same physical capabilities as men.
What is Muller v. Oregon?
This court case is associated with the phrase "right to privacy."
What is Roe v. Wade?
This supreme court case concluded that that praying in school violates the separation of church and state.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This court case ruled that students enjoy protection of the Bill of Rights unless their actions materially disrupt the educational environment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This court case led to the ruling that the President had the right to issue the Executive order to put Japanese Americans in interment camps.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
The result of this court case held that incriminating statements made by defendants are inadmissible unless the accused was informed of their rights before making the statement.
What is Escobedo v. Illinois?
This court case is associated with the phrase "clear and present danger."
What is Schenck v. The United States?
This Supreme Court case gave Congress the power to regulate interstate railroad systems and not individual states.
What is Wabash Railway v. Illinois?
The result of this court case gave U.S. citizens the right to a state-provided attorney.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
As a result of this case, the Court ruled that by obstructing the process in which people would be recruited or register for the armed forces, the Espionage Act was violated.
What is Schenck v. The United States?
As a result of this court case, The Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was unconstitutional, infuriating President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What is Schenck Poultry Corp. v. The United States?
This court case is associated with the quote, "student rights do not stop at the schoolhouse gates."
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?