Supreme Court Decisions

By mic_norville97

  • Marbury v. Madison

    The Judicial Review

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    The Second National Bank

  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    To regulate interstate commerce.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Legalized discrimination against African-Americans and gace credence to the "seperate but equal" doctrine.

  • Korematsu v. The United States

    Legal restrictions that curtail the civil rights of a single racial group are subject to the most rigid scrutiny

  • Brown v. The Board of Education

    Overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case.

  • Mapp v. Ohio

    All evidence discovered as a result of a search and seizure conducted in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution (”Constitution”) shall be inadmissible in State court proceedings

  • Engel v. Vitale

    Court ruled that government-written prayers were not to be recited in public schools and were an unconstitutional violation of the Establishment Clause

  • Gideon v. Wainright

    This case overruled Betts and held that the right of an indigent defendant to appointed counsel is a fundamental right, essential to a fair trial. Failure to provide an indigent defendant with an attorney is a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution (”Constitution”)

  • Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. The United States

    Congress may regulate the ability of commercial institutions to deny service on the basis of race under its power to regulate interstate commerce.

  • Miranda v. Arizona

    Government authorities need to inform individuals of their Fifth Amendment constitutional rights prior to an interrogation following an arrest.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    This case presents the landmark decision that a student does not shed his personal rights at the schoolhouse door.

  • Swann v. Charlotte

    The scope of District Court authority is broad, but enters only when local school districts have not voluntarily brought themselves into compliance with Brown I/II.

  • Gregg v. Georgia

    Society deems punishment by death to be an appropriated punishment.

  • Regents of UC v. Bakke

    Race-based classifications, for purposes of school admissions, are constitutional. The use of racial-quotas, however, is unconstitutional.

  • New Jersey v. TLO

    School officials need not obtain a warrant before searching a student who is under their authority.

  • Texas v. Johnson

    Was an important decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states