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C963 American Politics and the U.S. Constitution All Court Cases Listed & Described.
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C963 American Politics and the U.S. Constitution All Court Cases Listed & Described.
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Marbury v. Madison United States v. MillerThis case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The 1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was
Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the constitutional, allowing federal government to ban
U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it
of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the was unrelated to state militias).
power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by
the president to be unconstitutional. Owning a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun was not
protected under the Second Amendment.
Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford Korematsu v. US
Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court
have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese
and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally
without due process. apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 to each survivor.
Basically, slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states Compulsory exclusion of citizens during times of war is
and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens. justified in order to reduce the risk of espionage.
Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education of
The 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state
Topeka (1954)
ordered segregation as long as the facilities for blacks
Supreme Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v.
and whites were equal.
Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896. "Separate but
equal" is unconstitutional in the field of public education.
State-mandated segregation laws did not violate the
equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of
the United States.
Mapp v. Ohio Griswold v. Connecticut
Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time
states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in in a case that struck down a state law forbidding even
court). married individuals to use any form of contraception.
Evidence obtained illegally may not be used against made it a crime to use birth control devices.
someone in a court of law by the Fourth Amendment.
Gideon v. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona
Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a right of Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be
legal counsel to anyone accused of a crime informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of
their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by
A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one police
appointed by the government.
“Miranda warning” –the right to remain silent.
Sherbert vs. Verner Harper v. Virginia State Board of
The denial of unemployment compensation because of
Elections
religious practices violated the First and Fourteenth
The poll tax violated the Equal Protection Clause.
Amendments.
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