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WGU C963 - Court Cases - American Politics and the US Constitution
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1. Marbury v. Madison (1803): Established judicial review. The courts have thep
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ower to strike down laws that they find to violate the Constitution.
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2. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857): The Constitution was not meant to include Amer-
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ican citizenship for black people.
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3. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): Separate but equal - h h h h h h h
hRacial segregation laws for public facilities are Constitutional as long as the segrega
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ted facilities were equal inquality.
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4. United States v. Miller (1939): Upheld The National Firearms Act of 1934 allow-
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ing the government to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered guns unrelatedto
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state militias h
5. Korematsu v. United States (1944): Japanese internment is legal holding that th h h h h h h h h h h h
e need to protect against espionage by Japan outweighed the rights of Americansof Ja
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panese descent. h
6. Brown v. Board of Education (1954): State laws establishing racial segregationin
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public schools were unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwiseequ
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al in quality. h h
7. Mapp v. Ohio (1961): Held that the exclusionary rule, which prevents prosecutorsfro
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m using evidence in court that was obtained by violating the Fourth Amendment,appli
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es to the states. h h h
8. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963): In criminal cases, states are required under theSi
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xth Amendment to provide an attorney to defendants who are unable to afford their
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own.
9. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965): The court spelled out the right to privacy for the f
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irst time in a case that struck down a state law forbidding married couples fromusing a
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ny form of contraception.
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10. Miranda v. Arizona (1966): Detained criminal suspects, prior to police ques- h h h h h h h h h h
tioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self
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-incrimination.
11. Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966): Virginia's poll tax was unconsti-
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tutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
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12. Tinker v. Des Moines (1969): Students have the right to symbolic speech atsc
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hool as long as it is not disruptive.
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13. Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969): Speech advocating illegal conduct is protectedu h h h h h h h h h h
nder the First Amendment unless the speech is likely to incite "imminent lawlessacti
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on."
14. Miller v. California (1973): Obscenity test. Community standards should be use
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d to determine whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to a "prurientinteres
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t" and being "patently offensive" and lacking in value.
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