Unit 4: Law of the Land

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This ruling explicitly outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities (legal establishment of separate government-run schools for blacks and whites), ruling so on the grounds that the doctrine of "separate but equal" public education could never truly provide black Americans with facilities of the same standards available to white Americans. What is the name of this ruling?

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Brown vs Board of Ed

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This ruling said that people of African descent, whether or not they were slaves, could never be citizens of the United States, and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories.

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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This ruling determined that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools, even when it is non-denominational and students may excuse themselves from participation.

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Engle v. Vitale

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This ruling held that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations. indigent criminal defendants had a right to be provided counsel at trial.

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Escobedo v. Illinois, 1964

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This ruling held that the power to regulate interstate navigation was reserved to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.

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Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824

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This ruling affirmed the government’s decision regarding the Japanese American Internment during World War II and found that it was not unconstitutional.

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Korematsu v. United States, 1944

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This ruling held that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" must be excluded from criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.

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Mapp v. Ohio, 1961

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This landmark ruling held that basis for the exercise of judicial review of Federal statutes by the United States Supreme Court under Article Three of the United States Constitution is legal.

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Marbury v. Madison, 1803

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This ruling held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.

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Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

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This ruling held that schools can search students with reasonable cause. This case lessens the Tinker doctrine and gives school officials greater latitude in disciplining students.

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New Jersey v. TLO, 1985