GOV-LEAP Review-Amendments and Court Cases

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Which court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine and allowed Jim Crow segregation to continue until the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

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Which case ended the Florida election recounts in the 2000 Presidential election?

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Bush v Gore

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Which case reversed Plessy v Ferguson & ruled that "separate but equal" is not Constitutional under the 14th Amendment.... thus integrating k-12 schools?

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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

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Which case established the principle of JUDICIAL REVIEW? The power of the SCOTUS to declare a law unconstitutional.

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Marbury v Madison (1803)

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Which case established the idea the federal govt has "implied powers" under the "necessary & proper clause" of Article I? (hint...this was about a state taxing a national bank)

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McCulloch v Maryland (1819)

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Which native tribe was ruled to be a "dependant" of the US and not a foreign nation in its case against Georgia?

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Cherokee

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SCOTUS ruled a slave (free or otherwise) couldn't be a citizen and couldn't petition the court. Also ruled that slaves were property.

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Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)

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SCOTUS ruled only the national (federal) govt can regulate interstate trade. (trade between the states). *This case was about New York wanting to regulate steamships going from New Jersey to New York...which crossed a state line

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Gibbons v Ogden (1824)

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SCOTUS ruled the Espionage Act didn't violate the 1st amendment. A man in WWI was arrested for trying to get people to avoid the draft. This case established the "clear & present danger" exception to free speech.

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Schenck v US (1919)

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The Korematsu v US case in 1944 was about:

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internment camps for US citizens in WWII