Famous US Supreme Court Cases

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Plessy v Ferguson

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upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, goes against the 14th Amendment

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Schenck v US

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concluded that the First Amendment does not protect speech that presents a "clear and present danger," especially when going against the American War effort (WWI)

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Brown v Board of Education Topeka, KS

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declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.

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Korematsu v US

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upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a wartime necessity with response to the Japanes bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Kim Wong Ark v US

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decision that affirmed the citizenship of children born in the United States to foreign parents under the 14th Amendment, response to Chinese Exclusion Act

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Scopes Monkey Trial

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The 1925 trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, for teaching evolution in violation of state law, highlighting the conflict between science and religion.