Court Cases

Determined that kids under 18 may be tried as adults in some cases (1966).

• Kent v USA
• Miranda v Arizona
• Powell v Alabama
• California v Acevedo

This case talked about paddling students in school (1977).

• Engel v Vital
• Ingraham v Wright
• Pottawatomie v Earls
• Tinker v Des Moines

Flag burning was a symbolic speech that is protected by the First Amendment (1989).

• Greenwood v California
• Brown v Board of Education
• Texas v Johnson
• Mapp v Ohio

Police have the right to search through people's trash once they place it in a dumpster (1988).

• New Jersey v TLO
• California v Acevedo
• Miranda v Arizona
• Greenwood v California

Established that suspects must be informed of their rights when arrested (1966).

• Miranda v Arizona
• Kent v USA
• Morse v Frederick
• Roe v Wade

Made segregation in schools illegal (1954).

• Dred Scott Case
• Brown v Board of Education
• Marbury v Madison
• Engel v Vital

Legalized abortion (1973).

• Tinker v Des Moines
• Gideon v Wainwright
• Roe v Wade
• Dred Scott Case

Court said school officials can search personal items without a warrant (1985).

• Mapp v Ohio
• Morse v Frederick
• Powell v Alabama
• New Jersey v TLO

Declared that all accused persons have the right to a lawyer (1963).

• Gideon v Wainwright
• Ingraham v Wright
• Kent v USA
• Pottawatomie v Earls

Outlawed school sponsored prayers in school (1962).

• Miranda v Arizona
• Engel v Vital
• Brown v Board of Education
• Texas v Johnson