3.12 Landmark Supreme Court Cases

No state shall…deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.”  

• Supremacy Clause
• Equal Protection Clause
• Elastic Clause
• Necessary and Proper Clause

Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was acceptable. (It was not discrimination.)

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Brown v. Board of Education
• In re Gault

Determined "Separate but Equal" didn't violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Brown V. Board of Education
• In re Gault

Determined "Separate but Equal" did violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• In re Gault
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Determined that everyone was entitled to legal counsel regardless of their ability to pay.

• U.S. v. Nixon
• Bush v. Gore
• D.C. v. Heller
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was not acceptable.

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Bush v. Gore
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Determined that individuals must be told of their rights. Confessions can be thrown out if not.

• In re Gault
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona
• D. C. v. Heller

Everyone is entitled to due process...even juveniles.

• In re Gault
• D.C. v. Heller
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Gideon v. Wainwright

This case determined the Supreme Court had the ability to declare a law unconstitutional.

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Marbury v. Madison
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• U.S. v. Nixon

Determined an individual could keep a firearm in their home.  Protected 2nd Amendment rights.

• D.C. v. Heller
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• In re Gault
• Miranda v. Arizona