Landmark Supreme Court Cases

This case established the policy of judicial review

• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Marbury vs. Madison
• Morse v. Frederick

This case ended segregation in public schools

• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• Brown vs. Board of Education
• New Jersey v. T.L.O.
• Bethel School District v. Fraser

This case advocated free speech in the schools in the form of an anti-war protest

• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Gideon vs. Wainwright
• Mapp vs. Ohio
• Morse v. Frederick

This case guaranteed certain rights for individuals being arrested

• Marbury vs. Madison
• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
• Miranda vs. Arizona 

This decision allowed for women to have abortions

• Roe vs. Wade
• Griswold v. Connecticut
• Mapp v. Ohio
• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was

• unconstitutional
• legal in all forms
• legal as long as the facilities were equal
• protected by the First Amendment

Flag burning is protected by free speech

• Texas vs. Johnson
• Mapp vs. Ohio
• Miranda vs. Arizona
• McCulloch vs. Maryland

Voted against public prayer and Bible readings in school

• Board of Ed. v. Earls
• Engel v. Vitale
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Schools only need reasonable suspicion (not a warrant) to search students.  This is necessary to provide a safe learning environment.

• Bethal School District v. Fraser
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• New Jersey v. TLO

In this case the court ruled the policy of any institution using quotas (a predetermined number) as part of affirmative action to be unconstitutional. In other words, institutions are not allowed to use race or gender quotas for hiring or acceptance practices.

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
• Grutter v. Bollinger
• Roe v. Wade