CG.3.11 Landmark Supreme Court Cases

a person with the power to decide a dispute

• arbiter

• unanimous

• legal precedent

• self-incrimination

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U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that “separate but equal” segregation was not equal in public education

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• District of Columbia v. Heller

• Miranda v. Arizona

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U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that states cannot violate the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment when undertaking election recounts.

• Bush v. Gore

• District of Columbia v. Heller

• United States v. Nixon

• Miranda v. Arizona

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the section of the Fourteenth Amendment that says that states must apply the law equally and cannot discriminate against citizens or groups of citizens

• Equal Protection Clause

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Supremacy Clause

• judicial review

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the belief that the conversations between the president and his aides are confidential

• executive privilege

• Bush v. Gore

• Equal Protection Clause

• unanimous

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U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the Sixth Amendment right that all defendants must be appointed a lawyer if they cannot afford their own attorney

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Brown v. Board of Education

• United States v. Nixon

• Tinker v. Des Moines

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U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that the First Amendment does not protect all types of student speech in school

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Brown v. Board of Education

• District of Columbia v. Heller

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U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that juvenile court must comply with the Fourteenth Amendment

• In re Gault

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

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judgment by a court

• judicial opinion

• arbiter

• unanimous

• executive privilege

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the power of the U.S. courts to examine the laws or actions of the legislative and executive branches of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the U.S. Constitution

• judicial review

• separation of powers

• Equal Protection Clause

• Supremacy Clause

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