Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Due to the decision of this case, law enforcement officers must inform you of your right to remain silent and right to a free attorney.  

• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Heart of Atlanta v US
• New York Times v US

Which was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

• Administrators may limit the content of student publications

• Public school districts that segregate deny equal protection.

• Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school.

• Criminal defendants have the right to an attorney

Which court case stated that students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."?

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Tinker v Des Moines
• Miranda v. Arizona

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the Florida Supreme Court's plan for recounting ballots violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

• Bush v. Gore (2000)

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson reflected Americans’ approval of

• integration.

• relocation centers.

• segregation.

• woman suffrage.

What happened in American schools after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• States could continue segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal.

• Individuals of different races voluntarily stopped all forms of school segregation.

• The federal government ordered that states desegregate classes.

• Desegregation was ordered for only high schools.

What was the impact of Supreme Court decision Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?

• Schools have the ability to censor materials created and used during schools hours

• Newspapers may no longer be published inside of public schools

• Any information may be published as long as no students object

• Schools may never censor work of students done during school hours

What did the Supreme Court decide in the case United States v. Nixon (1974)?

• The president's executive privilege is limited

• The Supreme Court did not hear the case because it involved the president

• Executive privilege allows the president to withhold any and all things from the country

• Rule of law does not apply to the president

Which court case overruled Plessy v Ferguson and declared that separate is not equal? 

• Mapp v Ohio
• Gideon v Wainwright
• US v Nixon
• Brown v Board of Ed

This case said the courts had to provide lawyers for those who can't afford one

• Mapp v. Ohio
• Terry v. Ohio
• Gideon vs. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona