Supreme Court Cases

Page 97- What did the Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• White schools and colored schools had to be integrated
• The 14th amendment is unconstitutional
• Segregation was unconstitutional
• Segregation was constitutional as long as "separate but equal"

Page 98- What did the court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?

• "Separate but equal" is constitutional
• Train cars must be desegregated
• Segregation in school is unconstitutional
• All segregation is illegal

No one is above the law...not even the president.

• Bush v. Gore

• Marbury v. Madison

• Miranda v. Arizona

• U.S. v. Nixon

Determined the FL Supreme Court could not order a recount of ballots.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Bush v. Gore

• U.S. v. Nixon

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

Suspects cannot be questioned (interrogated) until they are informed of their rights (right to remain silent, right to an attorney, etc.)

• Brown v Board of Education

• Miranda v Arizona

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Bush v Gore

Established “Separate but Equal”, which provided separate public facilities for both whites and blacks as long as they were equal.

• District of Columbia v Heller

• In Re Gault

• Brown v Board of Education

• Plessy v Ferguson

A person accused of a crime no matter how poor has the right to an attorney during trial. Enforces the 6^th Amendment.

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Gideon v Wainwright

• Miranda v Arizona

• United States v Nixon

Ruled that “Separate but Equal” was Unconstitutional.

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

• Marbury v Madison

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

Students have the right to free speech at school as long it doesn’t disrupt school activities. (wearing black armbands in protest)

• In Re Gault

• District of Columbia v Heller

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

• Tinker v Des Moines

Allowed for the censorship (blocking) of materials / stories written in school newspapers.

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Marbury v Madison

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier