Landmark Supreme Court Cases

This case used the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause to stop the Florida recount in the election of 2000

• Brown v. Board of Eduacation

• Bush v Gore

• Griswold v Connecticut

• 14th Amendment

This case established that defendants must be allowed access to a lawyer before being questioned by police

• Escobedo v. Illinois

• Engele v. Vitale

• Miranda v Arizona

• Gideon v Wainwright

Ruled that "separate but equal" segregation was not discrimination, there by legalizing Jim Crow Laws

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

• Brown v Board

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Roe v Wade

This case ruled that the 1st amendment does not protect all types of student speech in school

• Griswold v Connecticut

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Escobedo v Illinois

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

This case legalize abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy

• Roe v Wade

• Griswold v COnnecticut

• Nixon v US

• Bush v Gore

This case ruled that "separate but equal" segregation was not equal in public education

• Brown v Board of Defense

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Roe v Wade

The case upheld the 5th amendment protection from self-incrimination and must be made aware of your constitutional rights

• ENgele v Vitale

• Miranda v Arizona

• Tinker v Des Moines

• US v Nixon

The case established that prayers in public schools is banned on the grounds that it violated 1st amendment

• Engele v Vitale

• Gideon v Wainwright

• Miranda v Arizona

• Plessy v Ferguson

This case holds that executive privilege does not extend to criminal cases, the president is not above the law...

• Bush v Gore

• Tinker v Des Moines

• US v Nixon

• Roe v Wade

This case established that there is an implied right to privacy in the US (birth control case!)

• Griswold v Connecticut

• Gideon v Wainwright

• Roe v Wade

• Engele v Vitale