Supreme Court Cases

Established the concept of Judicial Review: the Supreme court has the final authority to find acts of government unconstitutional

• McCulloch v Maryland
• Ohio v Mapp
• Marbury v Madison
• Maine v Maryland

2 students caught smoking in bathroom, sent to VP, asked to open purses, VP found rolling paper used for marijuana, asked students to dump out purses, found money, marijuana, and list of people owing her money
DECISIONSchools are only required to have “reasonable suspicion” to search students

• Marbury v Madison
• Gore v Bush
• Gideon v Wainwright
• New Jersey v TLO

Students wore black arm bands protesting Vietnam War, they were suspended
DECISION: A student does not shed his rights at the door.  Black armbands to protest the Vietnam War can be worn since they are not disruptive

• Tinker v Des Moines
• Marybury v Madison
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Johnson v Texas

DECISIONThe Federal government has the power over the state to regulate interstate commerce. Federal ferry license prevails over a State Ferry License (no NY monopoly)

• Gideon v Wainwright
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Marbury v Madison
• Gibbons v Ogden

In this person's opinion, the worst SCOTUS decision in the history of our country.  the SCOTUS decided that slaves were property and could not sue ensuring that slaves had no rights because they were considered property and not humans.

• Marbury v Madison
• Dred Scott v Sanford
• Plessy v Ferguson
• McCulloch v Maryland

Established the concept of “separate but equal” in public facilities

• Dred Scott v Sanford
• Plessy v Ferguson
• Marbury v Madison
• McCulloch v Maryland

Schools were desegregated.  Separate is unequal. Separate but equal has no placeIntegrated schoolsOverturned Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v Sanford
• Korematsu v U.S.
• Brown v Board of Education
• Bethel School District v Fraser

Justices ruled for US government saying that times of national hardship and extreme times can allow some individual rights to be taken awayCourt upheld the military order presented by the circumstances of WW II – “Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group”

• Korematsu v U.S.
• Marbury v Madison
• Bush v Gore
• Johnson v Texas

All accused persons are entitled to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. Right to CounselPerson must have counsel provided, regardless of the charges filed against them

• Mapp v Ohio
• Gideon v Wainwright
• Miranda v Arizon
• Roe v Wade

A school cannot require students to pray.  This court case upheld separation of church and state.Establishment ClauseEliminated prayers in schoolStudents cannot be forced to recite a prayer because it violates their 1st Amendment right to freedom of religion

• Engel v Vitale
• Miranda v Arizona
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Mapp v Ohio