Landmark Supreme Court Cases

In the Supreme Court case ____ v. ____, the court ruled that people who can't afford an attorney would have one appointed to them.

• Furman v. Georgia
• Brown v. Board
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• McCulloch v. Maryland

Today if we are arrested, we are read our rights because of the ____v. ____ case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• The U.S. v. Richard Nixon
• Worcester v. Georgia

Established the Supreme Courts power of “Judicial Review” to see if laws are Constitutional / Unconstitutional. (Judicial Branch interprets the laws)

• Marbury v Madison

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

• In Re Gault

• District of Columbia v Heller

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

Ruled that “Separate but Equal” was Unconstitutional.

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

• Marbury v Madison

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

Juveniles are allowed to have “Due Process” rights. (right to a trial, right to an attorney, right to question witnesses, etc.)

• District of Columbia v Heller

• Tinker v Des Moines

• In Re Gault

• Miranda v Arizona

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

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.

• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens

• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

In ____v. ___ the Supreme Court ruled that students don't lose their 1st Amendment rights at the "Schoolhouse gate"

• Worcester v. Georgia
• The United States v. Ellis
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Marbury v. Madison

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

• Bush v. Gore

• Marbury v. Madison

• Miranda v. Arizona

• U.S. v. Nixon