Landmark Supreme Court Cases

This is the highest court in the USA...

• Supreme Court

• District Court

• Circuit Court

• Basketball Court

What is the most important power of the Supreme Court?

• Constitutional Judgment

• Legal Evaluation

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Analysis

The power to decide whether a law is constitutional or not was decided by ______________________

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Gibbons v. Ogden

This ruling guaranteed that police would have to read people their rights before questioning them.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Bush v. Gore

Which branch of government INTERPRETS the law?

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Congress

Which case stopped the Florida recount of votes?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Jordan v. James

• Tinker v. Florida

• Bush v. Gore

This ruling allowed schools to have a right to edit materials that reflect school values

• Texas v. Johnson

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• In re Gault

• United States v. Nixon

This ruling stated executive privilege may only be used in matters of national security.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Roe v. Wade

• United States v. Nixon

This ruling supported students stating the armband protest was symbolic speech and protected by the 1st Amendment

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• In re Gault

• Dred Scott v Sanford

Plessy v. Ferguson...

• established "separate but equal" in all public facilities

• applied "separate but equal" to public schools

• set precedent for states to "equalize" African American schools

• ruled race-based denial of entrance to state law school unconstitutional