Law & Supreme Court Cases

This ruling explicitly outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities.

• Brown vs Board of Ed

• Escobedo vs ILL

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

• Gregg vs Georgia

This ruling determined that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools.

• Engle v. Vitale

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Furman v. Georgia

• Escobedo v. Illinois

This ruling held that the power to regulate interstate navigation was reserved to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.

• Gideon v. Wainwright, 1863

• Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824

• Gregg v. Georgia, 1976

• Abington v. Schempp, 1963

This ruling reaffirmed the Supreme Court's commitment to the continued use of the death penalty in the United States

• Gregg v. Georgia, 1976

• Abington v. Schempp, 1963

• In re Gault, 1966

• Hazelwood School

  District v. Kuhlmeier,

This ruling held that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" must be excluded from criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.

• Mapp v. Ohio, 1961

• Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

• McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

• Marbury v. Madison, 1803

This ruling held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.

• Regents of California v. Bakke, 1978

• Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

• New Jersey v. TLO, 1985

• Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

This ruling held that the act of flag burning was protected speech under the first amendment.

• Regents of California v. Bakke,

• Roe v. Wade, 1973

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

• Texas v. Johnson, 1991

What case required the president to hand over tapes as evidence in a Congressional investigation?

• U.S. v. Nixon
• U.S. v. Johnson
• U.S. v. Kennedy
• U.S. v. Reagan

This decision allowed for women to have abortions

• Roe vs. Wade
• Griswold v. Connecticut
• Mapp v. Ohio
• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

The Miranda Warning resulted from a case that came before the Warren Court in 1966 called Miranda v. Arizona. The Miranda Warning upholds the Bill of Rights by

• assuring everyone's right to vote in federal elections

• protecting the rights of individuals being accused

• allowing the court to hold an individual for as long as it wants

• assisting individuals in finding a lawyer that always will win the case