Landmark Court Cases

Which court case created the constitutionality of "Separate but Equal"?

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Marbury v Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona

Which court case stated that students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."?

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Tinker v Des Moines
• Miranda v. Arizona

Which court case stated that suspects must be read their rights when arrested or anything said is inadmissible in court.

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Tinker v Des Moines
• Miranda v. Arizona

Which court case expressed that all individuals have the right to an attorney for any criminal charge?

• Lemon v Kurtman
• Gideon v Wainwright
• US v Nixon
• Brown v Board of Ed

Which court case prevents prosecutors from using evidence that was obtained unlawfully/ without a warrant? 

• Mapp v Ohio
• Gideon v Wainwright
• US v Nixon
• Brown v Board of Ed

Which court case limited Executive Privilege?  (Executive privilege is the privilege of the President to withhold documents from the Legislative and Executive Branches.)

• Mapp v Ohio
• Gideon v Wainwright
• US v Nixon
• Brown v Board of Ed

Which case overruled the "separate but equal" ruling of previous cases and segregated schools (among other things)?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott V. Stanford

• Swann V. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education

Which case protected Students' Rights against Unlawful Search and Seizure?

(BUT, SCOTUS said that school officials could conduct searches of students if they had reasonable suspicion that a student was violating school rules or engaging in criminal activity.)

• Hazelwood schools v. Kuhlmeier

• Bethel Schools v. Frasier

• New Jersey v. TLO

• Engel v. Vitale

Which Court case protected Students' Rights to Freedom of Religion (by banning mandatory/ formal prayer in public schools)?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

• New Jersey v. TLO

• Engel v. Vitale

This ruling said that people of African descent, whether or not they were slaves, could never be citizens of the United States, and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories.

• Brown vs Board of Ed

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Furman v. Georgia

• Dred Scott v. Sandford