Landmark Supreme Court Case Review

In this case, the Court ruled school officials can reasonably search a student's belongings in school if there is probable cause.

• Roe v. Wade

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

• Brown v. Board of Education

This Court ruled there needs to be separation between church and state and there should not be school sanctioned prayer in public education.

• Engel v. Vitale

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Texas v. Johnson

The Court ruled in this case that separate but equal was NOT ok and that segregation was no longer legal.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Bethel v. Fraser

The Court ruled in this case that women have the right to choose whether to have an abortion or not.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Texas v. Johnson

• Wilson v. Arkansas

• Roe v. Wade

The Court ruled in this case that flag burning was an expression of speech under the 1st amendment.

• U.S. v. Nixon

• Texas v. Johnson

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Miranda v. Arizona

The idea of Judicial Review came out of this case. It allowed the Courts to rule actions of the legislative and executive branch as unconstitutional.

• U.S. v. Nixon

• Marbury v. Madison

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Tinker v. Des Moines

This case made it so law enforcement must read suspect's their rights such as "you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law, you have the right to an attorney..."when arrested.

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Engel v. Vitale

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

The Court ruled that nobody is above the law, even the President. The Court ruled the President must turn over the evidence (recorded tapes).

• Korematsu v. U.S.

• U.S. v. Nixon

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Bethel v. Fraser

The Court ruled in this case that peaceful protest was ok under the 1st amendment in schools as long as it didn't disrupt the learning environment. Students were allowed to wear black armbands to peacefully protest the Vietnam War.

• Wilson v. Arkansas

• Texas v. Johnson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Tinker v. Des Moines

The Court ruled that holding Japanese Americans in internment camps was appropriate during WWII because it was an Executive Order. Eventually, in 2018, this case was overturned.

• Bethel v. Fraser

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Korematsu v. U.S.

• Dred Scott v. Sandford