Landmark Supreme Court Rulings

Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was acceptable. (It was not discrimination.)

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Brown v. Board of Education
• In re Gault

Determined "Separate but Equal" did violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• In re Gault
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Determined that everyone was entitled to legal counsel regardless of their ability to pay.

• U.S. v. Nixon
• Bush v. Gore
• D.C. v. Heller
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Determined that individuals must be told of their rights. Confessions can be thrown out if not.

• In re Gault
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona
• D. C. v. Heller

This case determined the Supreme Court had the ability to declare a law unconstitutional.

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Marbury v. Madison
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• U.S. v. Nixon

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

• Bush v. Gore
• Marbury v. Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona
• U.S. v. Nixon

Students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech at the "schoolhouse gate."

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• D.C. v. Heller
• U.S. v. Nixon

Which of the following was the focus of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Due process rights

• Freedom of speech

• Judicial Review

• Separate but equal

How many justices serve on Supreme Court?

• 1
• 3
• 6
• 9

According to the Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, which branch of government has the power to interpret the law?

• executive
• legislative
• state legislature
• judicial