Landmark Supreme Court Cases

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court limited executive privilege?

• In re Gault

• United States v. Nixon

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination?

• In re Gault

• United States v. Nixon

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court established the power of judicial review?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court determined that "separate but equal" segregation was not discrimination?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court supreme court said that slaves couldn't sue for freedom because the were property ?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment ?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court established that school officials could censor school-sponsored student publications so long as such restrictions served a valid educational purpose?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v. Wainwright

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the Sixth Amendment right that all defendants must be appointed a lawyer if they cannot afford their own attorney ?

• In re Gault

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Bush v. Gore

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court hold that juveniles were still entitled to all reasonable "due process" rights when facing possible detention ?

The "due process" rights include: [1] timely notice of criminal charges, [2]the right to face and question witnesses, [3]the right to counsel (an attorney), [5] the right to a transcript of the proceedings and [6] The right to appellate review

• Miranda v. Arizona

• In re Gault

• Bush v. Gore

• Gideon v. Wainwright

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the votes could not be counted consistently across Florida in different counties that used different methods, because not every ballot would be treated equally ?

• United States v. Nixon

• Bush v. Gore

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Dred Scott v. Sandford