Landmark Court Cases

Supreme Court case that established judicial review.

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Tinker v. DesMoines

• United States v. Nixon

• Marbury v Madison

Determined "Separate but Equal" didn't violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown V. Board of Education

• In re Gault

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

Supreme Court cases that established that separate is equal, therefore making segregation legal.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

• Washington D.C. v. Heller

• United States v Nixon

Supreme Court case that established separate is NOT equal, therefore DESEGREGATING public schools.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Bush v. Gore

This Supreme Court case established students have a first amendment right to freedom of SPEECH as long as it doesn't cause a disruption.

• Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas

• Tinker v. DesMoines

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v Wainwright

Miranda v. Arizona established the Miranda Warnings, which remind citizens of their ______ and ________ amendment rights.

• 1st and 2nd 

• 3rd and 4th

• 5th and 6th

• 7th and 8th

What is it called when the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether something is legal or illegal (unconstitutional)?

• supreme court review

• due process

• segregation

• judicial review

No state shall…deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.”  

• Supremacy Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

• Elastic Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

Students have the right to free speech at school as long it doesn’t disrupt school activities. (wearing black armbands in protest)

• In Re Gault

• District of Columbia v Heller

• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier

• Tinker v Des Moines