Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Suspects cannot be questioned (interrogated) until they are informed of their rights (right to remain silent, right to an attorney, etc.)

• Brown v Board of Education

• Miranda v Arizona

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Bush v Gore

Because of this case, you now sit in a classroom with people from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds:

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Brown v. Board of Education

This case started with a prank phone call.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• In Re Gault

• DC v. Heller

• Gideon v. Wainwright

The power of judicial review was established and first used by the Supreme Court in this case:

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Brown v. Board of Ed.

Which landmark case is known for ESTABLISHING the "Separate but equal" doctrine?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Ed.

• Gideon v. Wainwright

US v. Nixon is considered a landmark case because it provided what lesson for future leaders?

• You must obey a court order

• The president is accountable for enforcing the law

• The president is not above the law

• The president is not allowed to have private meetings

This Supreme Court case established that all citizens have a right to an attorney (legal counsel) even if they can not afford one.

• District of Columbia v. Heller

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Tinker v. Des Moines

Judicial Review allows the Supreme Court to do what?

• Find persons innocent until proven guilty

• Determine if a law is unconstitutional

• Limit the number of cases they hear

• Determine who will be the next Chief Justice

In the case of In re Gault, Gerald Gault insisted that his ______ amendment rights had been violated.

• 1st

• 5th

• 6th

• 14th

Which of these cases overturned the ruling in the Plessy case?

• Korematsu v. United states

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education