Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases

Tinker v. Des Moines

• A Supreme Court case that upheld students' First Amendment rights, allowing them to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War.

• A Supreme Court case that ruled against the right to free speech in schools.

• A Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of school funding and equality.

• A Supreme Court case that dealt with the rights of teachers in the classroom.

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

• A case that upheld segregation in Texas schools.

• A case that challenged the segregation of Mexican American children in Texas schools, leading to desegregation.

• A case that focused on funding for Texas schools.

• A case that involved the rights of teachers in Texas.

Hernandez v. Texas

• A Supreme Court case that extended constitutional rights to Mexican Americans and other racial groups in the United States.

• A landmark decision that established the right to bear arms for all citizens.

• A case that ruled against the segregation of public schools in the United States.

• A Supreme Court ruling that limited the rights of immigrants in the country.

Mendez v. Westminster School District

• A landmark case that upheld racial segregation in California schools.

• A federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools, setting a precedent for Brown v. Board of Education.

• A case that focused on the rights of teachers in California.

• A Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in public transportation.

Gideon v. Wainwright

• A Supreme Court case that ruled the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is a fundamental right applied to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment.

• A Supreme Court case that established the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.

• A Supreme Court case that determined the legality of segregation in public schools.

• A Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of voting rights for women.

Brown v. Board of Education

• A landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.

• A Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools.

• A case that established the right to free speech in public schools.

• A landmark decision that allowed for the continuation of separate but equal facilities.

Plessy v. Ferguson

• A Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

• A landmark case that abolished slavery in the United States.

• A Supreme Court ruling that established the right to vote for women.

• A decision that declared the death penalty unconstitutional.

Sweatt v. Painter

• A Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation in higher education.

• A landmark decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools.

• A case that established the right to vote for African Americans in the United States.

• A Supreme Court ruling that declared the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II unconstitutional.

Wisconsin v. Yoder

• A Supreme Court case that upheld compulsory education for all children until age 18.

• A Supreme Court case that held that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade, emphasizing freedom of religion.

• A Supreme Court case that mandated public schooling for all religious groups.

• A Supreme Court case that ruled against the separation of church and state.

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

• A Supreme Court case that upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy.

• A Supreme Court case that ruled against affirmative action in college admissions.

• A Supreme Court case that established the legality of quotas in college admissions.

• A Supreme Court case that focused on the rights of international students in U.S. universities.