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Established the doctrine of judicial review. First time the supreme court declared an act of congress unconstitutional
Protected a womens right to abortion via her “right to privacy”
Concluded that the First Amendment does not protect speech that approaches creating a clear and present danger of a significant evil that Congress has power to prevent.
what court case ruled: The First Amendment does not protect speech that is designed to undermine the United States in war by fueling sedition and disorder.
Abrams v. United States (1919)
what court case ruled: The Commerce Clause gives Congress authority over interstate navigation.
what court case ruled: States cannot interfere with the federal government when it uses its implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause to further its express constitutional powers.
what court case ruled: Held that states did not have authority to impose regulations on Native American land.
What court case ruled: In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.
What court case ruled: Under the Fifth Amendment, any statements that a defendant in custody makes during an interrogation are admissible as evidence at a criminal trial only if law enforcement told the defendant of the right to remain silent and the right to speak with an attorney before the interrogation started, and the rights were either exercised or waived in a knowing, voluntary, and intelligent manner.
what court case ruled: The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits states from segregating public school students on the basis of race. This marked a reversal of the "separate but equal" doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson that had permitted separate schools for white and colored children provided that the facilities were equal.
Later overruled by Brown v. Board of Education (1954), this decision embraced the now-discredited idea that “separate but equal” treatment for whites and African-Americans is permissible under the Fourteenth Amendment.
In a decision that later was nullified by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Supreme Court held that former slaves did not have standing in federal courts because they lacked U.S. citizenship, even after they were freed.
What court case ruled: Although strict scrutiny is the appropriate standard for policies that distinguish people based on race, an executive order interning American citizens of Japanese descent and removing many of their constitutional protections passed this standard. This decision has been largely discredited and repudiated.
what court case ruled: Since First Amendment protections extend to students in public schools, educational authorities who want to censor speech will need to show that permitting the speech would significantly interfere with the discipline needed for the school to function.
what court case ruled: the states may regulate the use of private property "when such regulation becomes necessary for the public good.
what amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
what amendment: The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
what amendment: Outlines the guidelines by which the Presidential election may occur, how people may vote, and who can be president.
what amendment: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
what amendment: granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people
what amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude–
what amendment: Congress has the power to tax.
what amendment: Establishes that the Senate will be composed of two Senators from each state.
what amendment: Outlaw of alcohol
what amendment: The right to vote shall not be denied on the basis of sex. Women can vote.
what amendment Establishes when the president and vice president terms end, January
what amendment: Repealed the 18th amendment
What explorer wanted to find a westward sea route to asia
What explorer made a total of 4 voyages across the atlantic
What explorer sailed west from spain and landed in the caribbean islands instead of asia
Who was credited with opening the americas to european colonization
who searched for a northwest passage to asia
John Cabot
Who landed in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia
Who helped lay the groundwork for british claims in north america
Who searched for the fountain of youth
who was the first european to land in now florida
Who explored the St. Lawrence River
Who claimed parts of canada for france
what kind of colonies were established by a grant from the british crown
what kind of colonies were governed by settlers who were allowed to elect their own governor and legislature
what kind of colonies were granted by the crown to individuals or groups who had the authority to govern them?
What kind of colonies were directly controlled by the british crown?
who believed natural rights
who believed separation of powers
who believed government should be based on general will
who believed freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
who wrote federalist no 10
what federalist paper covers a large republic is the best way to avoid too much power
Federalist Paper No. 51
Federalist Paper No. 78
who wrote federalist no 78
who wrote federalist no 51
what federalist paper covered that separation of powers would prevent too much power
what federalist paper argued allowing judges to have a life appointment to office would allow less political pressure for judgment
Federalist No. 5
Federalist No. 10
