A | B |
Brown v Board of Education | reversed Plessy v Fergusson; seperate but equal not constitutional |
Korematsu v United States | Japanese internment during WWII o.k, restrictions on civil liberties during wartime |
Plessy v Fergusson | seperate but equal is constitutional |
Miranda v Arizona | rights to the accused. Officers must inform accused of their legal rights |
Marbury v Madison | established Judicial Review; increased the power of the federal govt. |
Schenk v United States | 1st amendment rights are not absolute during times of war or national emergency |
Roe v Wade | established the right to privacy, right to an abortion |
Mapp v Ohio | evidence gained through illegal searches is not permissable in court |
New York Times v United States | Freedom of the Press |
Gidean v Wainwright | due process; rights to the accused |
United States v Nixon | limited power of executive priviledge |
Dred Scott v Sanford | declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional; upheld property rights over human rights |
New Jersey v TLO | schools have a legitimate need to to maintain an environmentin which learning can take place; reasonable suspicion rule for school searches |
Tinker v Des Moines | upheld school students 1st amendment rights |
13th amendment | freed the slaves |
14th amendment | made blacks citizens |
15th amendment | gave blacks the right to vote |
19th amendment | gave women the right to vote |
22nd amendment | limits the terms in office of the president to 2 terms |
26th amendment | gave 18 year old the right to vote |
21st amendment | repealed prohibition |