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U.S. History - Important Supreme Court Cases

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Slaves are property and cannot be taken away depending on location, abolishes all compromises before Civil War, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, etc. also cancelled popular sovereignty...Dred Scott Decision
Legalized segregation...Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
Can;t create a clear and present danger - no freedom is absolute...Schenck vs. U.S. (1919)
Overrules Plessy case and says that separate but equal is unconstitutional...Brown vs. Board (1954)
Must be read your rights...Miranda vs. Arizona (1960's)
Right to a lawyer - 1960's cases expand the rights of the individual...Gideon vs. Wainwright (1960's)
Student rights in school, freed of expression...Tinker vs. Desmoines
The president is not above the law...Nixon vs. U.S.
Abortion issue - makes abortion legal...Roe vs. Wade


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