| A | B |
| Brown v. Board I | separate but equal not constitutional |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | separate but equal constitutional |
| Brown v. board II | with all deliberate speed |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | slaves were property therefore his freedom was not granted |
| Common Law | laws based on precedent |
| Marbury v. Madison | Judicial Review |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg | gave district courts the right to mandate busing |
| Roe v. Wade | privacy rights, abortion |
| precedent | a ruling that is used as the basis for similar cases |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | established separate but equal doctrine |
| Marbury v. Madsion | Supreme Court granted the U.S. Supreme Court the power of judicial review |
| judicial review | to declare any federal, state, or local law or government action unconstitutional |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | confirmed Article 6 supremacy clause (federal law supreme to state and local laws) |
| Engel v. Vitale | voluntary prayer |
| Korematsu v. U.S. | the threat of espionage duirng wartime outweighs individual rights |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | you are entitled to an attorney if you cannot afford one |
| Miranda v. Arizona | you have the right to remain silent and against self-incrimination |
| Reynolds v. Sims | one man, one vote |
| Leandro v. N.C. | N.C. is only required to provide for a fair education not equal funding |
| In Re Gault | The lower courts had violated the juveniles 14th amendment equal protection rights and due process |
| original jurisdiction | the authority to hear cases for the first time |
| appellate jurisdiction | the authority to hear a case appealed rom a lower court |
| writ of habeas corpus | a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
| ex post facto law | a law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed (after the fact of) |