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| This Supreme Court case established the Supreme Court as having the power of judicial review. That is, it established their power to decide whether a law is unconstitutional. | Marbury v. Madison (1803) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled it was constitutional for states to segregate people based on race, such as having white only restaurants. This was known as the “separate-but-equal” ruling, and set up segregation all over the south. It was later overturned. | Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that a state could not ban the teaching of foreign languages. This is important because it was one of the first cases in which the Supreme Court ruled that citizens have rights not expressly listed in the US Constitution. | Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that separate schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. This case overruled a prior Supreme Court case. | Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that criminal defendants must be allowed free legal help if they cannot afford a lawyer. | Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that public school students have rights to free speech at school as long as they do not disrupt school activities. | Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that it was NOT unconstitutional for the school administration to search a high school student’s purse after she was caught smoking. | New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled a person in police custody cannot be questioned unless he or she is told they have the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, and that anything they say (after they say they understand) can be used against them in a court of law. | Miranda v. Arizona (1966) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that having every county in the state of Florida recount its presidential votes violated the fourteenth amendment. | Bush v. Gore (2000) |
| In this case the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults, such as the right to timely notification of the charges, the right to confront witnesses, the right against self-incrimination, and the right to an attorney. | In re Gault (1967) |
