Supreme Court Case List-Civics & Economics



Supreme Court Case List-Civics & Economics

1. Marbury v. Madison – (Supreme Court): established the power of judicial review (declaring a law unconstitutional)

2. Engel v. Vitale – no pray in school

3. Wallace v. Jaffree – no moment of silence in school

4. Reynolds v. United States – A man may only have one wife regardless of religious practice

5. Tinker v. Des Moines – students have freedom of expression in school

6. Texas v. Johnson – Burning the America flag is a freedom of expression

7. Schenck v. United States – Government cannot censor the press unless it is a clear and present danger

8. Near v. Minnesota – Government may not censor the press even when it commits libel

9. New York Times Co. v. United States – Government cannot censor the press unless it violates national security

10. Terry v. Ohio – suspicious active gives a police officer probable cause to perform a pat down search

11. New Jersey v. TLO – Principals may search students person property with probable cause

12. Mapp v. Ohio – Evidence can only be seized with a search warrant

13. Betts v. Brady – The court does not have to appoint a lawyer even if you cannot afford one

14. Gideon v. Wainwright – The court will appoint you a lawyer if you cannot afford one (over turned Betts v. Brady)

15. Escobedo v. Illinois – You have the right to an attorney during a police interrogation

16. Miranda v. Arizona – you must be read: You have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law

17. Furman v. Georgia – Death penalty unconstitutional

18. Gregg v. Georgia – Death penalty constitutional

19. Roe v. Wade – Abortion is constitutional

20. Dred Scott v. Sanford – Slavery is unconstitutional, slaves are not citizens

21. Plessy v. Ferguson – separate but equal is legal

22. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas – separate but equal is unconstitutional

23. Lau v. Nichols – Public schools must provide ESL classes to non-English speakers

24. Korematsu v. United States – The federal government can take away your rights during times of war

25. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke – race cannot be the only factor in deciding college admissions

26. Nixon v. United States – executive privilege does not make the president above the law

27. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier – school principals may censor school newspapers and plays

28. Abbington v. Schemp – Schools may not read the bible over the intercom

29. Gibbons v. Ogden – Congress regulates interstate commerce

30. McCulloch v. Maryland – upholds the Supremacy Clause and Congress can use implied powers

31. Lemon v. Kurtzman – No religion in school, sets the test to determine what violates this rule

32. Leandro v. the State of NC – NC’s state constitution doesn’t state that NC must fund all the school districts equally

33. Swann v. Charlotte – Mecklenburg School Board – school systems must do everything it can to end segregated schools

34. State v. Mann – Established the supremacy of the NC Constitution

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