Court Case
|
The Issue
|
The Decision
|
Marbury
v.
Madison
|
Madison was sued by Marbury for not delivering his judge
commission, despite a congressional order
|
The Supreme Court held that it is the Court itself that
has the final say in what the Constitution means. It also established the principle of
judicial review.
|
McCulloch vs.
Maryland
|
Does Congress have the power to pass laws and enact
programs if those powers are not specifically stated in the Constitution?
|
No-states cannot tax federal government and under the Necessary
and Proper Clause, federal government can use implied powers to carry out
expressed powers
|
Tinker
v.
Des Moines
|
Do students have the right to symbolic/pure speech?
|
Yes-as long as the speech does not disrupt the educational
process, is not vulgar, or promotes illegal activities, students retain their
rights to free speech
|
New Jersey vs.
TLO
|
Are students provided the same search and seizure process
as adults?
|
No-Admins do not need a search warrant to search a bag, only
reasonable suspicion.
|
Gideon vs.
Wainwright
|
Gideon, charged with robbery and facing jail time, was
denied a lawyer.
|
Defendants have the right to a state paid attorney under
the Sixth Amendment.
|
Miranda
v.
Arizona
|
Miranda kidnapped a teenaged girl. Once arrested, he was
not read his rights and confessed to the crime.
|
Held that a person in police custody cannot be questioned
unless told that he or she has a) the right to remain silent, b) the right to
an attorney, and c) anything said after acknowledging rights may be used as
evidence of guilt in a trial.
|
Plessy
v.
Ferguson
|
Was the Louisiana law (Jim Crow Laws) requiring passenger
trains to have “equal but separated accommodations for the white and colored
races” within the limits of the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment)?
|
Supreme Court ruled that this was legal as long as
“separate facilities provided were also of equal caliber”
|
Brown vs. Board
of Ed
|
Does racial segregation in public schools violate the
equal protection clause because it is inherently unequal?
|
Yes-facilities cannot be separate but equal. The doctrine
is impossible to be both.
|
Baker
v.
Carr
|
Do the federal courts have the ability to decide the
issues of malapportionment?
|
Yes. Baker vs. Carr was a landmark United States
Supreme Court case
that retreated from the Court's political
question doctrine, deciding that redistricting (attempts to change the way voting districts are
delineated) issues present justiciable questions, thus enabling federal courts to intervene
in and to decide redistricting cases.
|
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- J. Brennan
- Hello. My name is Jen Brennan. I have a B.S.E. in Secondary Social Studies Education and a M.S. in HR/Educational Leadership. My favorite subjects to learn and teach include psychology, sociology, early American history, and medieval European history.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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