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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Judicial Review, Federalism
Thi s s i te wa s devel oped to provi de tea chers wi th a ful l ra nge of
res ources a nd a cti vi ti es to s upport the tea chi ng of l a ndma rk
Supreme Court ca s es , hel pi ng s tudents expl ore the key i s s ues of
ea ch ca s e. Lea rn more...
At the end of Pres i dent John Ada ms ’ term, hi s Secreta ry of Sta te fa i l ed to
del i ver documents commi s s i oni ng Wi l l i a m Ma rbury a s Jus ti ce of the Pea ce i n
the Di s tri ct of Col umbi a . Once Pres i dent Thoma s Jeffers on wa s s worn i n, i n
order to keep members of the oppos i ng pol i ti ca l pa rty from ta ki ng offi ce, he
tol d... Read more
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Abortion, Right to Privacy
Ja ne Roe wa s a n unma rri ed a nd pregna nt Texa s res i dent i n 1970. Texa s l a w
ma de i t a fel ony to a bort a fetus unl es s “on medi ca l a dvi ce for the purpos e of
s a vi ng the l i fe of the mother.” Roe fi l ed s ui t a ga i ns t Wa de, the di s tri ct
a ttorney of Da l l a s County, contes ti ng the s ta tue on... Read more
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Self-Incrimination, Due Process
Ernes to Mi ra nda wa s a rres ted a fter a cri me vi cti m i denti fi ed hi m, but pol i ce
offi cers ques ti oni ng hi m di d not i nform hi m of hi s Fi fth Amendment ri ght
a ga i ns t s el f-i ncri mi na ti on, or of hi s Si xth Amendment ri ght to the a s s i s ta nce of
a n a ttorney. Whi l e he confes s ed to the cri me, hi s a ttorney l a ter a rgued tha t
hi s ... Read more
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Student Speech, Symbolic Speech
John a nd Ma ry Beth Ti nker of Des Moi nes , Iowa , wore bl a ck a rmba nds to thei r
publ i c s chool a s a s ymbol of protes t a ga i ns t Ameri ca n i nvol vement i n the
Vi etna m Wa r. When s chool a uthori ti es a s ked tha t the Ti nkers remove thei r
a rmba nds , they refus ed a nd were s ubs equentl y s us pended. The Supreme
Court deci ded tha t the... Read more
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TH E CAS ES
Brown v. Boa rd of Educa ti on (1954)
Dred Scott v. Sa ndford (1857)
Gi bbons v. Ogden (1824)
Gi deon v. Wa i nwri ght (1963)
Ha zel wood v. Kuhl mei er (1988)
Korema ts u v. Uni ted Sta tes (1944)
Ma pp v. Ohi o (1961)
Ma rbury v. Ma di s on (1803)
McCul l och v. Ma ryl a nd (1819)
Mi ra nda v. Ari zona (1966)
New Jers ey v. T.L.O. (1985)
Pl es s y v. Fergus on (1896)
Regents of the U. of Ca l i forni a v. Ba kke (1978)
Roe v. Wa de (1973)
Texa s v. Johns on (1989)
Ti nker v. Des Moi nes (1969)
Uni ted Sta tes v. Ni xon (1974)
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