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Top 40 Supreme Court Cases
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Social Studies
10th Grade
02/25/2014

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Marbury v Madison
Definition
Establishes the principle of the judicial review by declaring the section if the judiciary act of 1789 that allowed one to take their case directly to the supreme court unconstitutional
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McCulloch v Maryland
Definition
Reaffirms supremacy clause and interprets necessary and proper clause broadly. States cant tax a federal institution
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Gibbons v Ogden
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Disallows new york steamboat monopoly by interpreting the commerce clause broadly
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Barron v Baltimore
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Decided that the bill of rights applies only to the federal government and not the states
Eminent domain only applied to the states
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Dred Scott v Sandford
Definition
Slaves are not us citizens
Slaves have no standing in a us court of law
Missouri compromise declared unconstitutional
Under the 5th amendment the government cant free slaves brought into federal territory
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Separate but equal in public is ruled okay
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Schenk v US
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Creates the clear and present danger test for freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is not absolute but relative
You are not protected to yell fire when there is no fire
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Gitlow v New York
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First case of bill of rights to the states in this case freedom of speech
Begins selective incorporation using the 14th amendment due process clause
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Near v Minnesota
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Disallows prior restraint of any kind of press
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Korematsu v US
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Forces relocation of Japanese americans for wwii security concerns
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Brown v Board of Education
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Separate but equal is ruled unequal and schools are ordered to desegregate with all deliberate speed
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Mapp v Ohio
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Incorporates the 14th amendment due process clause to apply the exclusionary rule to state and local cases
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Baker v Carr
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State legislature redistricting is not a political question and thus federal courts may intervene
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Engel v Vitale
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Prohibits any school sponsored prayer in public schools
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Abington v Schempp
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Prohibits school sponsored bible reading in public schools
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Gideon v Wainwright
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Uses the 14th amendment due process clause to incorporate the 6th amendment guarantee of right to counsel in state court case for those who can not afford attorneys
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