Supreme Court Cases Supreme Court Project

Directions: 1.Students should listen to the categories that these cases fall into and a brief description to help them choose the case they want to research further. 2.There will be no duplicate of cases. 3.There are more cases then listed here that you may do with my approval.

Education Cases Brown v. Board of Education – desegregation of public schools Engle v. Vitale – school can not force students into saying a school prayer Tinker v. Des Moines- wearing of arm bands is protected in school Veronica School District v. Acton – random drug testing is allowed in schools Abington School District v. Schempp – Bible reading in the classroom and the removal of students who don’t wish to hear it Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier – freedom of speech in school newspapers

New Jersey v. TLO – search and seizure of property on school grounds West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette – pledging the flag

Equal Rights for All Races Dred Scott v. Sandford – African Americans were not citizens and not given rights under the law Korematsu v. United States – Japanese internment during WWII Loving v. Virginia – allowing mixed raced marriage Plessy v. Ferguson – separate but equal resources for different races United States v. Amistad – rebellion of Africans on a Spanish ship Worcester v. Georgia – tribal sovereignty in the US Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke – equal protection for admittance to colleges

Legal Rights Furman v. Georgia – death penalty cruel and unusual punishment Gregg v. Georgia– death penalty cruel and unusual punishment Gideon v. Wainwright – provide council for those who can’t afford it Miranda v. Arizona – rights of individuals in police custody Mapp v. Ohio – search and seizures

Personal Liberty Cruzan v. Missouri – clear and convincing evidence to be removed from life support without a living will New York Times Company v. Sullivan – lawsuits for defamation of character Reno v. ACLU – adult content on the internet Roberts v. Jaycees – exclusion of women in clubs Roe v. Wade – right to an abortion

U.S. v. Eichman – right to burn the flag Texas v. Johnson– right to burn the flag Reynolds v. United States – anti-bigamy case

Government Rights Marbury v. Madison – allowed the courts the power of judicial review McCullough v. Maryland – congress has implied powers and the states can not interfere with these powers U.S. v. Nixon – limited the power of the president Gibbons v. Ogden – states can not interfere with the governments power to regulate interstate commerce

New York Times v. United States – prevention of printing issues of national security