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1 GHSGT Court Cases Revised March 2009

2 Court cases to know: Marbury vs. Madison (1803)
Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) Brown vs. Bd of Educ - Topeka, KS (1954) Miranda vs. Arizona (1966) Roe vs. Wade (1973) Bakke Case (1978) Don’t need to know the dates

3 Marbury vs. Madison (1803) End result: established judicial review
judicial review  the right for the courts to review a law to see if it is constitutional or unconstitutional constitutional -- stays a law unconstitutional -- law is kicked out/null/void

4 Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857)
End result: Slavery is legal Dred Scott - slave white owner from south moves to North is Scott still a slave? answer -- YES slaves are property, not people property is protected by Constitution

5 Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) End Result: separate but equal is "okay"/legal black schools, white schools, etc. makes Jim Crow laws legal Jim Crow laws don't end till 1970s Jim Crow laws  individual laws separating blacks and whites ex - blacks can't own land; can't carry a gun; separate bathrooms; ride in the back of buses, etc.

6 Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
End Result: separate but equal - not "ok"/illegal integrated schools (blacks and whites together – one school) overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson so Supreme Ct can change their "minds" over time – usually change with society just b/c court said it was illegal – not everyone/all states complied (did it) ex -- GA didn't fully integrate till 1975ish

7 Miranda vs. Arizona (1966) police must read you your rights
"you have the right to remain silent..."

8 Roe vs. Wade (1973) abortion is legal

9 Will need to know for EOCT – not GHSGT
Bakke Case Will need to know for EOCT – not GHSGT

10 Bakke Case End Result Colleges can use race for admission
Quotas (#’s) are NOT allowed Later interpreted – affirmative action is legal

11 Bakke Case (1978) Schools can use race when considering applications to college, but can not use quotas Quota – a number Affirmative action -- policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in an attempt to promote equal opportunity It is legal; but can not cause reverse affirmative action This is a HOT topic today – still in courts

12 Minorities help educate the majorities
Legal Basis Minorities help educate the majorities

13 Yarbs’ Court Overview someone is charged and goes to court
they fight it -- usually for a case to be "important" -- the person is fighting the actual law, not guilty or innocent goes through all courts (local, state, etc.) ends up at Supreme Court

14 each court reviews law to see if it goes with Constitution -- this process - judicial review
Court says it has this power in Marbury vs. Madison SuCo gives decision -- decision becomes law throughout all U.S. student words -- someone is basically turning court case around


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