Landmark US Surpreme Court Cases
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Marbury v. Madison | 1803 (TJ) , The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress, in this case the Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Mculloch v. Maryland | State of Maryland attempted to tax a federal bank out of protest. U.S. Bank refused to pay. 1819, state tax on the Second Bank of the US was unconstitutional, and a national bank is implied by the 'necessary and proper' clause of the Constitution. Federal law/state law, Gave implied powers to government strengthened those powers |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Conflicts due to federal license vs. state license. and commerce regulate rights, Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government, A landmark case decided in 1824 in which the Supreme Court interpreted very broadly the clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution giving Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | court claimed that separates but equal public facilities was, |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | In a 9-0 vote, the separate but equal doctrine was abandoned when it was decided that the education system was not equal. |
| The Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc v. U.S. | Upheld the civil rights Act of 1964 |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education | Issue challenges busing students in the district, Districts may bus students to other districts to end the pattern of all black or all white schools |
| Korematsu v. U.S. | Supreme Court decision in 1944 that upheld the relocation of Japanese-Americans from the west coast to internment camps because they might be a threat. Shows racial prejudice also because the same was not done to German or Italian American. |
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