Supreme Court Cases APUSH
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briannabigelow on May 6, 2011
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Marbury vs. Madison | Constitution trumps acts of Congress. Court has power to rule acts unconstitutional. Judicial Review. |
| McCulloch vs. Maryland | Bank Constitutional, State may not interfere by taxing National bank. "Power to tax is the power to destroy." States rights vs. National Rights. |
| Cohens vs. VA | Unanimous dec. that SC may review state criminal proceedings. State law and Constitutions must conform to USC |
| Gibbons va. Ogden | Power to regulate interstate trade reserved to US Congress |
| Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Former Slave not a citizen MO Comp unconstitutional. Property rights of slave owners protected. |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Separate but = OK. Segregation is not unfair discriminatn. Reversed by Brown Involved segregated rail cars. |
| Schneck vs. US | Schneck is not protected by first amendment. Schneck violates Espionage Act by writing pamphlets opposing the draft. |
| Schechter Poultry vs. US | Industrial codes that empower the Pres to regulate employment. Found unconstitutnl. Court will strike down many other New Deal actions. |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Black children denied admittance to public schools. Plessey reversed. Segregation violates 14th Amendment. T. Marshall NAACP lawyer. |
| Roe V. Wade | Right to Privacy includes right to abortion. Unlimited in first Trimester. Some state regulation allowed in Trim 2&3 |
| Calfornia Regents v Bakke | Ruling prohibits quotas, (Bakke wins) but allows race to be considered as a factor in admissions to remedy past discrimination (Affirm action allowed) |
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