WGU C963 Court Cases
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WGU C963 Court Cases
- This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law
conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional.
Answer: Marbury v. Madison
- Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in
federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
Answer: - Dred Scott v. Sanford
- a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the
facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson
- 1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was constitutional, al- lowing federal
govt to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Answer: United States v. Miller
- 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order pro- viding for the
relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor
Answer: Korematsu v. US
- Supreme Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896.
"Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of public education
Answer: Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954)
- Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally
cannot be used in court)
Answer: Mapp v. Ohio
- A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government
Answer: Gideon v. Wainwright
- Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Answer: Sherbert vs. Verner
- Although several state constitutions do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the
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explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution emerged