10._All_Cases.docx - Plessy v Ferguson(1897*Schenck v...

Plessy v. Ferguson (1897)
*Schenck v. United States (1919)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
*New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
Miller v. California (1973)
*Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
*Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
Gitlow v New York (1925)
*Brown v. BoE (1954)
*McCullough v Maryland (1819)
*US v Lopez (1995)
*Tinker v Des Moines (1969)
*Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
*Roe v Wade (1973)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
*McDonald v Chicago (2010)
*Citizens United v FEC (2010)
*Baker v Carr (1962)
*Shaw v Reno (1993)
*Marbury v Madison (1803)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
US v. Nixon (1974)
Organize these cases into common themes and create a chart giving all of this information. I’ve given you a couple cases as
examples. Use different colors for font/highlighting to show common themes. Be sure to make a key (blue = 14
th
amend; red = free
speech; etc..)
Key:
14 th – equal treatment
14 th – equal protection clause
14 th – Due Process Clause
1 st – Freedom of speech
1
st
– Free Press
1 st – Establishment Clause
1 st – Free exercise of religion
Constitution
4
th
– rules for search and seizure
5 th – Protection against self-incrimination

Year Name of
Case
Essential
Question of Case
Constitutional
Principle(s)
Outcome - Decision Impact -Why is this
case important?
1897 Plessy v.
Ferguson
Separating train
cars by race ok?
14 th – equal
treatment
Separate but equal
ok – as long as
facilities are the
same
Court approved
“Separate but equal”
1954 Brown v.
Board of
Education
Separate by race in
UNEQUAL facilities
14
th
– equal
treatment
Separate is
inherently unequal
Ended “Separate but
equal” policy
1962 Baker v
Carr
Does the SCOTUS have
jurisdiction over
questions of legislative
apportionment?
14 th – equal
protection clause
It was declared that there
was no question to be
answered that it was a
justiciable issue rather
than a court issue.
It showed that there were
times where the supreme
court felt that they did not
need to intervene in a case.
1993 Shaw v
Reno
Did the gerrymandering
claim raise a
constitutional issue under
the 14
th
amendment’s
equal protection clause?
14 th – Equal
protection clause
It was declared that the
shape was bizarre enough
to be considered that there
was an effort to separate
voters into different
districts based on race,
Played a part in
gerrymandering.