Karteikarten
Seperate but Equal terms to know
Karten in diesem Stapel (23)
- 114th AmendmentCivil war amendment, defined us citizenship and guarantees "equal protection under the laws"
- 2De jure segregationsegregation established by law. EX: Plessy v. Ferguson
- 3De facto segregationLatin phrase that means by fact. Segregation that occurred NOT by law but the result of tradition.
- 4Jim crow lawssegregation laws in the south
- 5Original segregationauthority of a court to hear a case for the first time
- 6Appellate jurisdictionthe authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court
- 7Legal briefA written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case
- 8Majority opinionA statement that presents the views of the majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case
- 9Dissenting OpinionA Statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his/her opinion
- 10"Stare Decisis"Principle followed by judges and the Supreme Court: a Latin term that means "Let yesterday's decision stand"
- 11PrecedentA ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
- 12Due processes of Lawmeans fair and equal treatment in a court of law. (5th and 14th amendments)
- 13Reverend J.A. Delainea Methodist minister and civil rights leader from Clarendon County, South Carolina. Worked on the (Briggs v. Elliot Case)
- 14Harry Briggs Jr.A black man that who filed a suit against the School Board in Clarendon County, South Carolina
- 15Thurgood MarshallHe was an associate justice for the U.S Supreme Court and he was the first african american to do so.
- 16John W. DavisHe was an American Politician,diplomat and lawyer of West Virginia
- 17Earl WarrenHe was an American jurist and politician and was the 14th Chief justice of the United States
- 18Dred Scott v. Sanford(1857) case of a slave named Dred Scott. The Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African Americans were property, not citizens, and had no rights under the constitution.
- 19Plessy v. Ferguson(1896) cas about Homer Plessy, a black man, who purchased a ticket to ride in the whites only railroad car in Louisiana. Case established "separate but equal" doctrine
- 20Brown v. Board of Education(1954) banned segregation in public schools
- 21Briggs v. Elliot(1954) case that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
- 22Korematsu v. United States(1944) During WWll Japanese American citizens living on the West Coast were moved to internment camps. Supreme Court upheld the President's authority to do this. This case is an example of the President's power to issue an executive order, checks and balances, and judicial review.
- 23University of California v. Bakke(1978) Supreme Court case on affirmative action. It bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional.