Flashcards
Separate But Equal Test
Cards in this deck (23)
- 1Reverend J. A. DelaineMinister;Teacher at Liberty Hill Elementary School;Starts lawsuit against Clarendon County SC
- 2Harry Briggs Jr.Walked 5 miles to school everyday
- 3Thurgood MarshallAttorney for black parents who are suing SC against segregated schools
- 4John W. DavisRepresents SC arguing FOR segregation laws in the schools
- 5Earl WarrenChief justice in Briggs vs Elliot & Brown vs B.O.E he was personally against segregated schools
- 614th AmendmentDefined US Citizenship & guarantees "= protection under the laws"
- 7De jure segregationSegregation established by law
Ex:
Jim Crow & the Supreme COurt decision in Plessy vs Ferguson - 8De facto segregationLatin phrase: "by fact"
Segregation not by law but by tradition - 9Jim Crow Lawssegregation laws of the south
- 10Original JurisdictionAuthority of a court to hear a case for the 1st time
- 11Appellate JurisdictionAuthority of a court to hear a case APPEALED from lower court
- 12Legal BriefWritten document explaining position of 1 side or the other in a case
- 13Majority OpinionStatement that represents views of majority of Supreme Court justices regarding a case
- 14Dissenting OpinionStatement written by a Supreme COurt justice who disagrees with the majority opinion presenting his/her own opinion
- 15"Stare Decisis"principle followed by judges & Supreme Court
Latin term: "Let yesterday's opinion stand" - 16PrecedentRuling that's used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later similar case
Ex: Plessy vs Ferguson established precedent "separate but equal" - 17Due process of lawsFair & = treatment in court of law
5th & 14th Amendment: "due process of laws" - 18Dred Scott vs Sanford (1857)Supreme COurt ruled that enslaved blacks were property; not citizens & had NO rights under the constitution
- 19Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)Homer Plessy;black man; purchased a ticket to ride in WHITES ONLY railroad car in Louisiana
Case established "Separate but =" doctrine - 20Brown vs B.O.E of Topeka, Kansas (1954)Banned segregation in public schools
- 21Briggs vs Elliot (1954)Case that challenged segregated schools in CLarendon County, SC
- 22Korematsu vs US (1944)WWII Japanese American citizens living on West Coast were moved to internment camps. Supreme court upheld the president's authority to do this
Case is an ex. of:
President's power to issue an executive order, checks and balances, and judicial review - 23University of California vs Bakke (1978)Supreme Court case on affirmative action.
Bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional.