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Seperate But Equal Flashcards
Cards in this deck (23)
- 1Reverend J. A. DelaineA Methodist minister and civil rights leader from Clarendon County, South Carolina. Worked with Modjeska Simkins and the South Carolina NAACP on the case Briggs v. Elliott
- 2Harry Briggs Jr.The student the Briggs v. Elliot case was based off of.
- 3Thurgood MarshallAn Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
- 4John W. DavisAn American politician, diplomat and lawyer
- 5Earl WarrenAn American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of California and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.
- 614th AmendmentOne of the Civil War Amendments; defined US citizenship and guarantees "equal protection under the laws"
- 7De Jure SegregationSegregation established by law. For example Jim Crow & the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
- 8De Facto SegregationLatin phrase that means "by fact". Segregation that occurred NOT by law but as a result of tradition.
- 9JIm Crow LawsSegregation laws in the SOuth
- 10Original JurisdictionAuthority of a court to hear a case for the FIRST time
- 11Appellate JurisdictionThe authority of a court to hear a case APPEALED from a lower court
- 12Legal BriefA written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case
- 13Majority OpinionA statement that presents the views of the majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case
- 14Dissenting OpinionA statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her own opinion
- 15"Stare Decisis"Principle followed by judges and the Supreme Court: a Latin term that means "Let yesterday's decision stand"
- 16PrecedentA ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
- 17Due Process of LawsMeans fair and equal treatment in a court of law. 5th and 14th amendments mention due process of laws
- 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) case 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 in Topeka, Kansas(1954) banned segregation in public schools
- 21Briggs v. Elliot(1954) case that challenged many segregated schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
- 22Korematsu v. United States(1944) During WWII 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