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| Question | Answer |
| 14th amendment : | one civil war amendment ; defined us citizenship and guarantees" equal protection under the laws |
| de jure segregation | segregation established by law . for example jim crow & the supreme court decision in plessy v. ferguson |
| jim crow laws | segregation laws in the south |
| original jurisdiction | authority of a court to hear for the first time . |
| dried scott v. sanford | case of name of a slave named dred scott. |
| plessy v. ferguson | case about homer plessy , a black man who purchase a train for only white only railroad car |
| brown v. board of education of topeka , kansa | banned segregation in public schools |
| briggs v. elliot | case that challenged segregation schools in clarendon county , south carolina |
| korematsucamps v u.s | during wwii japanese american citizens living on the west coast were moved to interments |
| university of california v bakke | supreme court case on affirnative action |
| appellate jurisdiction | the authority of a court to hear a case APPEALED from a lower court |
| legal brief | written doc explaining the position of one side or there in a case |
| majority opionin | a statement that the views of majority of the supreme court justics redarding case |
| dissenting opinion | a staement written by a supreme curt justice who disagree with the majority opion , presenting his or her own opinion |
| stare decisis | principle followed by judges & the supreme court |
| precent | a ruling is used as the basic for the judical deccion in a alater silimar case |
| reverned j a delaine | preacher menster of the school |
| harry briggs jr. | Supreme Court of the United States. Decided January 28, 1952. Full case name, Harry Briggs, Jr. |
| thurgood marshell | hurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice |
| john w. davis | ohn William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia from 1911 to 1913, then as Solicitor General of the United States |
| earl warren | Earl Warren was an American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of California and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. |
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