Separate but Equal

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14th Amendment	one of the Civil War Amendment; defines 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.
De jure segregation	Latin phrase that means "by fact". Segregation that occurred NOT by law but as a result of tradition. Ex. In 1900's blacks and whites attended separate churches.
Jim Crow laws	segregation laws in the South
Original jurisdiction	authority of a court to hear a case for the FIRST time.
Appellate jurisdiction	the authority of a court to hear a case APPEALED from a lower court.
Legal brief	a written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case.
Majority opinion	a statement that presents the views of the majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case.
Dissenting opinion	a statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her own opinion.
"stare decisis"	principle followed by judges and the Supreme Court: a Latin term that means "Let yesterday's decision stand"
Precedent	a ruling that is used as the bus for a judicial decision in a later, similar case. Ex. The case Plessy vs. Ferguson established the precedent of "separate but equal"
Due Process of laws	means fair and equal treatment in a court of law. 5th & 14th amendments mention due process of laws.
Reverend J. A. DeLaine (from the movie Separate but Equal)	a local pastor and teacher at Liberty Hill Elementary School in 1947, DeLaine and a
Harry Briggs Jr.	The boy who had to walk to school everyday. Five miles there and five miles back.
Dred 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.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)	case about Homer Plessy, a black man, who purchased a ticked to ride in the whites only railroad car in Louisiana. Case established "separate but equal" doctrine.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)	banned segregation in public schools.
Briggs v. Elliot (1954)	case that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
Korematsu 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.
University of California v. Bakke (1978)	Supreme Court case on affirmative action. It bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative programs are constitutional.

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