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serate but equal
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- 114th amendmentone of the civil war amendments; defined US citizenship and guarantees " equal protection under the laws "
- 2De Jure Segregationsegregation established by law. for example Jim Crow & the Supreme Court decision in PLESSY VS. FERGUSON
- 3De Fanto SegregationLatin 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
- 4Jim Crow lawssegregation laws in the South
- 5Original jurisdictionauthority of a court to hear a case for the FIRST time
- 6Appellate jurisdictionthe authority of a court to hear a case APPELLATED 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 or her own opinion
- 10"state 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 Process of lawsmeans fair and equal treatment in a court of law. 5th & 14th amendments mention due process of laws
- 13Dred scott vs 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 constition
- 14Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)case about Homer Plessy , a black man , who purchased a ticketed a ride in a whites only railroad cars in Louisiana. case established "separate but not equal" doctrine
- 15Brown vs BOE of Topeka, Kansas (1954)banned segregation in public schools
- 16Briggs vs Elliot (1954)case that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County , SC
- 17Korematsu vs US (1944)during WWII japanese american citizens living on the west coast were moved to internment camps. Supreme court upheld the president's authority to so this. this case is an example of the
- 18University of cali vs 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
- 19Reverend J. A. Delainedied in 1974, was one of the true heroes in the civil rights struggle to break down the barriers of segregation.
- 20Harry Briggs Jr.was the first of the five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools
- 21Thurgood MarshallThurgood 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.
- 22John W DavisJohn William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer.
- 23Earl WarrenEarl Warren was an American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of California
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