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Separate But Equal
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- 114th Amendmentone of the civil War Amendments;defined US citizenship and guarantees "equal protection under the law's
- 2De Jure segregationsegregation established by law. For example Jim Crow & the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
- 3De facto 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 APPEALED 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 a majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case
- 9Dissenting opiniona statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with a majority opinion, presenting his or her own opinion
- 10"stare 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 cour of law. 5th & 14th Amendments mention due process of laws
- 13Reverend J.A. Delainea local pastor and teacher at liberty HIll Elementary School. IN 1947, DeLaine and a group of black parents sued Clarendon County School District #22 and asked for a bus for black students.
- 14Harry Briggs Jr. v. Elliot1949 lawsuit listed the idifferences between the whites schools in Clarendon County SC and the black Scott's Branch School. For ex: the Scott's Branch school had outdoor toilets, well for drawing water, did books, and stoves for heating. The white schools had smaller class sizes, indoor plumbing buses, and new textbooks.
- 15Thurgood Marshallattorney for the black parents in the South Carolina Supreme court case against segregated schools.
- 16John W. DavisLawyer who represented South Carolina's side; he was arguing for the segregation laws in South Carolina
- 17Chief Justice Earl WarrenChief Justice was an American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of California and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.
- 18Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857case 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 1896case about Homer Plessy, a black man, who purchased to ticked to ride in the whites only railroad car in Louisiana. Case established "separate but equal" doctrine
- 20Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954banned segregation in public schools
- 21Briggs v. Elliot 1954case that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County, South Carolina
- 22Korematsu v. United States 1944During 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 1978Supreme Court case on affirmative action. It bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional
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