Flashcards
Key decisions made by the Supreme Court
Flashcards do conjunto (54)
- 1The US Supreme Court and the protection of rightsThe Supreme Court has become integral in the battle for civil rights. This is because of the power of Judicial Review - this was 'found' in the Marbury v Madison case in 1803. This gave the Court the power to Court to declare Acts of Congress, actions of the executive and acts or actions of State Governments unconstitutional
- 2Freedom of ReligionThe 1st Amendment begins ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof’
- 3Engel v White (1962)The court declared that ...
- 4School District of Abingdon Township v Schempp (1963)The court declared that ...
- 5Wallace v Jaffree (1985)The court declared that ...
- 6Lee v Weisman (1992)The court declared that ...
- 7Zelman v Simmons-Harris (2002)The court declared that ...
- 8Freedom of SpeechThe 1st Amendment also states ‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press’.
- 9Buckley v Velo (1976)The court declared that ...
- 10McConnell v Federal Election Commission (2004)The court decleared that ...
- 11Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)The court declared that ...
- 12Reno v US Civil Liberties Union (1997)The court declared that ...
- 13Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition (2002)The court declared that ...
- 14Texas v Johnson (1989) US v Eichman (1990)The court declared that ...
- 15Gun controlThe Founding Fathers believed that an armed citizenry was the ultimate check against a tyrannical government - the second amendment is seen as protection for this
- 16Different interpretations?‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed’. Does this mean individuals have the right to a gun or should there be state militias
- 17US v Lopez (1995)The court declared that ...
- 18Printz v US (1997)The court declared that ...
- 19District of Columbia v Heller (2008)The court declared that ...
- 20McDonald v City of Chicago (2010)The court declared that ...
- 21Capital PunishmentThe 8th amendment prevents 'cruel and unusual punishment'. However, when the constutition was written, the use of a death penalty would not have been considered 'cruel and unusual'. Cases have been around how it is implemented
- 22Furman v Georgia (1972)The court declared that ...
- 23Ring v Arizona (2002)The court declared that ...
- 24Atkins v Virginia (2002)The court declared that ...
- 25Roper v Simmons (2005)The court declared that ...
- 26Baze v Rees (2008)The court declared that ...
- 27Jackson v Hobbs (2012) Miller v Alabama (2012)The court declared that ...
- 28Glossip v Gross (2015)The court declared that ...
- 29Healthcare Reform'Obamacare' has become deeply polarising in US politics. Republicans are determined to overturn the legislation and there has been key decisions in the Supreme Court
- 30National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) v Sebelius (2012)The court declared that ...
- 31King v Burwell (2015)The court declared that ...
- 32AbortionSince the 1960s this has become a key dividing line in US politics. Pro-life and pro-choice campaigners have fought many legal battles over the legality of abortion
- 33Roe v Wade (1973)The court declared that ...
- 34Webster v Reproductive Health Services (1989)The court declared that ...
- 35SE Pennsylvania v Casey (1992)The court declared that ...
- 36Gonzales v Carhart (2007)The court declared that ...
- 37Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt (2016)The court declared that ...
- 38Civil RightsThe Supreme Court has been at the forefront of the battle for civil rights, be it the cause of African-Americans in the 1950s and 1960s, through to the battle for LGBT rights in the 21st century
- 39Brown v Board of Education of Topeka (1954)The court ruled that ...
- 40Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)The court ruled that ...
- 41Parents Involved in Community Schools Inc. v Seattle School District (2007) Meredith v Jefferson County (Kentucky) Board of Education (2007)The court ruled that ...
- 42Adarand Constructors v Pena (1995)The court ruled that ...
- 43Gratz v Bollinger (2003) Grutter v Bollinger (2003)The court ruled that ...
- 44Fisher v University of Texas (2016)The court ruled that ...
- 45Lawrence v Texas (2003)The court ruled that ...
- 46Obregefell v Hodges (2015)The court ruled that ...
- 47Presidential PowerOften the court is the ultimate check on the power of the President - in Bush v Gore (2000) it decided the actual outcome of the election. The court can rule actions of any member of the executive branch as unconstitutional
- 48United States v Richard Nixon (1974)The court ruled that ...
- 49Clinton v Paula Jones (1997)The court ruled that ...
- 50Rasul v Bush (2004)The court ruled that ...
- 51Hamdan v Rumsfeld (2006)The court ruled that ...
- 52Boumediene v Bush (2008)The court ruled that ...
- 53National Labor Relations Board v Noel Canning (2014)The court ruled that ...
- 54United States v Texas (2016)The court ruled that ...
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- Dan Bacon
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