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WGU C963 - Court Cases - American Politics and the US Constitution. Latest version. Verified. Marbury v. Madison (1803) Established judicial review. The courts have the power to strike down laws that they find to violate the Constitution. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) The Constitution was no...

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Established judicial review. The courts have the power to strike down laws that they find to violate the
Constitution.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
The Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Separate but equal - Racial segregation laws for public facilities are Constitutional as long as the
segregated facilities were equal in quality.
United States v. Miller (1939)
Upheld The National Firearms Act of 1934 allowing the government to ban interstate shipping of some
unregistered guns unrelated to state militias
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Japanese internment is legal holding that the need to protect against espionage by Japan outweighed
the rights of Americans of Japanese descent.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
State laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional, even if the segregated
schools are otherwise equal in quality.
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Held that the exclusionary rule, which prevents prosecutors from using evidence in court that was
obtained by violating the Fourth Amendment, applies to the states.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
In criminal cases, states are required under the Sixth Amendment to provide an attorney to defendants
who are unable to afford their own.
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
The court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that struck down a state law
forbidding married couples from using any form of contraception.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to
an attorney and against self-incrimination.
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966)

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