WGU C963 Court Cases | Complete With A+ Graded Answers
Marbury v. Madison
This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with
the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme
Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be
unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal
territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically
slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson
a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for
blacks and whites were equal
United States v. Miller
1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban
interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US
1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of
Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000
2 each survivor
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954)
Supreme Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896. "Separate but
equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of public education
Mapp v. Ohio
Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in
court)
Gideon v. Wainwright
A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government
Sherbert vs. Verner
Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Grsiwold v. Connecticut
Although several state constitutions do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the explicit
recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution emerged only in the
Marbury v. Madison
This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with
the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme
Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be
unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal
territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically
slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson
a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for
blacks and whites were equal
United States v. Miller
1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban
interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US
1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of
Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000
2 each survivor
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954)
Supreme Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896. "Separate but
equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of public education
Mapp v. Ohio
Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in
court)
Gideon v. Wainwright
A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government
Sherbert vs. Verner
Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Grsiwold v. Connecticut
Although several state constitutions do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the explicit
recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution emerged only in the
