supreme court decisions. essential question what is the purpose of the supreme court?
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What is the purpose of the Supreme Court?
JUDICIAL REVIEW
• Courts can decide if laws follow the U.S Constitituion.
APPEALS COURT
• The Supreme Court hears cases that have been decided in lower courts.
OPINIONS
• The decisions of the Supreme Court.• Can change their minds later.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• How do people get on the Supreme Court?
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
• President names person to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court, U.S Senate approves.
• Supreme Court Justices do not face elections.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What are some important Supreme Court decisions?
WORCESTER V. GEORGIA
• Indian Removal Act is unconstitutional.• Pres. Jackson removed Indians anyway.
SCOTT V. SANFORD
• Slaves considered property, not people.• May have led to U.S Civil War.
GIBBONS V. OGDEN
• Federal law is more important than state law.• Allowed enforcement of 1964 Civil Rights Act.
KOREMATSU V. UNITED STATES
• Legal to send Japanese to interment camps.• National security more important than
individual rights.
TINKER V. DES MOINES
• Students’ arm bands are a legal form of free speech- do not violate a dress code.
TERRY V. OHIO
• Police may ‘frisk’ for weapons at any time with “reasonable suspicion”.
BAKKE V. U OF CALI.
• Colleges may consider race as part of affirmative action in application acceptances.
RILEY V. CALIFORNIA
• Police may search and seize property without a warrant if the prove ‘probable cause’.
TLO V. NEW JERSEY
• School officials may search a locker without a search warrant.
MIRANDA V. ARIZONA
• Police must read rights before questioning.• Right to remain silent, right to a lawyer.
GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT
• If accused person can’t afford a lawyer, one will be appointed by the courts.
• Public Defenders Office.
ROE V. WADE
• Abortion is legal in first trimester.