Supreme Court Cases - History Making E. Walker

Supreme Court case initiated by a student protest

THE SUPREME COURT MEDIATES DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN BRANCHS/ LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND COMPETING BUSINESS INTERESTS

ESTABLISHED JUDICIAL REVIEW

ESTABLISHED THE DOCTRINE OF IMPLIED POWERS ALSO STATES CANNOT TAX THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

1963 – requires states to provide counsel for needy defendants charged with serious crimes

STRUCK DOWN THE PLESSY DECISION AND SEGREGATION

UPHELD A VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR THE STERILIZATION OF PEOPLE CONSIDERED GENETICALLY UNFIT. (EUGENICS)

2013 – invalidated a state law requiring proof of citizenship during the voter registration application process.

OVERTURNED ANY EFFORTS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF SLAVERY - GIVEN AS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE CIVIL WAR

Struck down states laws that prohibited interracial marriage

2014- protects the privacy of digital information on cell phones.

23-year-old shipyard welder, defied orders to report to A Japanese internment camp.

protests of public concern are entitled to greater protection under the free speech clause of the First Amendment

CONGRESS REGULATES INTERSTATE TRADE

CASE FOR ABORTION THAT WAS RECENTLY ABOLISHED BY THE SUPREME COURT

ESTABLISHED SEPARATE BUT EQUAL