Important Cases

Prohibition against interracial marriage was ruled unconstitutional.

This decision established that executive privilege is neither absolute nor unqualified.

Court rules that taking race into consideration as one factor of admission is constitutional.

Stop and frisk, under certain circumstances, does not violate the Constitution.

This decision ruled that race cannot be the only factor in college admissions.

This decision established the rule of segregation, separate but equal.

The decision established the rights of suspects against self-incrimination.

This decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and granted equal protection under the law.

The Constitutionally implied right to privacy protects a woman’s choice in matters of abortion.

Slaves were not citizens of the United States & were not protected under the US Constitution.

The system of checks & balances & power of the Supreme Court within the federal government