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Historic Supreme Court Decisions

Subtopics

Abington School District v. Schempp (1)
Brown v. Board of Education (2)
County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union (1)
District of Columbia v. Heller (1)
Dredd Scott (1)
Engel v. Vitale (1)
Gibbons v. Ogden (2)
Gideon v. Wainwright (2)
Marbury v. Madison (2)
McCulloch v. Maryland (2)
Miranda v. Arizona (2)
NY Times Co. v. Sullivan (2)
Plessy v. Ferguson (2)
Roe v. Wade (2)

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District of Columbia v. Heller
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-29
Source: United States Supreme Court

2008 Supreme Court case holding that the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects an individual's right to bear arms. It is the first Supreme Court case that definitively speaks to the issue of whether it is constitutional for an individual to bear arms or or if that right only applies to a collective body or militia.
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Engel v. Vitale
http://supreme.justia.com/us/370/421/case.html
Source: Justia

The complete 1962 U.S Supreme Court opinion in Engel v. Vitale, which held that state officials may not compose an official prayer and require its reading in public schools at the beginning of each school day, even if the prayer is nondemoninational and students may exclude themselves from participation.
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Roe v. Wade
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0842237.ht
Source: Factmonster.com

This site contains a summary of Roe v. Wade as well as a brief history of court rulings regarding abortion. The case concerned two women who sought abortions in states that restricted access to them.
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Roe v. Wade
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/
Source: Cornell Law School/The Legal Information Institute

This site contains the complete text of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, whch established abortion as a fundamental right guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0839368.ht
Source: Factmonster.com

The site contains a summary of the events leading up to Plessy v. Ferguson and the establishment of the "separate but equal" doctrine. In this decision the Court upheld a Louisiana statute requiring racially segregated but equal railroad cars. The site also contains a link to an explanation of Jim Crow laws.
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