WGU C963 2026/2027 COURT BROKEN DOWN
AND WELL EXPLAINED LATEST!!
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
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 middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965
case, the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that
struck down a state law forbidding even married individuals to use any form of
contraception.
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)
AND WELL EXPLAINED LATEST!!
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
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 middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965
case, the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that
struck down a state law forbidding even married individuals to use any form of
contraception.
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)
