Logan Holland LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES Plessy v

Logan Holland LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES

Plessy v. Ferguson Setting – 1892, Louisiana Story- Fat Albert, 1/8 African American 7/8 Caucasian, got on the white bus in Louisiana and was like “Hey, Hey” Fat Albert refused to move and was arrested

Plessy v. Ferguson � Question - Is Louisiana's law mandating racial segregation on its trains an unconstitutional infringement on both the privileges and immunities and the equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment? ○ Decision-the state law was within constitutional boundaries. This upheld stateimposed racial segregation under the Separate but Equal Clause.

Weeks v. United States Setting- 1913, Residence of Weeks Story- Woody(the police) entered Weeks’ home to convict him of transporting lottery tickets through the mail

Weeks v. United States � Question- Did the search and seizure of Weeks' home violate the Fourth Amendment? ○ Decision- The Court decided that the seizure of items from Weeks' residence directly violated his constitutional rights. The Court also held that the government's refusal to return Weeks' possessions violated the Fourth Amendment.

Schechter Poultry Corp. V. United States � Location- 1934, Schechter Poultry Slaughterhouse Markets � Story- Section 3 of the National industrial Recovery Act empowered the President to implement industrial codes to regulate weekly employment hours, wages, and minimum ages of employees. The codes had standing as penal statutes.

Schechter Poultry Corp. V. United States � Question- Did Congress unconstitutionally delegate legislative power to the President? �Decision- The court held that Section 3 was “without precedent” and violated the Constitution. The law did not establish rules or standards to evaluate industrial activity. The unanimous court found this to be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority.

Mc. Donald V. Chicago � Location� Story- 2009, Chicago Several suits were filed against Chicago and Oak Park in Illinois, the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Colombia v. Heller. In that case, the supreme court held that the handgun ban in the District of Colombia was in violation of the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Mc. Donald V. Chicago � Question- Does the Second Amendment apply to the states because it is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges and Immunities or Due Process clauses and thereby made applicable to the states? �Decision- The Second Amendment shall apply to the states.