Supreme Court Case Presentations ASSIGNED TUESDAY 1022 PRESENTATIONS

Supreme Court Case Presentations ASSIGNED TUESDAY 10/22 PRESENTATIONS FRIDAY 10/25

Supreme Court Cases Presentation For your Supreme Court Cases present the following on a google slide: • NAME OF CASE • YEAR • BRIEF DESCRIPTION • PRECEDENT SET(Decision Made, Overturn Previous Decision? ) • AMMENDMENT REFERENCED Give an appropriate mix of words and pictures.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Brown v Board Plessy v. Ferguson Gibbons v. Ogden Gideon v. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona Tinker v. Des Moines Korematsu v. United States Roe v Wade

Plessy v. Ferguson • What happened • Plessy (1/8 of African decent) sat in white only train car, would not move when asked • DECISION • Established the concept of “separate but equal” in public facilities • 14 th Amendment (1896)

Gibbons v. Ogden • What happened • Ogden had NY state license to ferry people from NYC to NJ, Gibbons also ferried people but had no state license but did have a federal coasting license • DECISION • The Federal government has the power over the state to regulate interstate commerce. Federal ferry license prevails over a State Ferry License (no NY monopoly) • Supremacy Clause (1824)

Gideon v. Wainwright � What happened �Gideon charged with crime, at that time in FL lawyers only given for death penalty and insanity cases, he had no money to pay a lawyer and was found guilty � DECISION �All accused persons are entitled to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. �Right to Counsel �Person must have counsel provided, regardless of the charges filed against them �Gideon Rule � 6 th Amendment (1963)

Miranda v. Arizona � What happened �Miranda arrested but not told his right to not confess to the crime, he signed a confession and was convicted � DECISION �A person must be read his or her rights before being arrested. �When Ernesto Miranda was arrested and questioned and signed a confession that listed that he had “full knowledge of his legal rights”, he was not made aware of his rights to counsel and the confession was illegally gained. � 5 th Amendment (1966)

Tinker v. Des Moines • What happened • Students wore black arm bands protesting Vietnam War, they were suspended • DECISION • A student does not shed his rights at the door. Black armbands to protest the Vietnam War can be worn since they are not disruptive. • 1 st Amendment (1969)

Korematsu v. United States � What happened �Mr. Korematsu said it is not Constitutional for people of Japanese decent to be forced to move to internment camps � DECISION �Justices ruled for US government saying that times of national hardship and extreme times can allow some individual rights to be taken away �Court upheld the military order presented by the circumstances of WW II – “Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group” � 5 th Amendment – Due Process (1944)