The Court decided that state laws requiring separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

At a time when the country was in deep conflict over slavery, the Supreme Court decided that Dred Scott was not a “citizen of the state” so it had no jurisdiction in the matter, but the majority opinion also stated that Dred Scott was not a free man. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

This is a case about whether public schools may also play a role in teaching faith to God through the daily recitation of a government-endorsed, teacher-led prayer. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Supreme Court determined that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution grants the federal government the power to determine how interstate commerce is conducted. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Court unanimously ruled in Gideon’s favor, stating that the Sixth Amendment requires state courts to provide attorneys for criminal defendants facing felony charges who cannot otherwise afford counsel. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Supreme Court decided that Principal Reynolds had the right to such editorial decisions, as he had “legitimate pedagogical concerns.” This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The federal Appeals Court agreed with the government. Korematsu appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court agreed with government and stated that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the people of Japanese descent forced into internment camps. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

After losing an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, Mapp took her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court determined that evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in state courts. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Marbury v. Madison decision resulted in the establishment of the concept of judicial review. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The U.S. Supreme Court determined that Congress has implied powers that allow it to create a national bank, even though the Constitution does not explicitly state that power, and that Maryland’s taxing of its branches was unconstitutional because it interfered with the working of the federal government. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed, deciding that the police had not taken proper steps to inform Miranda of his constitutional rights. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Supreme Court decided that the search did not violate the Constitution and established more lenient standards for reasonableness in school searches. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

After losing twice in the lower courts, Plessy took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the previous decisions that racial segregation is constitutional under the "separate but equal" doctrine. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Supreme Court reviewed his case in 1919, upholding his conviction and the constitutionality of the Espionage Act. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

In a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that Johnson’s actions were symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

The Supreme Court decided that the students had the right to wear the armbands because they did not disrupt the educational mission of the school. Justice Abe Fortas stated that no one expects students to “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

President Nixon claimed executive privilege and refused to hand over the tapes. President Nixon’s incomplete compliance with the special prosecutor’s demands was challenged and eventually taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court decided that executive privilege is not limitless, and the tapes were released. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.