SCOTUS Landmark Cases

In the case of Miranda v Arizona this Amendment was reaffirmed for the right against self-incrimination

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This is the case where the defendant wrote his petition to the Supreme Court while in a jail cell in Florida

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Morse v. Frederick

This case decided that students can conduct a silent protest as long as it does not interfere with education environment at schools “students do not shed their rights at the schoolhouse gate.”

• Bethel v. Fraser

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

This case decided that principals have the right to edit school newspapers as long it pertains to the education of the students:

• Morse v. Frederick

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

A person has been arrested and questioned by the police before being informed of his or her rights. This is in violation of the Supreme Court ruling in 

• Gideon V. Wainwright
• In Re Gault
• Morse v. Frederick
• Miranda v. Arizona

Determined "Separate but Equal" did violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• In re Gault
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was not acceptable.

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Bush v. Gore
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech at the "schoolhouse gate."

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• D.C. v. Heller
• U.S. v. Nixon

Schools have the right to limit a student's freedom of speech and of the press.

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• D.C. v. Heller
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• In re Gault

How many justices serve on Supreme Court?

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