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Plessy v. Ferguson
The debate in court was that Louisiana law that required railway companies to provide equal, but separate accommodations for white and African American passengers either with separate cars or by dividing a car into two sections with a partition.by the end of the jury decided to upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races. -
Engel v. Vitale
the question in court was Whether school-sponsored nondenominational prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.which they decided it did violate the first Amendment. -
Miranda v. Arizona
ruled that an arrested individual is entitled to rights against self-incrimination and to an attorney under the 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States Constitution.and ended in a 5-4 -
New York Times Co. v. United States
they were reviewing whether there was a sufficient justification for prior restraint, which would be a suspension of the newspaper's First Amendment rights to freedom of the press. -
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
The court brought a state law requiring that children attend school past eighth grade violates the parents' constitutional right to direct the religious upbringing of their children -
Roe v. Wade
Jane roe filed a lawsuit to make abortions illegal except by a doctor's order to save a woman's life In Texas but the question was, Does the Constitution recognize a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion?Which resulted in the state cannot be involved with a woman's pregnancy in the first trimester only herself and their doctor but in the second trimester they are involved.Unless it is to save a life or health of a mother. -
Buckley v. Valeo
First Amendment denies government the power to determine that spending to promote one's political views is wasteful, excessive or unwise." The Court ruled, therefore, that the limitations on overall expenditures were unconstitutional. -
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Texas vs. Johnson
Whether flag burning constitutes "symbolic speech" protected by the First Amendment was the question which ended byruled in a 5-4 decision in favor of Johnson. The high court agreed that symbolic speech is protected under the First Amendment. -
Gosh v. Gore
The most closely decided aspect of the case was the key question of what remedy the Court should order, in view of an Equal Protection Clause violation. Gore had argued for a new recount that would pass constitutional muster, but the Court instead chose to end the election. -
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Lawrence v. Texas
the issue in court was the validity of a Texas statute making it a crime for two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct.which resulted in 6-3 decision, invalidated sodomy law across the United States, making same-sex sexual activity legal in every State and United States territory.