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Flashcards by Carrington Monro, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Carrington Monro
almost 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Reverend J. A. Delaine | Minister;Teacher at Liberty Hill Elementary School;Starts lawsuit against Clarendon County SC |
| Harry Briggs Jr. | Walked 5 miles to school everyday |
| Thurgood Marshall | Attorney for black parents who are suing SC against segregated schools |
| John W. Davis | Represents SC arguing FOR segregation laws in the schools |
| Earl Warren | Chief justice in Briggs vs Elliot & Brown vs B.O.E he was personally against segregated schools |
| 14th Amendment | Defined US Citizenship & guarantees "= protection under the laws" |
| De jure segregation | Segregation established by law Ex: Jim Crow & the Supreme COurt decision in Plessy vs Ferguson |
| De facto segregation | Latin phrase: "by fact" Segregation not by law but by tradition |
| Jim Crow Laws | segregation laws of the south |
| Original Jurisdiction | Authority of a court to hear a case for the 1st time |
| Appellate Jurisdiction | Authority of a court to hear a case APPEALED from lower court |
| Legal Brief | Written document explaining position of 1 side or the other in a case |
| Majority Opinion | Statement that represents views of majority of Supreme Court justices regarding a case |
| Dissenting Opinion | Statement written by a Supreme COurt justice who disagrees with the majority opinion presenting his/her own opinion |
| "Stare Decisis" | principle followed by judges & Supreme Court Latin term: "Let yesterday's opinion stand" |
| Precedent | Ruling that's used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later similar case Ex: Plessy vs Ferguson established precedent "separate but equal" |
| Due process of laws | Fair & = treatment in court of law 5th & 14th Amendment: "due process of laws" |
| Dred Scott vs Sanford (1857) | Supreme COurt ruled that enslaved blacks were property; not citizens & had NO rights under the constitution |
| Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) | Homer Plessy;black man; purchased a ticket to ride in WHITES ONLY railroad car in Louisiana Case established "Separate but =" doctrine |
| Brown vs B.O.E of Topeka, Kansas (1954) | Banned segregation in public schools |
| Briggs vs Elliot (1954) | Case that challenged segregated schools in CLarendon County, SC |
| Korematsu vs US (1944) | WWII Japanese American citizens living on West Coast were moved to internment camps. Supreme court upheld the president's authority to do this Case is an ex. of: President's power to issue an executive order, checks and balances, and judicial review |
| University of California vs Bakke (1978) | Supreme Court case on affirmative action. Bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional. |
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