1. Argued: December 13, 1971 Reargued October 11, 1972 Decided: January 22, 1973

2. Jane Roe: Brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws. Henry Wade: District attorney of Dallas from 1951-1987. Enforced a law that prohibited abortion, except to save a woman’s life. Doctor Hallford: Prosecuted for violating the state abortion laws.

3. What do you think the court decided, and why?

4. The court decision was 7-2 in favor of Jane Roe. Majority: Blackmun, Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshal, and Powel Dissent: White and Rehnquist Court affirms the legality of a woman’s right to have an abortion under the 14 th amendment.

5. (1954-1955)

6. Oliver Brown: a minister in Topeka, Kansas A WWII veteran, and a wielder Board of Education: Body of officials to oversee a school system. Brown’s daughter was denied admission into a white elementary school. Started off as 5 cases.

7. Lawsuits filed in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. District of Columbia did psychological studies to prove point. What do you think the court decided, and why?

8. On May 17,1954 the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional with a 9-0 decision in favor of Brown. May 1955, 7 paragraph decision tasked local judges with making sure that schools integrated this. Court wrote that the quality of education was crucial for all children. This decision was in direct contact with the 14 th amendment.

9. Argued: October 11-12, 1944 Decided: December 18, 1944

10. In 1942 FDR signs Executive Order 9066. Fred Korematsu violated Civilian Exclusion order 34. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and the Supreme Court granted certiorari. The decision was written by Hugo Black.

11. Fred Korematsu was born in Oakland, California. Argued his 5 th and 14 th amendments were being violated. What do you think the court decided, and why?

12. The decision was 6-3 in favor of the United States. Executive Order 9066 passed the strict scrutiny test. After Pearl Harbor, the government argued that these camps were necessary in a time of war. The majority opinion concluded that FDR and Congress did not act outside of their constitutional authority.