1. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION What is the purpose of the Supreme Court?

3. JUDICIAL REVIEW Courts can decide if laws follow the U.S Constitituion.

4. APPEALS COURT The Supreme Court hears cases that have been decided in lower courts.

5. OPINIONS The decisions of the Supreme Court. Can change their minds later.

6. ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do people get on the Supreme Court?

7. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS President names person to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court, U.S Senate approves. Supreme Court Justices do not face elections.

8. ESSENTIAL QUESTION What are some important Supreme Court decisions?

9. WORCESTER V. GEORGIA Indian Removal Act is unconstitutional. Pres. Jackson removed Indians anyway.

10. SCOTT V. SANFORD Slaves considered property, not people. May have led to U.S Civil War.

11. GIBBONS V. OGDEN Federal law is more important than state law. Allowed enforcement of 1964 Civil Rights Act.

12. KOREMATSU V. UNITED STATES Legal to send Japanese to interment camps. National security more important than individual rights.

13. TINKER V. DES MOINES Students’ arm bands are a legal form of free speech- do not violate a dress code.

14. TERRY V. OHIO Police may ‘frisk’ for weapons at any time with “reasonable suspicion”.

15. BAKKE V. U OF CALI. Colleges may consider race as part of affirmative action in application acceptances.

16. RILEY V. CALIFORNIA Police may search and seize property without a warrant if the prove ‘probable cause’.

17. TLO V. NEW JERSEY School officials may search a locker without a search warrant.

18. MIRANDA V. ARIZONA Police must read rights before questioning. Right to remain silent, right to a lawyer.

19. GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT If accused person can’t afford a lawyer, one will be appointed by the courts. Public Defenders Office.

20. ROE V. WADE Abortion is legal in first trimester.