Profiles of key Supreme Court cases.
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Founding Fathers established a system of
checks and balances to insure that one branch of government did not become more powerful than the other two branches. The
Korematsu v. United StatesKorematsu v United States was a Supreme Court decision that upheld the conviction of Frank Korematsu for defying an order to be interned with other Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Brown v Board of Education was a Supreme Court decision that overturned the separate but equal doctrine which had been given legal standing with Plessy v Ferguson. Learn more about this key court case with this profile.
Plessy v Ferguson was a Supreme Court decision that upheld the separate but equal doctrine. Learn more about the key court case with this profile.
Marbury vs Madison was a historic case that established the precedent of Judicial Review.
McCulloch v Maryland was a historic court case that allowed for implied powers of the federal government. This case allowed the powers of the federal government to evolve.
Gibbons v. Ogden was a historic court case that established the supremacy of the federal government over state's rights. The case gave the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce.
Scott v. Stanford was a historic court case that impacted the condition of slavery. The court case struck down the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
