PPT-SS.7.C.3.12 Analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases including,

SS7C312 Analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases including but not limited to Marbury v Madison Plessy v Ferguson Brown v Board of Education Gideon v Wainwright. Shigenori Matsui. University of British Columbia . Faculty of Law. June 14, 2008. ASPAC conference at University of Victoria. 2. Introduction. The Japanese Constitution was enacted on November 3, 1946 and took effect on May 3, 1947.. Business Law – Chapter 1 . Sources of Law. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 . Police arrested Homer Plessy for refusing to leave a railroad car that prohibited “colored” people. Under Louisiana law, Plessy was “colored” because he was one-eighth black. The Court ruled that the race-based “Jim Crow” laws did not violate the Constitution as long as the states proffered separate but equal treatment.. American Government. The Court. The . Supreme Court . is the ultimate court of the land. There are 9 judges that make up the Supreme Court. These Justices then hold their positions for life. Justices hold their positions for as long as they do so that they can avoid being entangled in political games, therefore allowing them to focus on the Constitutionality of laws. Essential Questions. Why a national judiciary?. What purpose does the judicial branch serve?. What are the procedures of the Supreme Court?. How do cases reach the Supreme Court?. How does the Supreme Court operate?. Twenty-Five Landmark Cases in Supreme Court History Marbury v. Madison, 1803“A law repugnant to the Constitution is void.”With these words, Chief Justice John Marshall established the Suprem Ch. 12. We begin at the Supreme Court because…. Original jurisdiction. We don’t!. Majority of cases are appellant jurisdiction. Writ of certiorari . (. sersh. -oh-rare-. ee. ) . - send up the records for review!. Characteristics of the Federal Court System. Adversarial. A court provides an arena for two parties to bring their conflicts before an impartial arbiter, or judge.. The plaintiff brings a charge.. The defendant is the one being charged.. AP Government. Landmark Cases. Marbury v Madison. Established “judicial review”—changed Supreme Court. McCulloch v Maryland. National supremacy, elastic clause, Bank of the . US.. Landmark Cases. Unit 4: Institutions. The Supreme Court in Action…. To help you contextualize what the court does and how influential they are on our daily lives…. The Supreme Court Landmark Rulings. I. Background . Chapter 16. U.s. supreme court. The justices. . Sotomayor. , . Breyer. , Alito, . Kagen. Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg. Supreme Court Judges. Chief Justice – John Roberts, Bush 2005 (. Cases. Marbury. v. Madison. President John Adams appointed John Marshall as the new . Chief Justice . of the Supreme Court and . William Marbury . as . Justice . of Peace for . Washington, D.C. before he his term in office was over.. The Function of the Supreme Court. Lesson . 1 Selecting Cases at the Supreme Court. The . Court’s . primary. function . is to resolve disputes that arise over the meaning of federal law and the US Constitution. . 14. th. Amendment. 14. th. Amendment. The 14th Amendment.  to the Constitution was . ratified on July 9, . 1868. .. G. ranted . citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” . What makes a good Supreme Court Justice?. Look in Article III of the Constitution. What qualities does it list for justices?. In Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, the President is given the right to nominate federal judges with the “advice and consent” of the Senate. This means the closest thing to a qualification for a judge is that he/she must be able to be confirmed by the Senate..