WGU C963 Court Cases, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+

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WGU C963 Court Cases, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔-This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law confl... icted with the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional. Dred Scott v. Sanford - ✔✔-Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔-a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal United States v. Miller - ✔✔-1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it was unrelated to state militias) Korematsu v. US - ✔✔-1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - ✔✔-Supreme Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896. "Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of public education Mapp v. Ohio - ✔✔-Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court) Gideon v. Wainwright - ✔✔-A person who cannot a [Show More]

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