US Supreme court VS UK -> FORGOT

What are the principles of the US constitution that allows it to make sures SC powers are effectively protected?

• Entrenched particularly by difficult amendment process

• Cannot be undermined by President/congress

What case upheld ‘separate but equal’ doctrine?

Plessy V Ferguson 1896

What did Brown V Topeka 1954 rule?

“separate education facilities are inherently unequal” leading to desegregation in all schools

What act did SC rule out in Citizens United V FEC 2010?

Bipartisan Reform Campaign Act 2002

What key principles of UK constitutions allows SC powers to be ineffectively protected?

• Uncodified & unentrenched leasing to its powers being frail compared to US

What does sovereignty of constitution allow for US SC?

• SC plays important role in ensuring that all pieces of legislation passed by Congress/state legislatures are in line with Constitution

What did Marbury V Madison 1803 rule?

Established power of judicial review as it declared that Court has final say in interpreting the constitution & has authority to invalidate laws & actions that it finds to be unconstitutional

What case declared that section 4 (b) of Voting rights act 1965 was unconstitutional?

Shelby County V Holder 2013