Supreme Court Cases 2

Brown v. Board, 1st (1954)

School segregation unconstitutional; segregation psychologically damaging to blacks; overturned separate but equal; use of 14th Amendment; judicial activism of Warren Court; unanimous decision.

Brown v. Board, 2nd (1955)

Ordered schools to desegregate "with all due and deliberate speed."

Roth v. US (1957)

Established that "obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press."

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Established exclusionary rule for state courts; illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court; Warren Court's judicial activism in criminal rights.

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of the 1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th Amendment's due process clause; Warren Court's judicial activism.

Baker v. Carr (1962)

"One man, one vote." Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population; Warren Court's political judicial activism.

Abbington v. Schempp (1963)

Prohibited devotional Bible reading in public schools by virtue of establishment clause & 14th Amendment's due process clause. Warren Court's judicial activism.

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceedings. Warren Court's judicial activism in criminal rights.

Wesberry v. Sanders (1963)

Ordered House districts to be as near equal in population as possible.

NY Times v. Sullivan (1964)

Held that statements about public figures are libelous only if made with malice and reckless disregard for the truth.