Active Members of the Supreme Court
Federal Court System |
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States,
Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice, Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, Elena Kagan, Associate Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor (Retired), Associate Justice, David H. Souter (Retired), Associate Justice, |
Synopsis of Important Supreme
Court Cases:
Marbury vs. Madison
- Judicial Reviews
McCulloch vs. Maryland
- Established the interior status of the status of the states in relation to the Union, states can't interfere with federal government.
- The court expanded congress' power to include those implied by the Constitution.
Miranda vs. Arizona
- Miranda Rights: "you have the right to remain silent"
Plessy vs. Ferguson
- Segregation
- Separate but equal
Brown vs. Board of Education
- Segregation
- Separate is NOT equal
- Judicial Reviews
McCulloch vs. Maryland
- Established the interior status of the status of the states in relation to the Union, states can't interfere with federal government.
- The court expanded congress' power to include those implied by the Constitution.
Miranda vs. Arizona
- Miranda Rights: "you have the right to remain silent"
Plessy vs. Ferguson
- Segregation
- Separate but equal
Brown vs. Board of Education
- Segregation
- Separate is NOT equal