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CoCourt Milestones
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Supreme Court
Mile Stones
1803
Marbury V Madison
desicion-Declares parts of Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional; denies Marburys claim to government post
Significance- established the courts power of judiciary review
1803
1832
Worcester V Georgia
decision- Upholds cherokee lands ownership against claims by the state of Georgia
Significnce- President andrew jacksons refusal to enforce ruling demonstrated limits of the courts authority
1832
1857
Scott V Sandford
Decision- rules dred scott still a slave and Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
significance- futhered tensions that led to the civil war
1857
1896
Plessy V Feguson
Decision- Rules seperate facilities for blacks and whites do not imly ineqaulity
Signifiicance- Led to an expansion of Jim crow segregation
1896
1937
Court Packing Scheme
Decision- Not a case, but FDR plan to expand the court in order to get support for new deal programs
Significance- integritity of court protected, even as court begins approving FDR new deal laws
1937
1954
Brown V Board of Ed of Topeka, Kansas
Decision- rules seperate educational fscilities for blacks and whites are inherently unequal
Significance-Led to the end of de jure egregation in public schools
1954
1966
Miranda V Arizona
decision- rules law enforcement must inform criminal suspects of their rights before questioning
significance- expanded defendants rights and restricted law enforcements actions
1966
2006
Hamdan V Rumsfeld
decision- rules military commisions to try "enemy combatants" illigal
Significance- in 2006 president george w bush and congress passed new legeslation clarifying military commision procedures. These procedures have been challenged in court