Transcript Supreme Court PowerPoint by James LaPointe

Jay Court
John Rutledge
Washington
William Cushing
Washington
James Wilson
Washington
James Iredell
Washington
John Blair
Washington
Jay Court
1793
The Jay Court ruled that a citizen of another state could sue a
state in the U. S. Supreme Court.
Caused congress to pass the 11th Amendment to the
Constitution
1790
Independence
Hall
1935
THE
COURT
ON
THE
MOVE
1790
City
Hall
1800
Ellsworth Court
William Paterson
Washington
William Cushing
Washington
Bushrod Washington
Adams
James Iredell
Washington
Samuel Chase
Washington
Ellsworth Court
1798
Calder v. Bull ex post facto laws relate to criminal law not
probate or civil law in general
Marshall Court
Brockholst Livingston
Jefferson
Joseph Story
Madison
Bushrod Washington
J. Adams
Thomas Todd
Jefferson
William Johnson
Jefferson
Gabriel Duvall
Madison
Marshall Court
1803
Marbury v. Madison established the Court’s right to overturn
acts of Congress
1819
McCulloch v. Maryland upheld the right of Congress to create
a Bank of the United States, and it advanced the doctrine of
implied powers
1824
Gibbons v. Ogden defined broadly Congress's right to
regulate interstate commerce.
Taney Court
John McKinley
Van Buren
John Catron
Van Buren
Samuel Nelson
Tyler
Joseph Story
Madison
John McLean
Jackson
Robert C. Grier
Polk
James M. Wayne
Jackson
Peter V. Daniel
Van Buren
Taney Court
1857
Dred Scott v. Sanford The case involved Dred Scott, a slave,
who was taken from a slave state to a free territory. Chief
Justice Taney ruled that blacks were not citizens and
therefore could not sue in federal court.
Chase Court
David Davis
Lincoln
Stephen J. Field
Lincoln
Samuel Nelson
Tyler
Noah H. Swayne
Lincoln
Clifford, Nathan
Buchanan
James M. Wayne
Jackson
Robert C. Grier
Polk
Samuel F. Miller
Lincoln
Chase Court
1866
Ex parte Milligan The Court decided that military rule could
not supersede the civil courts in areas where the civil courts
and government remained open and operational. “… it is the
birthright of every American citizen when charged with crime,
to be tried and punished according to law.”
1868
Texas v. White The court ruled that no state of the union
actually succeeded from the union
Waite Court
John M. Harlan I
Hayes
Ward Hunt
Grant
Stephen J. Field
Lincoln
Clifford, Nathan
Buchanan
Noah H. Swayne
Lincoln
William B. Woods
Hayes
Joseph P. Bradley
Grant
Samuel F. Miller
Lincoln
Waite Court
1876
Munn v. Illinois The Supreme Court established as
constitutional, the principle of public regulation of private
businesses if it was involved in serving the public interest.
Fuller Court
John M. Harlan I
Hayes
Joseph McKenna
McKinley
Edward D. White
Cleveland
David J.Brewer
Harrison
Horace Gray
Arthur
George Shiras Jr
Harrison
Lucius Q. Lamar
Cleveland
Henry B. Brown
Harrison
Fuller Court
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson defended the constitutionality of racial
segregation in face of the “equal protection under the laws”
clause of the 14th Amendment. The lone dissenter on the
Court, Justice John Marshall Harlan, protested, “The thin
disguise of ‘equal’ accommodations . . .will not mislead
anyone.”
White Court
Mahlon Pitney
Taft
Willis Van Devanter
Taft
Joseph McKenna
McKinley
Oliver W. Holmes
T. Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Taft
Horace H. Lurton
Taft
William R. Day
T. Roosevelt
Joseph R. Lamar
Taft
White Court
1911
Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey Et Al. v. U.S. The Court
dissolved the Standard Oil Trust upholding prohibitition
against all unreasonable or undue restraints of trade in
interstate commerce.
Taft Court
Edward T. Sanford
Harding
Harlan F. Stone
Coolidge
Willis Van Devanter
Taft
George Sutherland
Harding
Oliver W. Holmes
T. Roosevelt
James C. McReynolds
Wilson
Pierce Butler
Harding
Louis D. Brandeis
Wilson
Taft Court
1928
Olmstead v. United States The Court ruled 5-4 that wiretapping was not an unreasonable search and seizure within
the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
Hughes Court
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Harlan F. Stone
Coolidge
Willis Van Devanter
Taft
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Hoover
George Sutherland
Harding
James C. McReynolds
Wilson
Pierce Butler
Harding
Louis D. Brandeis
Wilson
Hughes Court
1935
A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States The
Supreme Court struck down President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's National Industrial Recovery Act, which had
coordinated industrywide output and pricing.
Stone Court
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover
Robert H. Jackson
F. Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
F. Roosevelt
Stanley F. Reed
F. Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
F. Roosevelt
Wiley B. Rutledge
F. Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
F. Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
F. Roosevelt
Stone Court
1941
United States v. Darby The power of congress over interstate
commerce extends to those intrastate activities which so
affect interstate commerce or the exercise of the power of
congress over it as to make their regulation an appropriate
means to the attainment of a legitimate end, - the exercise of
the granted power of congress to regulate interstate
commerce.
Vinson Court
Harold H. Burton
Truman
Robert H. Jackson
F. Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
F. Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
F. Roosevelt
Stanley F. Reed
F. Roosevelt
Sherman B. Minton
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Truman
William O. Douglas
F. Roosevelt
Vinson Court
1952
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, U.S. The President's
power, if any, to issue the order (directing the Secretary of
Commerce to take possession of and operate most of the
Nation's steel mills) must stem either from an act of
Congress or from the Constitution itself. There is no statute
that expressly authorizes the President to take possession of
property as he did…
Warren Court
Harold H. Burton
Truman
John M. Harlan
Eisenhower
Hugo L. Black
F. Roosevelt
Abe Fortas
Johnson
Charles E. Whittaker
Eisenhower
William J. Brennan, Jr
Tom C. Clark
Eisenhower
Truman
William O. Douglas
F. Roosevelt
Warren Court
1954
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka In the unanimous decision lead by Chief
Justice Earl Warren, the Court invalidated the Plessy ruling, declaring “in the field
of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place” Future
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was one of the NAACP lawyers who
successfully argued the case.
1963
Gideon v. Wainwright guaranteed right to legal counsel in felony cases under the
6th and 14th Amendments. The Court under Chief Justice Warren continued to
protect the rights of the accused.
1964
New York Times v. Sullivan Upheld 1st Amendment limited libel charges against
the press by public officals where malice and reckless disregard for truth could
not be proven.
1966
Miranda v. Arizona The police must also warn suspects that any statements they
make can be used against them in court.
Burger Court
Potter Stewart
Eisenhower
William H. Rehnquist
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Nixon
Byron White
Kennedy
Harry A. Blackmun
Nixon
William J. Brennan, Jr
Eisenhower
1st
Black
justice Thurgood Marshall
Johnson
John Paul Stevens
Ford
Burger Court
1973
Roe v. Wade A woman has the right to an abortion in
the first trimester of pregnancy, contending that it is
part of her “right to privacy.”
1978
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
ruling affirmative action was unfair if it lead to
reverse discrimination.
Rehnquist Court
Stephen Breyer
Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clinton
John Paul Stevens
Ford
Sandra Day O'Connor
Reagan
1st
Appointed by
Woman
Justice
Reagan
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Bush Sr.
David Hackett Souter
Bush Sr.
Reagan
Anthony M. Kennedy
Reagan
Rehnquist Court
1996
United States v. Virginia et al. The Court holds first that
Virginia violates the Equal Protection Clause by maintaining
the Virginia Military Institute's (VMI's) all male admissions
policy, and second that establishing the Virginia Women's
Institute for Leadership (VWIL) program does not remedy that
violation.