People Gotta Move

[ciroccoj]

So, Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring, and I think I'm going to cry.

But while reading about her retirement, I came across a nifty page that pleases me as both a history- and a law-geek.

How many of these Ten Landmark U.S.S.C. decisions do you regognize? Do you know the issue involved? The year it was decided? The decision? The story behind the case? The effect of the case?

Dred Scott v. Sanford
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Co. II
Plessy v. Ferguson
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
U.S. v. Carolene Products
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Grutter v. Bollinger
Lawrence v. Texas

Check your answers! Ten Landmark Decisions Website

FWIW, I only got 5 of them, and wasn't terribly clear on the years or all the issues involved.

Comments

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

I know four of them off-hand. ^_^

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Which ones?

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

Dred Scott v. Sanford -- taking slaves into "free" states, as well as making blacks unable to become citizens.

Plessy v. Ferguson -- okayed segregation.

Brown v. Board of Education -- overturned segregation.

Roe v. Wade -- right to abortions

Because, dude, living in a Southern state since 1995, you sure as hell hear a lot about segregation in history class. Yar.

*fixes html*

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

I knew those four, plus

Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Co. II -- Struck down income taxation, leading to the amendment of the Constitution.

U.S. v. Carolene Products -- I think this was the one where they split between economic issues and constitutional issues, "reasonable judgement" as contrasted with a stricter standard of examination.

I got vague decades for these decisions, but not exact years memorized.

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[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I got vague decades for these decisions, but not exact years memorized.
Yeah, same here - except for some reason I knew Brown was 1954 and Plessy was 1896. Wha?

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

you sure as hell hear a lot about segregation in history class.
Oh, I bet. Yar.

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

'Specially with black teachers all about black pride. I mean, dude, like squee.

::hugs Cirocco plushie::

...

::just because::

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

I got four, but only because there's a Saint Louis connection with Dred Scott (I *think* part or all of the case was decided in the Old Courthouse there. I remember visiting it on a field trip from school and finding out that slaves had been auctioned on the very steps where I was standing.)

I give myself an extra point for even knowing about the Chinese laundry, though... ;)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I give myself an extra point for even knowing about the Chinese laundry, though... ;)
Yeah, no kidding. I'd never even heard of it.

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

Mikey!

::pets Mike Logan icon happily::

Mmm. Pretty.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Ok, I know Dred Scott v Sanford. Plessy v. Ferguson. Brown v. Board of Education. And Roe vs. Wade.

Except that I can't actually remember what Roe vs. Wade is about....But I know I've heard of it and should know it...

So I'll say I just know three of them.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Not bad :)

[daf9.livejournal.com]

I have a vague idea what 3 of them were about (Brown, Roe & Lawrence = ending segregation, legalizing abortion & striking down sodomy laws) and no idea when any of them were decided.

[gypsum.livejournal.com]

I would have kicked ass on this two years ago.

Dred Scott v. Sanford -- Said a slave couldn't go to a free state and then claim he was free. 1860, 1859, something like this.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins -- Commerce clause?
Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Co. II -- er...
Plessy v. Ferguson -- Segregation did not violate equal protection.
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish -- Could government establish minimum wage? 1937.
U.S. v. Carolene Products -- Don't recall the case itself, but footnote for said that the government could make laws protecting "discreet and insular minorities." 1937.
Brown v. Board of Education -- Segregation did in fact violate equal protection. Not cool. 1952.
Roe v. Wade -- Women have the right to have an abortion. 1973.
Grutter v. Bollinger -- Affirmative action??
Lawrence v. Texas -- Said sodomy laws were not kosher, right?

Yes...

[culturevulture7.livejournal.com]

I was going to add the bit on Carolene (footnote 4), and Lawrence. Still don't know what Grutter is. Knew Plessy, Dred Scott, Brown, Roe.

Carolene is somewhere in the 30s? Dred Scott is the 1850s, I think (Woff???), Plessy I want to say is around 1890. Roe is 1973, Lawrence I think was 1982. Brown is 1954.

Re: Yes...

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

::feeling rather inferior right now ;) ::

Re: Yes...

[culturevulture7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's "our" Supremes. If it were your Supremes, you'd kick our asses because I couldn't tell you one!!

And I was wrong on Lawrence, I thought it was the banning sodomy one (I think that's Summers) not the allowing.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Holy moly. That's rather impressive. I'd never even heard of four of them.

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

::reads all the knowledgable lawyer-ly comments and considers just slinking away quietly::

Well, got these two right away, so I'm not a complete dunce. :-)
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

::reads all the knowledgable lawyer-ly comments and considers just slinking away quietly::
Hee - me too :)