Supreme Court meme

[ppfuf]

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun."

Or not. Can YOU name a Supreme Court decision other than Roe v. Wade without looking it up? Before coffee? (In other words, you

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[helblonde]

Ooooh! Miranda: good one.

[ppfuf]

I'd have thought all Americans could name Miranda, because it gets mentioned on so many TV shows, but it seems to be much less popular than Roe v Wade and Brown vs the School Board.
On another board someone brought up Mapp vs Ohio, which is also a pivitol case. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapp_v._Ohio

[helblonde]

I bet most folks don't know that Miranda Rights refers to a Supreme Court ruling.

Viz: "Like, rights are just something we have, you know?"

Right, they sprang forth like Athena out of the heads of our Founding Fathers.

[valgards]

I came up with those, plus a couple more, but named Dred Scott in my own post....

I can only think of one more...

[aastg]

Brown vs. the Board of Education