US V. Mendenhall (Cause I just took a CRJ test and got the answer wrong cause someone said it was "Chimel V. California" and that's what I put)
This case marked the Supreme Court's ruling that not all free speech was guaranteed. Eugene Dennis was a Communist. He had claimed his speeches advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government were guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. The Supreme Court decided otherwise, stating that you have no protection under the law if you advocate the overthrow of the government.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Illinois Supreme Court that considered the planned Skokie march by the National Socialist Party of America to be a matter of free speech. Thus, the National Socialist Party of America was allowed to march in Skokie and use the swastika as a symbol during their march. (Ultimately, no march was held in Skokie, rather in surrounding neighborhoods). Correction: Skokie case never reached the U.S. Supreme Court. It was considered the "easy case" because precedent from past 1st Amendment issues would have easily overturned the Illinois State Supreme Court ruling
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There are two excellent sources for locating the US Supreme Court's opinions and decisions. Justia Beta has a searchable database of all cases, by year or by volume, from 1791 to the present. The Supreme Court maintains updated records on slip opinions for the current Term that may be too new for Justia's database.Other sites, such as FindLaw and Oyez are also excellent resources, but I prefer Justia because they have logged the concurring and dissenting opinions for most cases, along with the Court decision, which helps the reader understand both sides of a case.Despite criticism often directed at it, Wikipedia is also a good site for information on cases from the Supreme Court. The articles for most cases are quite detailed, and include the details of the case, background, decision and opinions of the Court, related cases, and several other areas of importance.
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Dred Scott's case made it to the Supreme Court because he sued for his freedom after living in a free state and a free territory with his owner. The case went through several lower courts before ultimately being appealed to the Supreme Court.
The US Supreme Court decision on the Dred Scott case resulted in the court making it clear that Scott could not be a free man and denied his case to be free of his slavery status. The Court declared that Scott was not a US citizen, and thus could not sue for his freedom.
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The Dred Scott case, 1857
This case marked the Supreme Court's ruling that not all free speech was guaranteed. Eugene Dennis was a Communist. He had claimed his speeches advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government were guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. The Supreme Court decided otherwise, stating that you have no protection under the law if you advocate the overthrow of the government.
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered citizens under the Constitution and therefore could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, effectively invalidating the Missouri Compromise.
I believe it was called, Dred Scott.
The Supreme Court declared Scott was a free man
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark Supreme Court case in 1857 where the Court ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not considered citizens and thus could not sue in federal court. This decision further exacerbated tensions over slavery in the United States and is widely considered one of the worst decisions in Supreme Court history.
The famous US Supreme Court case where the slave sued for his freedom was in the Dred Scott case. He was with his master traveling when they traveled into a free state; because they were in a free state, Scott believed he was a free man and sued for his freedom. The court however disagreed, saying that Scott was his masters property and he was not free, even in a free state. This gave people in the south an opportunity to go find their runaway slaves because they were by law, still their property.
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be considered American citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. The Court also stated that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in any U.S. territory.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Illinois Supreme Court that considered the planned Skokie march by the National Socialist Party of America to be a matter of free speech. Thus, the National Socialist Party of America was allowed to march in Skokie and use the swastika as a symbol during their march. (Ultimately, no march was held in Skokie, rather in surrounding neighborhoods). Correction: Skokie case never reached the U.S. Supreme Court. It was considered the "easy case" because precedent from past 1st Amendment issues would have easily overturned the Illinois State Supreme Court ruling