amendment26

1. Scott Brady 2. //United States v. E.C. Knight Co.// (1985) 3. this case is about whether the Supreme Court has the power to interpret the constitutionality of a law or statute passed by Congress. 4. The Court decided that marbury's request for a writ of mandamus was based on a law passed passed by Congress that the Court held tp be unconstitutional.

1: Abbey Thomas 2: Dred scott vs Sanford (1857) 3: Dred Scott, a slave, was taken by his owner, Sanford, into northern federal territory. Scott felt that he was free because of the //Missouri Compromise of 1820,// which excluded slavery from specified portions of United States territories. 4: Scott would be a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment because it would amount to depriving Sanford of his property without due process of law. He also said that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territory and that the //Missouri// //Compromise// was unconstitutional. 5: It meant that Scott was being punished for thinking he was free. The impact is that this is unfair. A slave is supposed to feel free somewhere else. not be punished for it.

Tyler M. Gertz v.s. Robert Welch [1974] This case was challenged because an officer shot and killed a young teenage boy. At the end the officer was charged with 2nd dagree murder and lost his job. This affected the country because it showed that u cant even trust a policeman.

Alissa Brink Roper v. Simmons(2004) A mentally ill 15 year old was upset that he couldn't vote and committed murder. They had decided to place him in school that deals with mentally ill children. The impact on the country is that this child was trying to show people that people his age have a right to vote.

Justine is doing Bush v. Gore

1. Stephen Epstein 2. Oregon v. Mitchell (1970) 3. This case was about how John Mitchell (Congress) wanted every state to make the voter registration age form age 18-21. Oregon did not desire to change their ways. They said it was unconstitutional. 4. Supreme court made it that they didn't have to change there age of voting. 5. This decision means that no state has to change the voting age. The impact of this decision means that you can be 18 to vote!

1.Tom Keller 2.Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) 3.The amendment was challenged because Chisholm tried to sue Georgia but no representative from Georgia showed up. 4.The decision was that Georgia had to show up and then gave federal courts authority to hear all cases between private citizens and states. 5.This meant that all states must show up to cases that are against them. The impact of this case was the authority given to all federal courts to hear all cases between private citizens and states.

Tara Sanders is doing McCulloch vs. Maryland