Supreme Court Case?

Question

What is the most important Sumpreme Court Case ever? and Why

Answer 1 your wrong.

Actually w/o this case, your case could not have even happened

The American Civil war was sparked because of the differences in the way of life between the South and the North. Salvery was not the cause of the civil war.

Answer 1

I would say Marbury vs. Madison (1804), which established the principle of judicial review - that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of what is or is not Constitutional.
This also, of course, was one of the causes of the Civil War in that it countered the notion of the Nullificationists that individual states could make such determinations.

Answer 2

Across the board it has to be the most important decision by the Court. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) There are a number of reasons that this should be number one. Until this decision a man/woman could go to prison just because he had no money to pay for an attorney. More important is that that meant that the common person could have a lawyer not just the rich. The most important thing about this case was that it was brought by a very poor low class person in prison, If a person has ever wondered it is almost impossible for a lawyer to have a case heard by The Court. Yet a low class commoner did it, and with that it gave the Court more credibility than any case before and maybe since then, people felt then that the Court was really on the side of the common man. and right is right and wrong is wrong, but fairness has to be always met.

Note to Beth; I may not be the right one to say this but the civil war was fought over states rights not over slavery. Key to that discussion would be the cotton industry and the south having to send it's cotton to the north east for processing before it was sent to England. The southern states didn't want the north to off load their cotton from a merchantman working up and down the coast and then being put on to a vessel going to England with them taking a large amount of the profit. Succession was their answer, only the north wouldn't hear of it. I am dyslexic and if you find that I have miss spelled or miss used a word sorry that doesn't make me dull nor does it mean that I don't know what I am talking about.

Answer 3

Answerer one is exactly correct -- there is no "most important" Supreme Court case -- it's subjective. (And, I hardly think you're qualified to judge anyway, since you can't even spell it!)

There are many different cases that could share equal billing -- Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson (and later Brown v. Topeka BOE), Miranda v. Arizona, Roe v. Wade, I could go on. All have had a tremendous impact on the society we live in today and all could be argued as the MOST important case.

If you are interested in landmark SUPREME Court decisions, and not just looking for a quick homework answer, go to http://www.landmarkcases.org/

Edit note to ffperki: What are you talking about??? I didn't make one mention about the reason the Civil War was fought. I merely agreed with the first answerer that it was a subjective opinion. And, as to the spelling . I'm also dyslexic -- that's why I pay attention to the conveniently provided spell check! My comment to the asker was because of his nastiness.

Answer 4

Probably the one with Justice Marshall back in the 1820-30's where the court declared a law was unconstitutional and defined the purpose of the Court in a way that has solidified the 3 way balance of Court, Executive, and Legislative.
http://www.answers.com/topic/john-marshall?cat=entertainment

Answer 5

Asker, the question is subjective; meaning, it is in the mind of the beholder. Additional info: The Dred Scott decision is widely considered as one of the causes that sparked the American Civil War. Asker, I stated that it was "one" of the causes.
Reference:
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefEdList.aspx?refid=210067707
http://thomaslegion.net/causes.html

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) (It reflected that minorities were an inferior race; however, it was a major setback for blacks and IS a stain on the American judicial system)

Dred Scott, a slave owned by a Dr. Emerson, was taken from Missouri to a free state and then back to Missouri again. Scott sued, claiming that his residence in a free territory granted him freedom. In a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court decided that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, making the already repealed Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional. Furthermore, the Court went on to state that blacks were not citizens of the United States and could not become citizens and therefore they could not sue in a court.

PS: It wasn't "Bong hits for Jesus."

Answer 6

Roe V Wade

I know like half the people on here are going to say that one, and the other half are going to do Brown v Board of Education, but I don't care. Actually some will do Miranda.

Roe V Wade was one of the most important steps forward the feminist movement ever got. It gave women the right to chose what they do with their bodies, and gave them the sexual freedom men have had by virtue of their inability to have children since day one.

The right to make decisions about ones own body is important to both men and women, in that Roe V Wade protects doctor patient privalege, which keeps medical records private. That right to privacy may not seem important, but if a person has a disease which comes with a stigma, such as AIDS, privacy is the greatest blessing that can ever be afforded by the government. People are still hesitant about contact with those affected by AIDS, even though we understand how it's transferred, and the stigma unfairly attached to homosexuality has attaced to AIDS. Patients with conditions such as AIDS deserve the right to keep their condition hidden from whoever the heck they want.

Women have the right to sexual freedom, and the right to chose whether or not they procreate, just like men do, and Roe V Wade protects that right.

We need to fight to uphold it, and protect the women of America from the illegal abortions they will inevitably seek if it's overturned. We need to fight to protect sexual freedom and adult decisions. We need to fight to protect medical privacy. We need to fight to protect victims of rape and incest from being further victimized from unwanted pregnancy. And above all, we need to protect children.

As much as the right says that adoption is an option, it isn't always. Most children in this country are not adopted, and spend their whole lives going through foster care. Even if a child gets good, non abusive, non awful foster parents, they still get passed around. They have to deal with the horrible idea that nobody loves them enough to keep them forever, something that children of adoptions have to deal with, no matter their circumstances.

The fact is that too few parents adopt in this country, and that a child put up for adoption will not necessarily ever find a family.

Abortion needs to be legal. Doctor patient privacy needs to be upheld. Roe V Wade is the most important case the Supreme Court ever faced, and I hope to God that it is upheld.