U.S. Supreme Court Opens First Monday Of October

October 3, 2005

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the land, and the only court specifically created by the Constitution. It consists of nine justices, appointed for life by the President, who weigh in the meaning of laws and whether or not they violate the Constitution.

Infoplease.com: Milestone Cases
These twelve Supreme Court decisions are the ones most frequently referenced in popular media. They include Plessy v. Ferguson (the case that asserted separate railroad accommodations for blacks did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (which struck down “separate but equal” racial segregation in public schools), and Roe v. Wade (the case that legalized abortion). Each decision is summarized with a single paragraph, and is linked to a longer encyclopedia article.

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