Top Ten Most Famous Court Cases
Our nation’s courts have been deciding cases for over 200 years now. There have been hundreds of famous landmark cases that have inspired and even redefined the way our country is governed. Liberties and rights have been secured and protected because of these cases.These are cases that have created impacts still being felt until today.
1. Brown v. Board of Education
In 1954, America was still a society divided along racial lines. Even
schools were divided into those catering to either white or colored
students. Oliver Brown of Topeka in Kansas believed it to be in
violation of his 14th Amendment right to Equal Protection. He
brought a case against the Board of Education to the court. White
segregationists argued that, while they may go to different schools, the
fact that they have similar buildings, accessibility and subjects mean
that colored students were getting an education equal to that received
by white students; separate but equal, in other words. The plaintiffs
argued, however, that the fact that it was separated meant that there
was a difference and unless remedied, they would never be equal. The
Supreme Court sided with Brown and declared school segregation as
unconstitutional.
