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GCSE History · key term
The highest court in the United States, which can decide whether laws and government actions comply with the Constitution.
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The highest court in the United States, which can decide whether laws comply with the Constitution.
Revise: America and the ‘Great Society'Two Supreme Court decisions addressed different aspects of those rights.
Paper 3
Revise: Developments in EducationFerguson (1896)**, in which the Supreme Court accepted racial segregation provided facilities were ‘separate but equal’. In practice, Black schools often received less funding and had poorer facilities than White schools.
The highest court in the United States, whose decisions can establish whether laws violate the US Constitution.
Paper 1
Revise: Federal Government Involvement and the Civil Rights Act 1964The Supreme Court could rule that segregation violated the Constitution. Congress, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, could pass laws protecting civil rights. The president could promote those laws and use the federal administration to support their enforcement.
Separate the Supreme Court’s ruling against bus segregation in 1956 from the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which focused on voting rights.
Distinguish the institutions: the Supreme Court made constitutional rulings, Congress passed legislation, and presidents promoted legislation and supported enforcement.
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