The U.S. Supreme Court ordered integration in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. This decision declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, effectively overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. The ruling marked a significant step towards desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement in America.
The Supreme Court hears an average 75 cases in a year
1790
1790
Yes, every state has a supreme court. The Supreme Court of Kentucky seats seven Justices who are elected to eight-year terms. For more information on the Supreme Court of Kentucky, see Related Links, below.
The Supreme Court alone decides which cases, and how many they will hear.
The Supreme Court alone decides which cases, and how many they will hear.
The Dred scout supreme court case was on March 6 of the year 1857.
John Marshall was the 45, not 44, year old distant cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and radically changed the job of the Supreme Court.
In 1841.
1789, when the first Supreme Court (of six members) was appointed by Washington.
The Supreme Court Term begins the first Monday in October and ends the first Monday in October of the following year
The Supreme Court Term begins the first Monday in October and ends the first Monday in October of the following year