supreme court cases

Marbury vs. Madison (1803)

Gave courts power to declare laws unconstitutional

McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)

States cannot tax federal institutions

Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857)

Enslaved persons were not citizens

Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

Upheld racial segregation under separate but equal doctrine

Schneck vs US (1919)

Limited free speech if it poses a clear and present danger

Korematsu vs US (1944)

Upheld Japanese American internment during WW2

Brown vs Board of Education (1954)

Declared school segregation unconstitutional

Mapp vs Ohio (1961)

Illegal evidence cannot be used in court

Baker vs Carr (1962)

Established one person one vote through judicial review

Engel vs Vitale (1962)

School sponsored prayer violates the Constitution

Gideon vs Wainwright (1963)

Right to an attorney for criminal defendants

Miranda vs Arizona (1966)

Police must inform suspects of their rights

Tinker vs Des Moines (1969)

Students retain free speech in school

New York Times vs US (1971)

Freedom of the press protected from prior restraint

Wisconsin vs Yoder (1972)

Religious freedom allows Amish children to leave school after 8th grade

Roe vs Wade (1973)

Right to abortion

Us vs Nixon (1974)

Limited executive privilege and upheld rule of law

Regents vs Bakke (1978)

Race can be considered in admissions but quotas are illegal

Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeier (1988)

Schools can regulate their newspapers

Texas vs Johnson (1989)

Flag burning is free speech

Shaw vs Reno (1993)

Racial gerrymandering violates equal protection

US vs Lopez (1995)

Limits Congress commerce clause power

Bush vs Gore (2000)

Decided the 2000 presidential election

District of Columbia vs Heller (2008)

Affirmed individual right to own firearms