Supreme Court Cases

Marbury V. Madison (1803)

Judicial review

McCulloch V. Maryland (1819)

Reaffirms federal over state gov’t

Scott V. Sandford (1852)

Decided African Americans are not citizens

Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)

Separate but equal

Schenck V. U.S. (1919)

Can limit civil rights when there is a “clear and present danger.”

Korematsu V. U.S. (1944)

Protected right to inter Japanese Americans into camps during WW2

Brown V. Board of Education (1954)

Segregation unconstitutional

Regents V. Bakke (1978)

Upheld affirmative action

Yates V. U.S. (1957)

Protects freedom of speech

Baker V. Carr (1962)

“one man, one vote”

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Protects freedom of religion; outlawed prayer in public schools

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Right to counsel in any felony case

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Miranda rights