SCOTUS LANDMARK CASES

Which SCOTUS case established the principle of judicial review and significantly increased the power of the Supreme Court?

Marbury v Madison (1803)

Which SCOTUS case expanded federal power through the doctrine of implied powers?

McCulloch v Maryland (1819)

Which SCOTUS case ruled that the president is not above the law and limited executive privilege?

United States v Nixon (1974)

Which SCOTUS case limited presidential power during wartime and blocked Truman’s seizure of steel mills?

Youngstown Sheet & Tube v Sawyer (1952)

Which SCOTUS case ended racial segregation in public schools by overturning “separate but equal”?

Brown v Board of Education (1954)

Which SCOTUS case established the “separate but equal” doctrine that legalised segregation?

Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Which SCOTUS case legalised interracial marriage across the United States?

Loving v Virginia (1967)

Which SCOTUS case allowed affirmative action but ruled that strict racial quotas were unconstitutional?

Regents v Bakke (1978)

Which SCOTUS case significantly restricted affirmative action in university admissions in 2023?

Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard (2023)

Which SCOTUS case established the principle of “one person, one vote” in electoral representation?

Baker v Carr (1962)

Which SCOTUS case ruled that corporate political spending is protected under the First Amendment?

Citizens United v FEC (2010)

Which SCOTUS case effectively decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election?

Bush v Gore (2000)

Which SCOTUS case protected students’ free speech rights in schools?

Tinker v Des Moines (1969)

Which SCOTUS case ruled that flag burning is protected as free speech under the First Amendment?

Texas v Johnson (1989)

Which SCOTUS case protected freedom of the press during the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

New York Times v United States (1971)

Which SCOTUS case ruled that school-sponsored prayer in public schools was unconstitutional?

Engel v Vitale (1962)

Which SCOTUS case established a constitutional right to abortion?

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Which SCOTUS case overturned the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v Wade?

Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)

Which SCOTUS case established an individual constitutional right to bear arms under the Second Amendment?

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)

Which SCOTUS case legalised homosexual marriage nationwide across the United States?

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)