Supreme Court Cases

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

(Good) Courts can take down any law that contradicts the Constitution

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

(Good) Government can’t segregate schools by race

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

(Good) Government must provide lawyer if defendant can’t afford one

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

(Good) Defendants must be advised of their constitutional rights

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

(Good) States can’t criminalize interracial marriage

New York Times v. US (1971)

(Good) Government can’t stop a news story from being published

Roe v. Wade (1973)

(Good) The government can't outlaw abortion

US v. Nixon (1974)

(Good) President can’t use executive privilege to hide evidence

Dred Scott (1857)

(Bad) Enslaved persons have no legal rights

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

(Bad) Governments can segregate society by race

Buck v. Bell (1927)

(Bad) Government can forcibly sterilize disabled persons

Also authorized the sterilization of women in institutions w/o consent 

Korematsu (1944)

(Bad) Government can force racial groups into internment camps

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

(Bad) Government can criminalize same-s3x s3x