apush supreme court rulings

Only trhe most important ones desu

marvury v madison 1803

Judicial review over adams’s midnight judges

fletcher v peck 1810

Supreme court can rule state legislation as unconstitutional

The sanctity of contracts is UPHELD

martin v hunter’s lease 1816

Supreme court has jurisdiction over state courts when concerning constitutional rihgts

mcculloch v maryland 1819

state cannot tax federal institution and implies constitutionality of federal bank

gibbons v ogden 1821

the federal governemnt has control of interstate commerce

cherokee nation v georgia 1831

cherokee are not an foreign nation with the capability to sue and thus the federal court cannot offer injunction. case was dismissed

worcester v georgia 1832

cherokee are a separate political entity and only the fedreral government can regulate it (under

Commonwealth v Hunt 1842

labor unuons and strikes are lawful

dred scott v sanford 1857

blacks are not citizens

munn v illinois 1877

states can regulate businesses of a public nature intrastate

wabash v illinois 1886

states cannot regulaate interstate commerce

plessy v ferguson 1896

separate but equal is good

schenck v us 1919

limits free speech during wartime under espionage and sedition acts

korematsu v us 1941

internment camps yes

brown v board 1954

separate is not equal

gideon v wainwright 1963

right to counsel/public defendersex

escobedo v illinois 1964

right to lawyer prior to questioning

miranda v arizona 1966

miranda rights to suspects

roe v wade 1973

abortion

us v richard nixon 1974

presidents don’t have absolute immunity