Cases

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Creates Judicial Review, says that marbury doesn’t get to get a writ of whatever so strikedown

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856)

Says once a slave always a slave, rejects Missouri Compromise, Congress can’t legislate on slavery

Texas v White (1869)

Secession isn’t allowed

Barron v. Baltimore (1833)

The Bill of Rights only applies to the federal government —> needs selective incorporation

US v. Cruikshank (1876)

14th Amendment equal protection requirements don’t apply to private corps and stuff — basically reaffirms that you need incorporation

Palko v. Connecticut (1937)

Double jeopardy doesn’t apply to states

Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Allows for PAC spending on political campaigns to unlimited amounts as long as they don’t “cooperate” with the campaign directly

Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)

Basically says prviliges and immunities only applies to the federal government —> no selective incorporation for states

Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)

Establishes neutral laws that don’t violate the equal protection act can be violated by unequal enforcement of the law

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Separate but Equal.

Lochner v. New York (1905)

Basically a substantive due process case where you can work however long because you have the “right to contract’ for bakers so you cant limit their hours

US v. Carolene Products (1938)

Footnote 4 levels of scrutiny — rational basis, intermediate scrutiny, strict scrutiny

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Deseg + overturns separate but equal

Korematsu v. US (1944)

Upholds Japanese internment

Griswold v Connecticut (1965)

State bans on contraceptives violate marital privacy

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Strikes down interracial marriage bans

San Antonio School District v. Ramirez (1973)

Texas public school funding based on local taxation doesn’t violate equal protection (education not a fundamental right)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

No racial quotas for like affirmative action

Plyler v. Doe (1982)

FIX (something something substantive due process)

undoc immig children can go to school b/c they bar undoc through fees

Washington v. Glucksberg (1993)

FIX (something about assisted suicide not being allowed substantive due proces)

Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)

Getting points in race conscious decisions is unconstitutional for a blanket point allotment

Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

Race concious decisions are allowed when they’re specific to persons

Kelo v. City of New London (2005)

Local governments get eminent domain

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

Gay marraige (fix)

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)

They violated religious freedom by unfairly doing investigations and stuff

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)

Overturns roe

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023) 

Completely overturns affirmative action so no race EXCEPT for in your personal statement

Baker v. Carr (1962)

federal courts can make decisions about districting, sets up one voice one vote

South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)

The 15th amendment defends the existence of the voting rights act to guarantee the vote

Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)

Congress can’t change state voting laws

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Bizarre shapes for redistricting based on race are violating equal protection unless narrowly tailored + compelling interest

Shelby County v. Holder (2013)

Section 4 of VRA unconstitutional bc its too old now and outdated to not equal protection also uneccesary

Bush v. Gore (2000)

The Supreme Court can decide on elections i guess but only this one, uses equal protection for bad basically

Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)

Partisan gerrymanding is injusticible

Trump v. Anderson (2024)

says insurrection can’t be a reason to deny someone a place on the ballot, or at least individual states can’t

Elk v. Wilkins (1884)

Native Americans dont get citizenship because somewhat sovereign so not “subject to the juridstiction”

US v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)

yes vote. it says on land. duh. subject to juridstiction is location

Trop v. Dulles (1957)

Can’t revoke citizenship as punishment for a crime

Afroyim v. Rusk (1967)

involuntary removal of citizenship not allowed like congress can’t do it either