SCOTUS INFO

Supreme Court Important Decides

Marbury v Madison

A landmark Supreme Court case from 1803 that established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

McCulloch v Maryland

A Supreme Court case decided in 1819 that established the supremacy of federal law over state law and confirmed the constitutionality of the Second Bank of the United States.

Dred Scott v Sandford

v. Sandford was a significant Supreme Court case decided in 1857 that ruled that African Americans were not consider citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court, further intensifying national tensions over slavery.

Plessy v Fergusen

was a landmark Supreme Court case decided in 1896 that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

Schenck v United States

was a Supreme Court case decided in 1919 that upheld the conviction of Charles Schenck for violating the Espionage Act, establishing the "clear and present danger" test for limitations on free speech.

Brown v Board of Education

was a landmark Supreme Court case decided in 1954 that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, effectively overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Roe v Wade

was a landmark Supreme Court case decided in 1973 that recognized a woman's constitutional right to privacy, which extends to her decision to have an abortion.