Court Cases (Prillaman)

McDonald v. Chicago

A Supreme Court case in 2010 that made the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Loving v. Virginia

A Supreme Court case that declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Texas v. Johnson

A Supreme Court case that ruled burning the American flag is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

Mapp v. Ohio

A Supreme Court case ruling that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state courts.

Obergefell v. Hodges

A Supreme Court decision that held the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the right to marry for same-sex couples.

Korematsu v. United States

A Supreme Court case in which the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was upheld, despite it being racially motivated.

Gideon v. Wainwright

A Supreme Court case ruling that states are required to provide counsel to defendants who cannot afford an attorney.

Roper v. Simmons

A Supreme Court case that ruled the death penalty for minors is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment.

Powell v. Alabama

A Supreme Court case that established the right to a fair trial and legal representation under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Engel v. Vitale

A Supreme Court ruling that school-sponsored prayer violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Smith v. Employment Division

A Supreme Court case ruling that the state can deny unemployment benefits for religious substance use, emphasizing that religious beliefs do not exempt from general laws.

Gitlow v. New York

A Supreme Court case establishing the incorporation doctrine, which applies freedom of speech to the states; upheld Gitlow's conviction for advocating violence against the government.