Polisci 2000

Marbury v. Madison

Supreme Court case that established judicial review, granting courts the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

McCulloch v. Maryland

Supreme Court case ruling that Congress has implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause and that states cannot tax federal entities under the Supremacy Clause.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Supreme Court decision ruling that African Americans descended from enslaved people were not U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in federal territories.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court ruling that upheld state-mandated racial segregation under the doctrine of 'separate but equal'.

Schenck v. United States

Supreme Court case establishing that freedom of speech can be restricted if expression creates a 'clear and present danger'.

Brown v. Board of Education

Supreme Court decision holding that racially segregated public schools violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, rejecting 'separate but equal' in public education.

Tinker v. Des Moines

Supreme Court ruling that public school students maintain First Amendment free speech rights unless expression causes material and substantial disruption.

Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court case that recognized a constitutional right to abortion under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause (later overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson).

Texas v. Johnson

Supreme Court decision ruling that flag burning is symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.

United States v. Fordice

Supreme Court case establishing that public university systems must actively dismantle policies traceable to prior de jure segregation rather than merely adopting race-neutral rules.

United States v. Virginia

Supreme Court ruling that male-only admissions at a public military institution violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause under intermediate scrutiny.

Communities for Equity v. Michigan High School Athletic Association

Sixth Circuit decision holding that scheduling girls' high school sports during disadvantageous seasons violates the Equal Protection Clause.

Obergefell v. Hodges

Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment.

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

Supreme Court decision holding that race-conscious university admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI.

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

Supreme Court ruling that the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses protect a public high school coach's personal post-game prayer.

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Supreme Court decision that overruled Roe v. Wade, holding that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.

Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump

District court case where press credentials were temporarily restored via a TRO based on Fifth Amendment procedural due process claims.