AP GOV SCOTUS 15

A state authorized students in its public schools to recite a short, voluntary prayer. The Court found that Prayer could not be mandated by public schools as it violated the establishment clause

Engel v Vitale

A cases in which the Court held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions

Citizens United v Federal Election Commision

A case in which the Court established the principle of judicial review, giving it the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

Marbury v Madison

A case about a state taxing a national bank in which the Court upheld the supremacy clause

McCulloch v Maryland

A case involving anti-draft pamphlets in which the Court ruled speech can be limited if it poses a clear and present danger

Schenk v United States

A case challenging school segregation in which the Court ruled separate but equal unconstitutional.

Brown v Board of Education

A case involving a poor defendant in which the Court required states to provide lawyers in criminal cases.

Gideon v Wainwright

A case involving abortion laws in which the Court recognized a right to privacy (later overturned).

Roe v Wade

A case about unequal voting districts in which the Court established one person, one vote.

Baker v Carr

A case involving student armbands in which the Court protected student free speech.

Tinker v Des Moines

A case involving the Pentagon Papers in which the Court limited prior restraint.

New York Times v United States

A case involving Amish families in which the Court protected religious freedom over school laws.

Yoder v Wisconsin

A case involving weapons on schools in which the Court limited Congress’s Commerce Clause power

United States v Lopez

A case involving pewpew laws in which the Court applied the Second Amendment to the states

McDonald v Chicago