APUSH court cases

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

judicial review

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

govt can regulate interstate commerce

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

federal supremacy over state

Dred Scott v. Stanford (1857)

black people can’t be citizens

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

separate but equal

Schenck v. United States (1919)

first amendment does not protect speech that creates “clear and present danger”

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

limited women's working hours, touched on the limits of state regulatory power

Lochner v. New York (1905)

limited the ability of states to regulate labor conditions

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

constitutionality of japanese internment camps

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

overturned plessy v. Ferguson, desegregated schools

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

poor have right to an attorney even in state level felonies

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

people must be informed of their constitutional rights before being interrogated

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

protected student’s first amendment rights in schools specifically symbolic protests like wearing armbands

Roe v. Wade (1973)

legalized abortion nationwide

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

allowed affirmative action but ruled out racial quotas

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

exclusionary rule applies to state as well as federal government

New York Times v. US (1971)

limited government censorship on the press

Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)

protected private contracts from state interference, strengthening property rights

Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

ruled Georgia couldn’t enforce laws on Cherokee land but Jackson ignored it leading to the Trail of Tears

Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)

ruled citizens could sue states in federal court, leading to the 11th amendment

Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837)

prioritized public welfare over private developments

Munn v. Illinois (1877)

allowed states to regulate business like railroads for the public good

Ex Parte Milligan (1866)

ruled military trials for civilians are unconstitutional if civilian courts are open

Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886)

states cannot regulate interstate railroad rates only Congress can, boosting federal regulation