AP Gov Supreme Court Cases

A landmark case decided in 1824 in which the Supreme Court interpreted very broadly the Commerce Clause in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution giving Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce and encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity

Gibbons v. Ogden

An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments and the doctrine of implied powers.

McCulloch v. Maryland

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison

1919; conviction of a socialist who had urged young men to resist the draft during WW1. Justice Holmes declared that gov't can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils. established the concept of clear and present danger as outlined by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Schenck v. US

Case where the Commerce clause gave Congress authority to prohibit marijuana growth despite state laws to the contrary; national power trumps state

Gonzalez v. Raich

limited the concept of executive privilege; the extent to which the separation of powers was allowed

U.S. vs. Nixon

Overturned the FECA limit on personal funds spent on your own campaign

Buckley v. Valeo