US History Court Cases

Marbury Vs Madison

est Judicial Review, (checks and balances, judiciary)

McCulloch Vs Maryland

no state can tax a federal bank (Necessary and Proper)

Gibbons Vs Ogden

States many only regulate intrastate commerce (Economic Policy)

Worcester Vs Georgia

federal government has jurisdiction over Natives

Dred Scott v Sanford

African Americans were not citizens, Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (14th amendment, 5th amendment (property))

Plessy Vs Ferguson

Separate but equal, did not conflict with 13th or 14th amendments

Northern Securities Co v United States

Trust Busting

Schneck v United States

limits free speech during wartime (not protected by 1st amendment if you yell fire in a crowded movie theater)

Schechter Poultry Corp v United States

NIRA unconstitutional, Prohibits Court Packing

Korematsu v United States

Upheld power of the president to limit civil liberties during wartime

Brown v Board of Education

overturned Plessy v Ferguson, ruled separate educational facilities are not equal

Mapp v Ohio

protects from unlawful search and seizure (need probable cause)

Baker v Carr

declared gerrymandering unlawful

Engel v Vitale

outlaws school prayer

Gideon v Wainwright

rights to free legal representation

Miranda v Arizona

Due Process (read your rights)

Tinker v Des Moines

rights do not end at school gates

New York Times v United States

legal to publish Pentagon papers (freedom of press)

Roe v Wade

Women’s right to abortion

United States v Nixon

Nixon has to turn over Watergate tapes

Bush v Gore

Stops recount happening in Florida (2000 election)

Citizens United v Fed Election Commission

est SUPERPACs

Obergefell v Hodges

Same sex marriage legal

Dobbs v Jackson

Overturns Roe v Wade and gives decision if abortion is legal to the states