Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court
Plessy v Ferguson
separate but equal
Mapp v Ohio
incorporation - exclusionary rule
Texas v Johnson
flag burning – 1st amendment right
Roe v Wade
right to privacy - abortion
Marbury v Madison
judicial review
Gitlow v New York
incorporation – freedom of speech
Engle v Vitale
no prayer in school
Furman v Georgia
no cruel/unusual punishment
California v Bakke
affirmative action
US v Nixon
no executive privilege
McCulloch v Maryland
supremacy clause reinforced
Schenck v US
clear and present danger test
Gideon v Wainwright
incorporation - right to an attorney
Buckley v Valeo
campaign finance – freedom of speech
Kelo v City of New London
expanded eminent domain
INS v Chadha
legislative veto unconstitutional
Brown v Board of Education
reversed separate but equal
Miranda v Arizona
incorporation - defendant’s rights
Gibbons v Ogden
interstate commerce clause
Clinton v New York
Line item veto unconstitutional
Baker v Carr
one person, one vote
Miller v California
created obscenity rules
Dred Scott v Sanford
African Americans not citizens
Citizens United v FEC
Unlimited independent expenditures
Barron v Baltimore
Bill of Rights doesn’t apply to states
Oregon v Smith
free exercise clause – drug use
Near v Minnesota
incorporation – freedom of press
DC v Heller
2nd Amendment protection
Reynolds v US
Free exercise clause - polygamy
Lemon v Kurtzman
Establishment clause – religious test
Griswold v Connecticut
right to privacy – condom sales
Korematsu v US
internment constitutional
NY Times v Sullivan
freedom of speech/press malice
Bush v Gore
recount violated equal protection clause
Tinker v Des Moines
freedom of speech in school