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Decision declared that separate
but equal facilities did not violate
the 14th amendment.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This decision declared that
separate but equal had no place in
education
Brown v. The Board of
Education of Topeka, Kansas
This case said that if you create a
clear and present danger to a nation
at war that your 1st amendment
rights are limited
Schenk v. US
This case said that a president does
not have executive privilege when it
comes to legal investigations.
US v. Nixon
This court case said that only the
Federal government had the
jurisdiction to deal with the Indian
nations.
Worcester v. GA
In this case the Supreme Court
assumed the power of judicial
review.
Marbury v. Madison
In this case, Marshall and his court
deemed that the creation of a
national bank was constitutional
(using the elastic clause)
McCulloch v. MD
This 1857 decision said that
Congress prohibiting slavery in any
territory was a violation of the 5th
amendment.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
This case said that the Granger laws
were unconstitutional and led to the
passage of the Interstate Commerce
Act.
Wabash v. Illinois
This case said that the federal
government has the power to halt a
strike that affects a nation’s public
welfare – mail service (even if it
infringes on 1st amendment rights).
In re Debs
This court case deemed the NIRA
unconstitutional for it allowed the
it gave the executive department
the right to regulate interstate
commerce (that belonged to
Congress)
Schechter Poultry v. US
This case said that Executive Order
9066 did not violate the Japanese
Americans’ 14th and 5th amendment
rights due to the fact that they
created a clear and present danger to
a nation at war.
Korematsu v. US
This decision said “one person, one
vote” and called for the
reapportionment of election districts.
Baker v. Carr
This said that a NY State school
prayer violated the 1st amendment’s
prohibition on the establishment of
religion.
Engel v. Vitale
This decision stated that the state
governments must provide lawyers
for all felony cases involving
indigent accused persons (6th
amendment)
Gideon v. Wainwright
This decision said that the accused
must be informed of the right to
remain silent.
Miranda v. AZ
This court case decision said that
students rights are not left at the
school house gate – it was in
reaction to students protesting the
Vietnam War by wearing black
armbands.
Tinker v. Des Moines
This case said that “prior restraint”
violated the 1st amendment’s
freedom of the press in regards to the
Pentagon Papers.
NY Times v.US
This case stated that the 9th and 14th
amendments protected a woman’s
right to an abortion in the 1st
trimester
Roe v. Wade
This decision allowed people to
refuse life support.
Cruzan v. the Missouri Dept. of
Health
The court ruled that states could seek
to control abortion through
reasonable waiting periods and
parental consent for minors as long
as the regulations were not unduly
burdensome.
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern
PA v. Casey
This case said that school districts
need only reasonable suspicion to
conduct a reasonable search.
NJ v. TLO
The court decided that to maintain
school safety that a school could
drug test athletes.
Veronia School District v. Acton
This decision stated that quotas to
ensure affirmative action were
unconstitutional
Bakke v. Regents of the University
of California
Said that the commerce clause of
the Constitution allowed the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 prohibition of
racial discrimination in any place
of public accommodation.
Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US