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| 218027401 | Fletcher v. Peck | The decision stems from the Yazoo land cases, 1803, and upholds the sanctity of contracts. | 0 | |
| 218027402 | McCullough vs. MD | Court Upheld National Bank and Necessay and Proper Clause | 1 | |
| 218027403 | Gibbons v. Ogden | 1824--Clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power over interstate commerce. | 2 | |
| 218027404 | NCRB v. T&L steel | Court Upheld NLA 1973, Changed ideology for New Deal | 3 | |
| 218027405 | Atlanta Motel v. US | Gov't can regulate public accomodations b/c it relates to interstate commerce | 4 | |
| 218027406 | Katzenbach v. McClung | Cobgressional Power can link to local government if it is a direct connection | 5 | |
| 218027407 | SD vs. Dole | Court ruled permissable that gov't would not give transportation funds unless theeir drinking age is 21 | 6 | |
| 218027408 | US vs. Lopez | Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce. | 7 | |
| 218027409 | Printz v. US | Congress lacks authority to have state officers enforce federal laws. | 8 | |
| 218027410 | US v. Morrison | Congress has no authority under the commerce clause to enact provision against Women against violence act | 9 | |
| 218027411 | Smith v. Allwright | Equal Protection and rights clause | 10 | |
| 218027412 | Buckley v. Valeo | 1st Amendment protects campaign spending; legislatures can limit contributions, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns. | 11 | |
| 218027413 | Bush v. Gore | Use of 14th Amendment's equal protection clause to stop the Florida recount in the election of 2000 | 12 | |
| 218027414 | Baker v. Carr | "One man, one vote." Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population; Warren Court's judicial activism. | 13 | |
| 218027415 | Weberry v. Sanders | Ordered House districts to be as near equal in population as possible (extension of Baker v. Carr to Congressional districts). | 14 | |
| 218027416 | Shaw v. Reno | NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts. | 15 | |
| 218027417 | US term limits v. Thorton | Supreme Court ruled that states cant change federal represntatives term legnths | 16 | |
| 218027418 | Powell v. Mcormack | Non-Justicable issues cannot be solved in the judicial branch | 17 | |
| 218027419 | Sims v. Reynolds | Gov't can limit what you practice--> Practice is differnt then belief. **can limit polygamy b/c it is a practice of beliefs | 18 | |
| 218027420 | Marbury v. Madison | Established Judicial Review | 19 | |
| 218027421 | Dred Scott v. Sanford | Says slaves were not citizens, so they had no standing to sue | 20 | |
| 218027422 | Barron v. Baltimore | The guarantee in the 5th Amendment that private property shall not be taken "for public use, without just compensation" is not applicable to state governments as well as the federal government. | 21 | |
| 218027423 | Gitlow v. NY | Anarchist calling for overthrow of the government. Established precedent of federalizing Bill of Rights (applying them to States); States cannot deny freedom of speech - protected through due process clause of Amendment 14 | 22 | |
| 218027424 | Near v. MN | Case centered on censorship - government cannot censor something (newspapers) because that restricts freedom of the press. Main issue was government officials were being criticized and wanted to censor the criticism. | 23 | |
| 218027425 | Palko v. CONN | Provided test for determining which parts of Bill of Rights should be federalized - those which are implicitly or explicitly necessary for liberty to exist. | 24 | |
| 218027426 | Emerson vs. Board of Education | A New Jersey law allowing reimbursements of money to parents who sent their children to school (public and private) on buses operated by the public transportation system did not violate the establishment clause or the 1st and 14th Amendments. | 25 | |
| 218027427 | Engel v. Vitale | Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of 1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th Amendment's due process clause; Warren Court's judicial activism. | 26 | |
| 218027428 | Lemon v. Kurtzman | 1971 defining government actionsin dealing with religion--must not inhibit or advance religion and does not entangle the goverment with religion. | 27 | |
| 218027429 | Wallace v. Jaffree | Moment of silence is okay if not for a religious purpose | 28 | |
| 218027430 | Westside Community v. Mergens | Schools cannot deny groups from meeting based on content of their speech. | 29 | |
| 218027431 | Sante Fe Schools v. Doe | Can't say religious thing b/c gov't pays for stadium and announcer thing at a school sponsored event | 30 | |
| 218027432 | Zelman v. Simmons&Harris | Court said that gov. can give money to parents to then send their kids to religious based private schools | 31 | |
| 218027433 | Schenk v. US | 1896 ruling that separate but equal facilities for different races were not unconstitutional. | 32 | |
| 218027434 | NY Times v. Sullivan | First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones, about the conduct of public officials except when statements are made with actual malice (with knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of their truth or falsity) | 33 | |
| 218027435 | Miller v. CA | 1973 ruling that determined the obscenity clause to related to works that lack literary, artisitic, political or scientific value. (LAPS test) | 34 | |
| 218027436 | Bethel School v. Fraser | You don't have freedom of speech in school | 35 | |
| 218027437 | Hazelwood School v. Kuhlmeir | You don't have freedom of press in the schools | 36 | |
| 218027438 | Texas v. Johnson | Flag-burning is symbolic speech with a political purpose and is protected by 1st Amendment. | 37 | |
| 218027439 | Reno v. ACLU | 1996 communications Decency act was too vague. Unconstitutional | 38 | |
| 218027440 | NAACP v. Alabama | You have the right of association--> gov't cannot keep a group from gathering | 39 | |
| 218027441 | Boy Scouts v. Dale | The boy scouts were allowed to dismiss a leader after learning that he was gay, holding that freedom of association outweighed the New Jersey anti-discrimination statute. | 40 | |
| 218027442 | Mapp v. Ohio | Established exclusionary rule; illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court; Warren Court's judicial activism. | 41 | |
| 218027443 | Gideon v. Wainwright | 1963 ruling that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one. | 42 | |
| 218027444 | Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 ruling that upon arrest, a suspect has the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. | 43 | |
| 218027445 | Furman v. GA | State death penalties (as then applied) are arbitrary and violate equal protection of 14th Amendment. | 44 | |
| 218027446 | Gregg v. CA | Upheld new Georgia death penalty laws requiring dual-phase trial and special circumstances; capital punishment does not constitute cruel & unusual punishment of 8th Amendment. | 45 | |
| 218027447 | NJ v. TLO | Reasonable suspicion (lower standard; not as much evidence needed to search) for you to search someone at a school. | 46 | |
| 218027448 | Civil Rights Cases | Moral reinforcement of Jim Crow Laws-- Shut down advancements from 13th, 14th, 15th amendments | 47 | |
| 218027449 | Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 ruling that separate but equal facilities for different races were not unconstitutional. | 48 | |
| 218027450 | Korematsu v. US | T1941--he court upheld the constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World War 2. | 49 | |
| 218027451 | Brown v. Board of education | 1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education. | 50 | |
| 218027452 | Regent of UCAL v. Bakke | Ucal accepts more minorities than any other school. Unjust under 14th amendment | 51 | |
| 218027453 | Lawrence v. Texas | Texas bans Sodomy Reverses 1986 decision of Bowers v. Harwick | 52 | |
| 218027454 | Grutter v. Bollinger | Constitutional of Michigan to prefer minorities over the usual | 53 | |
| 218027455 | Griswold v. CONN | established the right to privacy | 54 | |
| 218027456 | Reed v. Reed | 14th amendment was for both genders | 55 | |
| 218027457 | Roe v. Wade | 1973 ruling that decriminalized abortion. | 56 | |
| 218027458 | Webster v. Reproductive health clinic | More leeway for states in regulation abortion, though no overturning of Roe v. Wade. Upholds MO law prohibiting abortion in public hospitals; shift in composition of court. (Later cases allow 24-hour waiting periods, parental consent for minors, etc.) | 57 | |
| 218027459 | Planned Parenthood v. Casey | Placed obstacle on a women to recieve a abortion | 58 | |
| 218027460 | Tinker v. Des moines | Guaranteed a student's right to protest (wearing armbands). | 59 |
