SUPREME COURT CASES
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| 9376334075 | Marbury v. Madison (1803) | The court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws, the principle is known as judicial review | 0 | |
| 9376334077 | McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the U.S.; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the U.S. | 1 | |
| 9376334083 | Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) | Speaking for a widely divided court, Chief Justice Taney ruled that Dredd Scott was not a citizen and had no standing in court; Scott's residence in a free state and territory had not made him free since he returned to Missouri; Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in a territory (based on the 5th Amendment right of a person to be secure from seizure of property), thus voiding the Missouri Compromise of 1820 | 2 | |
| 9376334086 | Civil Rights Cases (1883) | Legalized segregation with regard to private property, 1883. Cases invalidated Civil Rights acts of 1875 | 3 | |
| 9376334088 | In Re Debs (1895) | denied a writ of habeas corpus to Eugene Debs, after he was cited for contempt for violating an injunction against the Pullman strike. Strike interfered with the federal responsibility to transport the mails and its authority over interstate commerce | 4 | |
| 9376334091 | Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 | Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal" | 5 | |
| 9376334099 | Schenck v. U.S. (1919) | Unanimously upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 which decalred that people who interfered with the war effort were subject to imprisonment; decalred that the 1rst Amendment right to freedom of speech was no absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and present danger" | 6 | |
| 9376334103 | Korematsu v. U.S (1944) | The court upheld the constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II, 1941 | 7 | |
| 9376334106 | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) | Unanimous decision declaring "separate but equal" unconstitutional | 8 | |
| 9376334108 | Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | The court ruled that those subject to in-custody interrogation be advised of their constitutional right to an attorney and their right to remain silent, 1966 | 9 | |
| 9376334109 | New York Times v U.S (1971) | The U.S. President Richard Nixon had claimed executive authority to force the Times to suspend publication of classified information in its possession. The question before the court was whether the constitutional freedom of the press under the First Amendment was subordinate to a claimed Executive need to maintain the secrecy of information. The Supreme Court ruled that First Amendment did protect the New York Times' right to print said materials. | 10 | |
| 9376334110 | Roe v. Wade (1973) | The court legalized abortion by ruling that state laws could not restrict it during the first three months of pregnancy. Based on the 4th Amendment rights of a person to be secure in their persons. 1973 | 11 | |
| 9376334111 | U.S. v. Richard Nixon (1974) | The court rejected Richard Nixon's claim to an abolutely unqualified privilege against any judicial process | 12 |
