15 important supreme court cases
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| 24724287 | Marbury v Madison | 1803, Established the principle of Judicial Review, which is the power of the court to override the acts of an executive. | |
| 24724288 | McCulloch v Maryland | 1819, A state cannot tax a federal agency | |
| 24724289 | Gibbons v Ogden | 1824, A state cannot regulate interstate commerce | |
| 24724290 | Dred Scott v Sanford | 1857, African Americans are not citizens and the MO Compromise was unconstitutional | |
| 24724291 | United States v EC Knight | 1895, Any action against manufacturing monopolies would have to be taken by the state. Sherman Anti-Trust Act did not prevent these. | |
| 24724292 | Plessy v Ferguson | 1896, Established "Separate but Equal" | |
| 24724293 | Lochner v New York | 1905, The court cannot uphold a labor law unless it is an issue of public health | |
| 24724710 | Schenck v United States | 1919, Limited free speech if the U.S. is in "clear and present danger" | |
| 24724711 | Schechter Poultry Corp. v United States | 1935, Congress cannot delegate legislative power over industry codes to the President | |
| 24724712 | United States v Butler | 1936, AAA is an unconstitutional use of power to tax | |
| 24724713 | Korematsu v United States | 1944, Executive Order #9066 is constitutional because it was a time of war | |
| 24724714 | Brown v Board of Education | 1954, Separate is not equal, no more segregated schools | |
| 24724715 | Gideon v Wainwright | 1963, Due process obligates all states to apply the 6th Amendment | |
| 24724716 | Miranda v Arizona | 1966, Police cannot use statements as evidence unless the speaker had been given his rights. Created a card for police officers | |
| 24724717 | Roe v Wade | 1973, Abortion is legal in the 1st trimester, states can regulate it in the 2nd and states can forbid it in the 3rd |
