6942748634 | Marbury v. Madison | Court establishes its power of judicial review | 0 | |
6942748635 | McCulloch v. Maryland | NG can create a bank; states can't tax the NG | 1 | |
6942750905 | Gibbons v. Ogden | NG can regulate interstate waterways, not the states | 2 | |
6942753177 | Barron v. Baltimore | BOR does not apply to the states, only meant to restrict NG | 3 | |
6942753178 | Scott v. Sandford | Blacks can never be citizens of the US; provisions of the MO compromise that limit slavery in the territories are unconstitutional | 4 | |
6942754641 | The Prize Cases | Lincoln's naval blockade of southern ports is constitutional | 5 | |
6942754642 | Ex parte Merryman | Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus is unconstitutional (Taney only) | 6 | |
6942755641 | Minor v. Happersett | States can deny women the right to vote | 7 | |
6942755642 | Plessy v. Ferguson | states can maintain separate but equal facilities, legalizing segregation | 8 | |
6942757678 | Weeks v. US | Court establishes the exclusionary rule - illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in criminal proceedings | 9 | |
6942757679 | Gitlow v. NY | incorporates freedom of speech (1st incorporation case) | 10 | |
6942759273 | Near v. MN | incorporates freedom of the press | 11 | |
6942759274 | US v. Belmont | Court rules that executive agreements are constitutional | 12 | |
6942760459 | Wolf v. CO | incorporates the 4th amendment | 13 | |
6942760460 | Korematsu v. US | FDR's executive order establishing Japanese interment camps is constitutional | 14 | |
6942761720 | Brown v. Board of Education | "separate but equal is in itself, inherently unequal," Court rules that segregated schools are unconstitutional | 15 | |
6942761721 | Youngstown v. Sawyer | Truman's seizure of the steel mills to maintain production during the Korean War (the steel mills were on strike) | 16 | |
6942763109 | Mapp v. Ohio | incorporates the exclusionary rule | 17 | |
6942763110 | Gideon v. Wainwright | incorporates the right to counsel | 18 | |
6942763821 | Miranda v. Arizona | creates the Miranda warning - a procedural requirement during an arrest | 19 | |
6942764645 | Griswold v. CT | creates and incorporates the right to privacy via the 9th Amendment | 20 | |
6942764646 | Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US | privately owned businesses that are open to the public (places of public accommodation) cannot discriminate based on race - in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | 21 | |
6942765626 | Duncan v. Louisiana | incorporates the right to a trial by jury in a criminal case | 22 | |
6942765627 | Loving v. Virginia | states cannot deny interracial couples the right to marry | 23 | |
6942766505 | Tinker v. DesMoines | Schools cannot prohibit students from engaging in symbolic speech (black armbands to protest Vietnam) | 24 | |
6942766506 | Brandenberg v Ohio | speech that is likely to incite "imminent lawless action" can be restricted by the government | 25 | |
6942767677 | Roe v. Wade | establishes a woman's right to reproductive privacy | 26 | |
6942767678 | US v. Nixon | executive privilege is a power that the President enjoys, but it cannot be invoked to impede a criminal investigation | 27 | |
6942769446 | Planned Parenthood v Casey | states cannot deny a woman the right to access abortion services, but states can place restrictions on abortion | 28 | |
6942769447 | NJ v. TLO | schools can search student belongings without a warrant | 29 | |
6942770240 | US v. Lopez | the federal Gun Free School Zones Act is unconstitutional; marks the first time since the New Deal that the Court restricts Congress' commerce powers | 30 | |
6942770241 | Clinton v. NY | Line item vetoes are unconstitutional | 31 | |
6942771028 | DC v. Heller | the Second Amendment protects the rights of citizens to keep arms at home for self defense | 32 | |
6942771029 | McDonald v. Chicago | incorporates the 2nd Amendment | 33 | |
6942772244 | Obergefell v. Hodges | states cannot deny same sex couples the right to marry | 34 |
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