Landmark Court Cases
Court case in 1803 that established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The 5th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution state that “no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without _________.”
What is due process of the law?
Overturned the 1896 ruling from Plessy v. Ferguson. *
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Constitutional protections for groups preventing discrimination
What are civil rights?
This case is the first modern strikedown of Congress' use of the Commerce Clause.
What is US v. Lopez?
Court case in 1819 that enforced the supremacy clause after it was deemed necessary and proper to create a federal bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
While not a required case, this case upheld Roe v. Wade and allowed states to restrict abortion as long as there is not an "undue burden."
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey?
You don't want your children to have to go to public school because it will interfere with your religion which believes that the moon is flat and that the earth landing was totally faked. What case would you cite as a precedent regarding your free exercise clause rights?
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
The two clauses regarding religion in the 1st amendment.
What is the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause ?
This case incorporated the right to counsel for defendants.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Court case in 1973 that held that the Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus.
What is Roe v. Wade?
The incorporation doctrine was established by this amendment.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Supreme Court held that some speech is not, in fact, protected by the First Amendment. For instance, you cannot yell "fire" in a crowded movie theater because that would create a clear and present danger.
What is Schenck v. The United States?
While not a required case, this case established that illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible in court under the exclusionary rule.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
The ruling in this case states that corporations are people and have first Amendment Rights and that any law limiting campaign contributions is the same as congress abridging freedom of speech and thus unconstitutional
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
Guns, guns, guns. We just need more of them. There's more than one gun per American but that's just not enough, and if a jurisdiction tries to limit guns it's violating the second amendment and that's just unconstitutional and rude.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
The right to privacy is most often presumed to be protected by this amendment.
What is the 9th amendment?
The court ruled that prayer during public school is a violation of the Establishment Clause
What is Engel v. Vitale?
Prohibited gender discrimination by schools receiving public funds
What is Title 9?
This court ruling said that even though you are just a measly insignificant student, you have certain rights, even at school. You are able to use symbolic speech as long as it does not interrupt the learning environment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Also called the "Pentagon Papers" case, defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government.
What is New York Times v. US?
Constitutional protections that prohibit government action, protecting individuals
This holding applied to any case in which a state may have failed to apportion its districts in an equal fashion in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is Baker v. Carr?
Established by the Supreme Court to determine whether a law violates the establishment clause.
What is the lemon test?
In this landmark case, the Court ruled that claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny.
What is Shaw v. Reno?