1800-1850
What 1803 court case gave the U.S. Supreme Court the power to decide if laws are unconstitutional, establishing judicial review?
Marbury v Madison
In which 1857 case did the Supreme Court rule that African Americans, free or enslaved, were not U.S. citizens and couldn't sue in federal court?
Dred Scott v Sandford
Which 1962 Supreme Court case ruled that public schools cannot have official prayers because it violates the separation of church and state?
Engel v Vitale
In which 1971 case did the Supreme Court rule that the government couldn't stop the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers?
NY Times v US
What 1810 Supreme Court case was the first to declare a state law unconstitutional because it broke a legal contract?
Fletcher v Peck
Which 1896 Supreme Court case ruled that segregation was okay as long as facilities were "separate but equal"?
Plessy v Ferguson
In what 1963 case did the Supreme Court rule that people who can’t afford a lawyer must be given one?
Gideon v Wainwright
Which 1973 Supreme Court case legalized abortion by saying a woman has the right to choose under the 14th Amendment?
Roe v Wade
Which 1819 Supreme Court case said Congress had the implied power to create a national bank and that states couldn’t tax it?
McCulloch v Maryland
Which 1919 case ruled that free speech could be limited if it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country?
Schenck v US
In what 1964 case did the Supreme Court say public officials have to prove "malicious intent" to win a libel case?
NY Times v Sullivan
Which 1974 Supreme Court case forced President Nixon to turn over tapes during the Watergate investigation?
US v Nixon
Which 1824 Supreme Court case ruled that federal law, not state law, controls interstate trade, including goods, people, and services, under the Constitution’s commerce clause?
Gibbons v Ogden
Which 1943 Supreme Court case allowed the U.S. government to relocate and intern Japanese Americans during World War II?
Korematsu v US
Which 1965 Supreme Court case ruled that married couples have a right to use birth control?
Griswold v Connecticut
Which 2000 Supreme Court case resolved the contested election between George W. Bush and Al Gore?
Bush v Gore
Which 1832 Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia's laws didn’t apply to the Cherokee Nation?
Worcester v Georgia
What 1954 Supreme Court case declared that separating students by race in public schools was unconstitutional?
Brown v Board of Education
Which 1966 Supreme Court case ruled that police must inform suspects of their right to remain silent and have an attorney?
Miranda v Arizona
Which 1969 Supreme Court case ruled that students have the right to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War in school?
Tinker v Des Moines (1966)
[you need to google this one]