1800-1850
Which case established the judicial review?
Marbury v Madison
Which case decided that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
Dred Scott v Sandford
Which case prohibited prayer in public schools?
Engel v Vitale
Which case denied the government request to bar publication of the Pentagon Papers?(freedom of press)
NY Times v US
Which case was the first to declare a state law void because it violated the contract clause?
Fletcher v Peck
Which case established the doctrine of “separate but equal”?
Plessy v Ferguson
Which case guaranteed the right to counsel for indigent defendants in criminal cases?
Gideon v Wainwright
Which case established a woman right to choose an abortion under the right to privacy?
Roe v Wade
Which case upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States and endorses a loose interpretation of the constitution?
McCulloch v Maryland
Which case established the “clear and present danger” test for limits on free speech?
Schenck v US
Which case set a higher standard for public figures to prove libel(defamation)?
NY Times v Sullivan
Which case limited the president claim of executive privilege?
US v Nixon
Which case established federal control over interstate commerce?
Gibbons v Ogden
Which case upheld the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
Korematsu v US
Which case found a right to privacy implicit in the Constitution, striking down a ban on birth control?
Griswold v Connecticut
Which case stopped the 2000 presidential election recount?
Bush v Gore
Which case decided that state laws had no force within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation?
Worcester v Georgia
Which case overturned “separate but equal” in public education?
Brown v Board of Education
Which case required police to inform suspects of their rights before asking questions?
Miranda v Arizona
Which case protected students rights to wear black armbands in school as a form of freedom of speech?
Tinker v Des Moines (1966)
[you need to google this one]