1800-1850
this helped courts establish its right to over turn acts of congress by ruling them unconstitutional - "judicial review"
Marbury v Madison
what case denied the citizenship to enslaved people and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Dred Scott v Sandford
what case established the government could not compel individuals to speak or endorse certain messages
Engel v Vitale
what affirmed the right of the NY timed to publish the Pentagon papers, upholding the principal of freedom of the press
NY Times v US
this decision protected contracts from state interference, even if the original contract was based on fraud
Fletcher v Peck
"separate but equal", allowed African Americans and whites to be serpaerte as long as they are equal, under the 14 th admendmennt
Plessy v Ferguson
what established the right to counsel for indigent defendants in felony cases
Gideon v Wainwright
what established women rights to an abortion
Roe v Wade
this Endorses a lose interpretation of the constitution, the supreme court upholds the constitutionality of the bank of the United States
McCulloch v Maryland
what case established the 'clear and present danger" test for restricting speech
Schenck v US
what case established "actual malice" standard for libel cases involving public figures
NY Times v Sullivan
what case limited the power of the president of the US, ruling that he president must obey subpoenas and could not use executive privilege to withhold evidence in a criminal case
US v Nixon
what case established the principal of federal supremacy in regulating interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden
What established exclusionary rule, preventing illegally obtained evidence from being used in the federal court
Korematsu v US
what case established the right to privacy specifically regarding the use of contraception
Griswold v Connecticut
what decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election, effectively ending the recount in Florid and awarding the presidency to George w bush
Bush v Gore
what case affirmed the rights of the Cherokee nation to their tribal lands, challenging the authority of the state of Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
what case declared state sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Brown v Board of Education
what case established requirement for law enforcement to inform a suspect of their rights before questioning
Miranda v Arizona
what established that students do not shed their constitutional rights to the schoolhouse gate, ruling that a school could not suspend students wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam war
Tinker v Des Moines (1966)
[you need to google this one]