This early court case established the Judicial Branch's implied power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
This case requires that arresting officers notify a suspect of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
100
This case interpreted the due process clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendments, along with the 6th Amendment, to strengthen the right to counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
100
The court's ruling in this case upheld institutionalized segregation as Constitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
100
This is the current number of justices allowed on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
200
This case established the supremacy of federal law over state laws.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
200
This decision rendered all forms of affirmative action unconstitutional.
What is UC Regents v. Bakke?
200
This case established a three-part test concerning whether federal funds to religious schools violate the Establishment Clause.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
200
This case overturned institutionalized segregation and the idea of "separate but equal" as unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
This article of the U.S. Constitution addresses the Judicial Branch.
What is Article III?
300
The Supremacy Clause is found in this Article of the U.S Constitution.
What is Article VI?
300
This ruling was the landmark case in strengthening selective incorporation.
What is Gitlow v. New York?
300
This case established guidelines for suits for libel and required evidence that statements were made with "actual malice" and reckless disregard for the truth.
What is New York Times v. Sullivan?
300
This case ruled that slaves had no Constitutional rights and were considered chattel (property).
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
300
This court era (1953-1969) is most closely associated with progress is civil rights and liberties.
What is the Warren Court?
400
SCOTUS expanded the interpretation of Congress' power through its ruling on the Commerce Clause in this landmark case.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
400
This decision placed a limit on freedom of speech in cases where it presents a "clear and present danger" to others or society.
What is Schenck v. U.S.?
400
This decision strengthened the concept of symbolic speech, allowing students to silently protest the Vietnam War by wearing black arm bands to school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
400
This case ended the Florida presidential election vote recount and heavily influenced the outcome of the 2000 election.
What is Bush v. Gore?
400
This early court era saw pivotal early U.S. court cases such as Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch. Maryland.
What is the Marshall Court?
500
These two court cases limited the Executive's claim to executive privilege and influence over prior restraint during the Watergate Scandal.
What are U.S. v. Nixon and New York Times v. U.S.?
500
This case concerned equal gender access in the military as it ruled that a military officer training school was required to accept women.
What is US v. Virginia Military Institute?
500
This court case strengthened the concept of the right to privacy. It was centered upon the concept that certain amendments implied "zones of privacy" (in this case selling or using contraceptives).
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
500
This case upheld the Constitutionality of Japanese internment during World War II.
What is Korematsu v. U.S.?
500
This is the name of the current SCOTUS court era (2005 - present).