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100

This Supreme Court case established  the right of judicial review

Marbury v. Madison

100

Separate but equal

Plessy v. Ferguson
100

Overruled separate but equal ruling

Brown v. Board of Education

100

Inform those accused of crimes of their rights

Miranda v. Arizona

100

Declared state laws making abortion illegal to be unconstitutional 

Roe v. Wade

200

Ruled that 4th and 14th Amendments protect citizens from illegal searches

Mapp v. Ohio

200
14th Amendment prohibits states from discrimination but not indvidiual actions

Civil Rights Cases

200

States can only regulate intrastate trade

Gibbons v. Ogden

200

Ruled that forcible relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII was constitutional

Korematsu v. United States

200

Upheld 1st Amendment freedom of the press, allowed publication of the Pentagon Papers

New York Times Co. v. United States

300

Right to an attorney for all felony cases

Gideon v. Wainwright

300

States cannot tax a federal bank

McCulloch v. Maryland

300

Invalidated law setting railroad rates on the part of an interstate trip within state borders

Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific RR v. Illinois

300

Constitution gives federal government, not state governments exclusive jurisdiction over Native American nations. Ignored by Andrew Jackson

Worcester v. Georgia

300

Stopped recount ordered by Florida Supreme Court in 2000 Presidential election

Bush v. Gore

400

Schools have the right for searches when there are reasonable grounds that the law or school rules have been broken.

New Jersey v. T.L.O

400

Allows symbolic, silent expression of opinion in absence of any disorder is protected under the 1st Amendment

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

400

Established limits on freedom of speech in cases of clear and present danger

Schenck v. United States

400

Overturned Roe v. Wade ruling, giving states authority to regulate abortion laws

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

400

Declared New Deal's National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional

Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States

500

Prohibits discrimination in private facilities whose operations affect interstate commerce

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

500

Congress under the commerce clause has authority to regulate any conspiracy to eliminate competition

Northern Securities Co. v. United States

500

Reciting an official prayer in schools is a violation of 1st Amendment establishment of religion clause

Engel v. Vitale

500

No president is above the law

United States v. Nixon

500

Struck down state laws regarding interracial marriages

Loving v. Virginia