1803-1919
What is the supreme court case that asserted the powers and jurisdictions of SCOTUS?
MARBURY V. MADISON (1803)
What was the supreme court decision that ruled that freedom of speech and freedom of the press under the First Amendment could be limited only if the words in the circumstances created "a clear and present danger."?
SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES (1919)
What was the case that ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools?
ENGEL V. VITALE (1962)
What case decided that school officials cannot censor student speech unless it disrupts the educational process?
TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1969)
What case determined that the 1990 federal Gun-Free School Zones Act was unconstitutional because it exceeded its authority under the commerce clause?
UNITED STATES V. LOPEZ (1995)
What is the supreme court case that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States
MARBURY V. MADISON (1803)
What was the supreme court case that ruled de jure segregation as unconstitutional?
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)
What was the SCOTUS decision that struck down prayer in public schools?
ENGEL V. VITALE (1962)
What case allowed the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers to publish classified Pentagon Papers without government censorship?
NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. UNITED STATES (1971)
What SCOTUS case constrained the extent to which state and local governments can regulate firearms?
MCDONALD V. CHICAGO (2010)
What is the supreme court case that decided that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government?
MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND (1819)
What was the supreme court case that signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the US?
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)
What was the case that dictated that anyone accused of a crime is guaranteed legal counsel?
GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT (1963)
What SCOTUS case ruled that the First Amendment protected the rights of the New York Times to publish classified material?
NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. UNITED STATES (1971)
What SCOTUS case used an interpretation of the 2nd Amendment to apply that amendment to the states for self-defense?
MCDONALD V. CHICAGO (2010)
What was the first supreme court decision about federal powers?
MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND (1819)
What was the supreme court case that ruled that a state legislature would have to redraw their representative districts in order to comply with the Constitution?
BAKER V. CARR (1962)
What was the SCOTUS decision that established the fourteenth amendment?
GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT (1963)
What case established the rule that an individual’s religious interests replace a state’s interests in compulsory education, meaning it prioritized free exercise of religion over state interests?
WISCONSIN V. YODER (1972)
What case allowed unlimited election spending by corporations and labor unions?
CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (2010)
What was the supreme court decision that ruled that the Espionage Act did not conflict with the First Amendment.?
SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES (1919)
What was the supreme court case that opened the door to judicial review of the redistricting process?
BAKER V. CARR (1962)
What SCOTUS case allowed public school students wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War, meaning it recognized students’ First Amendment rights?
TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1969)
What was the SCOTUS case that decided that race could no longer be the sole basis for creating or changing a voting district?
SHAW V. RENO (1993)
What case is considered important because it represented a turning point in campaign finance?
CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (2010)