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100
This case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
100
This case referenced Congress' implied powers, such as the "elastic clause"
What is McCulloch vs. Maryland?
100
This case ruled that Georgia couldn't kick out the Cherokees but Andrew Jackson didn't care and still kicked them out
What is Worcester vs. Georgia?
100
Supreme Court said that 15th Amendment didn't give citizens the right to vote, it just said you couldn't deny the right to vote "based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude" which meant that the South could use Grandfather Clause and other restrictions to stop African Americans from voting
What is United States vs. Reese?
100
This case ended segregated school systems
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
200
The chief justice of the Supreme Court in Marbury vs. Madison
Who is John Marshall?
200
In this case the Supreme Court asserted its power of review over state's courts in cases that involved the Constitution or federal treaties
What is Martin vs. Hunter's Lessee?
200
Supreme Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction over appeals from military courts
What is Ex Parte Vallandigham?
200
This case ruled that polygamy was okay to believe in but not practice
What is United States vs. Reynolds?
200
The Supreme Court approved affirmative action, which means miniorities can get into college
What is Regents of University of California vs. Bakke?
300
This person's actions set the precedent for the First Amendment and the Freedom of the Press
Who is John Peter Zenger?
300
This case ruled that states can't interfere with private contracts
What is Dartmouth College vs. Woodward?
300
Lambden P Milligan was sentenced to death by a military court and the Supreme Court ruled that military trials were unconstitutional if civil courts were around
What is Ex Parte Milligan?
300
This case led to the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 which said that only Congress had the power to control interstate commerce
What is Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific RR Co. vs. Illinois?
300
This legalized abortion
What is Roe vs. Wade?
400
This court case decided that national laws overrule state laws
What is Ware vs. Hylton?
400
This case determined that the federal government had exclusive control of interstate commerce
What is Gibbons vs. Ogden?
400
The Supreme Court ruled that the 13th and 14th Amendments only applied to national citizenships not state citizenship
What are the Slaughterhouse Cases?
400
This case ruled that the Sherman Anti Trust Act only applied to interstate commerce meaning that manufacturing monopolies were okay
What is US vs. E.C. Knight Co.?
400
This case set up the Miranda Laws
What is Miranda vs. Arizona?
500
This case set up the Eleventh Amendment, which makes states hear lawsuits from their own citizens
What is Chisholm vs. Georgia?
500
The case gave the Supreme Court the power to review decisions of state courts if the decisions regarded the Constitution
What is Cohens vs. Virginia?
500
This case ruled that Civil Rights Act of 1875 was unconstitutional, some discrimination was okay
What are Civil Rights Cases of 1883?
500
This ruled that citizens could not be held in relocation centers if they had proved their loyalty
What is Korematsu vs. US?
500
This ruled that every accused person has the right to a lawyer
What is Gideon vs. Wainwright?