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The Marshall Court
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100
This case upheld federal supremacy in the realm of banking.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
100
The case that legalized abortion in the United States.
What is Roe v. Wade (1973)
100
This case established the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
100
This case forces the police to read a defendant his rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
100
This case resolved the 2000 presidential election dispute over ballots in Florida.
What is Bush v. Gore (2000)?
200
This case established federal supremacy over interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
200
This case allowed for parental notification of a minor seeking an abortion, but did affirm Roe.
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)?
200
This case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
200
This case established the right for a defendant to be represented by counsel, even if she could not afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
200
This case denied the presidency the right to claim executive privilege in a criminal proceeding.
What is U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
300
This decision paved the way for Roe v. Wade by upholding the right to contraception and helped establish the right to privacy used in Roe.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?
300
This case is often called the "reverse discrimination" case.
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?
300
This case established a "test" for issues of separation of church and state.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
300
This case claimed that businesses or corporations are people too.
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
400
This case established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)
400
This case affirmed gay marriages nationally.
What is Obergfell v. Hodges (2015)?
400
This case gave protection to women facing discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
What is Reed v. Reed (1971)?
400
This case ruled that flag burning is a protected speech.
What is Texas v. Johnson (1989)
400
This case ruled that spending limits imposed by the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971 were unconstitutional.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
500
This case was brought by a group of indigenous people protesting the validity of state laws denying them rights within that state.
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)?
500
This case outlawed sodomy laws based on the 14th Amendment's due process clause.
What is Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
500
This case declared all poll taxes unconstitutional.
What is Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (1966)
500
This case established that the Due Process Clause guarantees the Bill of Rights for state and local governments.
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
500
This case ruled the government cannot keep citizens from contributing to as many candidates and political parties as they wished.
What is McCutcheon v. FEC (2014)