United States v. Lopez (1995)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
New York Times Company v. United States (1971)
Baker v. Carr (1961)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010):
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.
Extended the right of privacy to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.
Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime.
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause.
Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security.
Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause.
Public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War.
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states.
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent.
Speech creating a “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment.
Established the principle of judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution.
Challenged redistricting, developing “one person, one vote”
Established supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws.
Race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause.
Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
