Court Cases

Ruled that Separate but Equal was unconstitutional

• Brown v Board
• Plessy v Ferguson
• Grutter v Bollinger
• Palko v Connecticut

Upheld the 1st Amendment freedom of the press. Censorship of Pentagon papers was not necessary for national security.

• New Jersey v. T.L.O.
• Mapp v. Ohio 
• Tinker v. Des Moines 
• New York Times v. U.S. 

School prayer violates the 1st Amendment

• Engel v. Vitale 
• Korematsu v. U.S. 
• Brown v. Board 
• Schenck v. U.S. 

State laws can not prohibit abortion

• Plessy v. Ferguson 
• Gideon v. Wainwright 
• Roe v. Wade 
• Marbury v. Madison

Accused must be read rights

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Mapp v. Ohio 
• Marbury v. Madison 
• McCulloch v. Maryland

1st Amendment right to free speech is NOT absolute during wartime.

• Schenck v. U.S. 
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Korematsu v. U.S. 
• Miranda v. Arizona 

Japanese internment camps did not violate 14th Amendment and civil rights.

• Dred Scott v. Sanford 
• Gideon v. Wainwright 
• Korematsu v. U.S.
• Engle v. Vitale 

Slaves are property, not citizens; therefore they cannot bring suit. Slavery cannot be abolished.

• Plessy v. Ferguson 
• Dred Scott v. Sanford 
• Marbury v. Madison 
• Brown v. Board 

Used the elastic clause to justify national Supremacy established under "necessary and proper clause" in regards to banks.

• Engel v. Vitale 
• McCulloch v. Maryland 
• Schenck v. U.S. 
• Gideon v. Wainwright 

Established the practice of judicial review

• Marbury v. Madison 
• Gideon v. Wainwright 
• Roe v. Wade 
• New Jersey v. T.L.O