American Government Supreme Court Cases

This Supreme Court case determined that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional due to the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

• Mapp V. Ohio

• Brown v. Board of Education

• New Jersey v. TLO

• Tinker v. Illinois

Court case that determined that congress has the power, through the "Necessary and Proper Clause (AKA Elastic Clause)" to stretch their power as long as they deem it Necessary and Proper for the common good

• Miranda v. Arizona

• McDonald v. Chicago

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

Case that determined that suspects must be informed of their right to remain silent, right to an attorney, etc. 5th and 6th amendment Due Process Rights

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Baker v. Carr

• McDonald v. Chicago

• New Jersey v. TLO

Case that established Judicial Review

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Tinker v. Illinois

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

Case that determined that Students and teachers don’t shed their constitutional rights of free speech at the

school house gate‖… Students have free Speech as long as they don’t disrupt the normal school day.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• New Jersey v. TLO

• Marbury v. Madison

• Nixon v. United States

Case that determined that as long as the search was ruled reasonable, it is ok for schools to search, but they need reasonable suspicion.

• New Jersey v. TLO

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Baker v. Carr

Case that established that executive privilege is not absolute.

• Plessy v. Fergeson

• Nixon v. United States

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Tinker v. Des Moines

Case that determined that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms," as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Nixon v. United States

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Texas v. Johnson

Supreme Court case that decided that federal courts are able to intervene and decide redistricting cases.

• Baker v. Carr

• McDonald v. Chicago

• New Jersey v. TLO

• Roe v. Wade