Required Supreme Court Cases

This Supreme Court decision established the practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court over laws established by the executive and legislative branches.

• Shaw v. Reno

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Brown v. Board of Education

This Supreme Court case stated that political redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause.

• Shaw v. Reno

• Engel v. Vitale

• Brown v Board of Education

• Tinker v. Des Moines

This Supreme Court case stated that a handgun ban was unconstitutional and violated the 2nd Amendment.

• NY Times vs. United States

• US vs. Lopez

• Roe v. Wade

• McDonald v. Chicago

This Supreme Court case in 1954 ended segregation in the United States and overturned the court's former decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• McDonald v. Chicago

• US v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

This case forced the Tennessee legislature to reapportion itself on the basis of population and every vote is equal no matter where it comes from.

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Shaw v. Reno

• Baker v. Carr

The ruling in this case effectively freed labor unions and corporations to spend money on electioneering communications and to directly advocate for the election or defeat of candidates. This decision led to the creation of Super PACS.

• US v. Lopez

• Engel v. Vitale

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

• NY Times v. US

This Supreme Court case held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right of privacy that was clarified in Griswold v. Connecticutt.

• Roe v. Wade

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• NY Times Co. v. US

• Engel v. Vitale

This case involved the 6th Amendment and whether the right to counsel legal counsel guaranteed in this amendment also applied to felony defendents in state court.

• Schenck v. US

• Roe v. Wade

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• US. v Lopez

This World War I Era Supreme Court case questioned whether the Espionage Act violated the 1st Amendment and if it was an appropriate way that Congress excercised its wartime authority.

• Engel v. Vitale

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Schenck v. US

• Tinker v. Des Moines

This court case answered the question whether the prohibition against wearing armbands violated students freedom of speech in a school.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• NY Times Co. v. US

• Brown v. Board of Education

• McDonald v. Chicago