Landmark Supreme Court Cases

The Court case that dealt with Freedom of Religion after students in New York State were required to recite a prayer in schools.

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Grutter v. Bollinger

• Engel v. Vitale

This court case deals with unlawful searches and seizures where a woman was arrested for possession of pornography after police came into her home looking for something else using a fake warrant.

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Roe v. Wade

This court case references the 6th amendment and the right to a jury by one's peers. It argued that Mexican-Americans are a "special class" as referenced in the 14th amendment.

• Schenck v. United States

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Hernandez v. Texas

This case challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson and maintained that students being denied permission to public schools based on race was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

• Engel v. Vitale

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

This court case that dealt with the Freedom of Speech concerning citizens who were arrested after publishing anti-inscription leaflets.

• Schenck v. United States

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Roe v. Wade

This court case deals with 6th amendment rights to attorney representation after a man couldn't afford to pay for a lawyer.

• Roe v. Wade

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Gideon v. Wainwright

This case dealt with the 9th amendment right to privacy. This case is most famous for making abortions legal as a woman's right to choose.

• Johnson v. Texas

• Roe v. Wade

• Miranda v. Arizona

This court case challenged the freedom of religion. A pair of parents argued that mandatory school attendance in went against their religious beliefs.

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Johnson v. Texas

• Yoder v. Wisconsin

This court case addressed Freedom of Speech after a man burned an American Flag.

• Johnson v. Texas

• Engel v. Vitale

• Gideon v. Wainwright

This court case is about the Fifth Amendment Due Process rights where a man argued he didn't know he had a right to an attorney when he was arrested.

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Shenck v. United States