SCOTUS Cases

This SCOTUS case decision established judicial review, establishing the power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws.

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v. Ogden

  (1824)

• Worcester v. Georgia

  (1832)

This SCOTUS decision established federal supremacy allowing the federal government to have more power than the state governments.

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

This SCOTUS decision established that the federal government has control over interstate trade, not the states when trade occurs from state to state.

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

This SCOTUS decision ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation, but President Jackson removed them anyway resulting in the Trail of Tears.

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

• Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

This SCOTUS decision ruled that slaves are property, therefore cannot be citizens of the United States.

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Schenck v. United States (1919)

• Korematsu v. United States (1944)

This SCOTUS cases established "separate but equal" allowing segregation to be legal in the United States.

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Schenck v. United States (1919)

• Korematsu v. United States (1944)

This SCOTUS decision ruled that a citizen's right to free speech can be limited by the government during wartime.

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Schenck v. United States (1919)

• Korematsu v. United States (1944)

This SCOTUS decision ruled that Japanese-Americans were suspect classification after the attack on Pearl Harbor, therefore relocation to internment camps was constitutional.

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Schenck v. United States (1919)

• Korematsu v. United States (1944)

This SCOTUS decision ruled that "separate but equal" is not equal, therefore schools must desegregate/integrate.

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Mississippi v. Williams (1898)

This SCOTUS decision ruled in favor of a woman's right to privacy therefore protecting the right to an abortion.

• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

• Roe v. Wade (1973)

• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (2022)