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First time a court ruled a federal law unconstitutional; established judicial review.

1803

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Marbury v. Madison

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Congress has the power to create a national bank under the necessary & proper clause; states cannot tax federal institutions.

1819

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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First time the court dealt with the power of Congress to control interstate commerce; federal license trumps state granted monopoly to operate a steam boat on the Hudson River.

1824

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Gibbons v. Ogden

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Bill of Rights protects only the actions of the federal government, not state and local governments. Due process does not apply.

1833

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Barron v. Baltimore

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Slaves are not US citizens; Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional. 1857

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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The state’s authority over public safety (marriage law) trumps freedom of religion; dealt with a Mormon who was arrested on bigamy charges.

1879

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Reynolds v. US

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Upheld the “separate but equal” interpretation of the 14th amendment; addressed segregated train cars; later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.

1896

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Warrantless seizure of items from a private residence is violation of the 4th amendment; later Mapp v. Ohio will extend this protection to states.

1914

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Weeks v. US

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The government can restrict freedom of speechh if it creates a “clear and present danger” of violence or wrongdoing the government has a prerogitave to prevent.

1919

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Schenck v. US

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The 14th amendment prohibitss states (as well as the federal government) from infringing on free speech; Consitution applies to states; began selective incorporation

1925

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Gitlow v. New York

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The government can lawfully deny 5th amendent rights and require people of Japanese descent to relocate

1944

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Korematsu v. US

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Racial segregation in public schools violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment; seperate is inherently unequal; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

1954

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Redefined “obscenity” in regards to anti-obscenity laws; speech can be restricted if the “average person, applying contemporary community standards” finds the material obscene

1957

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Roth v. US

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Evidence obtained by illegal means is inadmissible in state courts; search warrants are necessary.

1961

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Mapp v. Ohio

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States must redistrict after every census to create proportional representation; Tennessee had not redistricted in decades

1962

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Baker v. Carr

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School-composed, teacher-led prayer is unconstitutional; separation of church and state

1962

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Engel v. Vitale

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States must provide legal counsel for poor defendants in criminal cases

1963

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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The commerce clause allows Congress to force private business to abide by the Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964

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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US

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Established the malice standard; publications are only guilty of libel if the publisher knew the information was false and published to harm the reputation

1964

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New York Times v. Sullivan

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State districts must be equal as possible in population, “one man, one vote”

1964

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Wesberry v. Sanders

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A right to privacy is implied in the Constitution; it is unconstitutional for states to prohibit the use of contraceptives

1965

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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Suspects must be informed of all their rights before they are questioned; established the “Miranda rights”

1966

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Struck down state bans on interracial marriage; court upheld the right to marry

1967

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Loving v. Virginia

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States cannot punish inflammatory speech unless it is inciting imminent lawless action; established the imminent lawless action test

1969

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Brandenburg v. Ohio

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Political protest is protected free speech in public schools; addressed the wearing of armbands to protest the Vietnam War

1969

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Tinker v. Des Moines

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Prevented states from reimbursing private schools for teachers of secular subjects; established the “Lemon test” to determine “excessive entanglement” between government and religion

1971

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Lemon v. Kurtzman

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States may not prohibit a woman from obtaining an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy; it is a violation of privacy

1973

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Roe v. Wade

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campaign expenditure limits established under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 were unconstitutional; spending is speech

1974

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Bucky v. Valeo

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Executive privilege is limited; Nixon could not withhold audio tapes subpoenaed during the Watergate hearings

1974

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Nixon v. US

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Colleges cannot use racial quotas to achieve racial balance in enrollment; however, they can give special consideration to minorities; upheld affirmative action

1978

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

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School officials do not need a search warrant or probable cause to conduct a reasonable search of students’ property; involved discovery of drugs in a student’s purse

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New Jersey v. TLO

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Burning the flag is protected free speech under the 1st amendment

1989

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Texas v. Johnson

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States can deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for using drugs (peyote) even though use of the drug was part of a religious ritual

1990

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Oregon v. Smith

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Redrawing districts to create minority-majority (majority black) districts is a violation of the equal protection clause; concerned North Carolina’s I-85 district; gerrymandering

1993

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Shaw v. Reno

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Commerce clause does not extend to school zones; bringing a gun to school is a state, not federal, offense; reversed trend of Congress claiming commerce clause to expand power

1995

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US v. Lopez

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Clinton v. City of New York

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Line-item veto is unconstitutional, it is a violation of separation of powers

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Ended the electoral recount in Florida; established that different standards of counting violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

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Bush v. Gore

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A ban on distribution of internet pornography is a violation of the first amendment; rejected the argument that it could be accessible to minors; individuals may use filters on their home computers

2002

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Ashcroft v. ACLU

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upheld the usage of a particular kind of lethal injection; lethal injection is not cruel and unusual, not a violation 8th amendment; led to year-long period with stays of execution in the US

2008

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Baze v. Rees

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Individual possesses a right to a firearm, unconnected with service in a militia; overturned a handgun ban in DC

2008

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DC v. Heller

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School officials conducting a strip search of a middle-schooler suspected of having ibuprofen acted unconstitutionally (violation of 4th amendment) - school shielded by qualified immunity

2008

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Safford USD #1 v. Redding

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Unconstitutional for the federal government to interpret “marriage” and “spouse” only for opposite-sex unions; overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

2013

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US v. Windsor

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States may not refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses, states must recognize same-sex marriages that were performed in other states

2015

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Obergefell v. Hodges

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