notable supreme court cases Flashcards
brown vs board of education of topeka 1954
stopped racial segregation
plessy vs ferguson 1896
racial segregation as constitutional
roe vs wade 1973
abortion rights for all women no matter what state
US vs Nixon 1974
handed watergate tapes which incriminated him
US vs Lopez 1995
- gun free zones act 1990 unconstitutional
- violated commerce clause (interstate commerce Article 1)
rasul vs bush 2004
terror suspects detained had right to fair trial
D.C. vs Heller 2008
Colombia’s ‘handgun’ ban was unconstitutional (violated 2nd ammendment)
Citizen’s United vs FEC 2010
1st amendments extended to political donations
NFIB vs Sebelius 2012
ruled states did not have to comply with obamacare if they didnt want to
shelby county vs holder 2013
made gerrymandering unconstitutional
obergefell vs hodges 2015
same sex marriage legal all 50 states
department of homeland security vs regents of the university of california 2020
- trump attempts to abolish DACA
- supreme court says no
- DACA = immunity aganist deportation for US citizens who arrived illegally to US as children
roman catholic diocese of Brooklyn vs Cuomo 2020
- governor of new york wanted to restrict number of people going to religious services
- supreme court said no
NFIB vs Department of Labour 2022
against bidens exective order about masks or vaccine
dobbs vs jackson 2022
overturning roe vs wade
NY state pistol and rifle association vs Bruen
ruled against requirement that individuals wishing to carry firearms had to demonstrate special need
trump vs thompson 2022
donald trump could not block the release of white house documents on what happened 06/01/2022
biden vs nebraska 2022
against bidens plan to given $10K to students in student debt (middle/lower class)
SFFA vs Harvard 2023
against affirmative actions for universities
Trump vs United States
trump immune from federal prosecution when he was president
moyle vs united states 2024
emergency abortions were unconstitutional
united states vs rahimi 2024
temporary firearms bans for individuals deemed to be physical threat to others
garland vs cargill 2024
federal ban on gun attachments that aid rapid fire was unconstitutional
