Supreme Court Cases to Know Flashcards
Marbury versus Madison
Used power of judicial review
McCulloch versus Maryland
Establishes concept of implied powers
Plessy versus Ferguson
Establishes concept of “separate but equal”
Encouraged segregation
Weeks versus US
Prohibits evidence illegally obtained to be used in court
Establishes exclusionary rule
Schneck versus US
Congress can limit free-speech if it’s creating clear and present danger
(Establishes freedom of speech)
Gitlow versus New York
State can’t limit your free speech
(Freedom of speech) 
Near versus Minnesota
 incorporation of freedom of press/(Speech) 
Brown versus Board of Education
Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal
Against segregation
Mapp versus Ohio
Incorporation of the fourth amendment and the (exclusionary rule)
Engle verse Vitale 
Violated the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment
(about religion and schools)
Gideon versus Wainwright
Incorporation of the sixth amendment
criminal defense
Griswold versus Connecticut
Right to privacy (9th amendment) 
Miranda versus Arizona
Began the practice of police notifying suspects of their Miranda rights
(criminal defense)
Lemon versus Kurtzman
Government actions must not have secular purpose, primary affect advancing or inhibiting religion, no results in an excessive government entanglement
(about religion and schools)
Miller versus California
Set standard for obscene (inappropriate)
(Freedom of speech)
