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Marbury v. Madison (1803) ANS -Established the power of judicial review in finding that a congressional
statute extending the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional (Marshall Court)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) ANS -Allowed Congress to establish a national bank via implied powers
from the "necessary and proper clause" and stopped Maryland from taxing the national bank as
violation of Supremacy Clause (Marshall Court)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) ANS -Ferry boat case; only Congress is granted the power to regulate interstate
commerce by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution (Marshall Court)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) ANS -Ruled slaves were not citizens under the Constitution; struck down
Missouri Compromise (Taney Court)
Reynolds v. United States (1879) ANS -Upheld federal ban on polygamy because it is not protected by
the free exercise clause; government can punish criminal activity without regard to religious belief
(Waite Court)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ANS -Upheld state-imposed racial segregation; "separate but equal" doctrine
(Fuller Court)
Schenck v. United States (1919) ANS -Upheld the Espionage Act; declared that 1st Amendment right to
freedom of speech was not absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and
present danger" (White Court)
Gitlow v. New York (1925) ANS -Court recognized some limits on free speech, and established the
selective incorporation of the Bill of rights (a.k.a. incorporation doctrine) through the 14th amendment;
Bill of Rights can limit the states as well as the federal government (Taft Court)
, West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnett (1943) ANS -Ruled public school children (Jehovah's
witnesses) cannot be compelled to salute the flag or recite the Pledge; violates 1st Amendment freedom
of speech (Stone Court)
Korematsu v. United States (1944) ANS -Upheld the U.S. government's decision to put Japanese-
Americans in internment camps during World War II due to a clear and present danger (Stone Court)
Brown v. Board of Education I (1954) ANS -Racial discrimination in public schools is unconstitutional;
segregation psychologically damaging to black children; overturned "separate but equal" because it
violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment (Warren Court)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) ANS -Established the exclusionary rule; illegally obtained evidence cannot be used
in court (Warren Court)
Baker v. Carr (1962) ANS -Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the
development of the "one person, one vote" doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not
raise "political questions" that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges
(Warren Court)
Engel v. Vitale (1962) ANS -Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of
1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th Amendment's due process clause (Warren Court)
Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) ANS -Prohibited school-sponsored devotional Bible reading
in public schools because it violated the establishment clause and due process clause (Warren Court)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) ANS -Extended to the defendant the right of counsel in all state and federal
criminal trials regardless of their ability to pay (Warren Court)
Wesberry v. Sanders (1963) ANS -Established "one man, one vote;" ordered House districts to be as near
equal in population as possible during reapportionment process (Warren Court)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964) ANS -Upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Congress can
ban segregation in public accommodations via the commerce clause (Warren Court)
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