| A | B |
|---|
| Marbury v. Madison | established judicial review; SC can declare an act of Congress unconstitutional |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | declared Constitution to be Supreme Law of the Land over all state constitutions |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | confirmed status of slaves as property rather than citizens |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Constitution gave control of interstate commerce to Congress, not individual states through which commerce passed |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | "separate but equal law"; separate educational facilities for black and white students was constitutional |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS | overturned Plessy v. Ferguson; desegregated public schools |
| Miranda v. Arizona | A person begin arrested must be read his rights at the time of arrest. |
| Roe v. Wade | legalized abortion |
| Reynolds v. Sims | all state and local legislative bodies must be apportioned on a “one man-one vote” |
| Regents of the University of California v. Allen Bakke | affirmative action upheld but ruled reverse |
