| A | B |
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| Marbury v. Madison 1803 | established judicial review giving the Supreme court final authority to determine Constitutionality of laws |
| McCullough v. Maryland 1819 | ruled that states could not tax or interfere with federal institutions |
| Gibbons v. Odgen 1824 | rulied that states could not interfere with Congress over interstate commerce |
| Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 | ruled that segregation was legal if facilities were equal |
| Scott v. Sanford 1857 | ruled that slaves were property, not citizens, and had no rights under the Constitution |
| Brown v. Board of Education 1954 | overturned Plessy v. Ferguson; ruled that separate was not equal & segregation in public schools was illegal |
| Worcester v. Georgia 1832 | ruled that Cherokee and other Native Americans had right to independent political communities |
| Supreme Court | highest federal court that rules on the constitutionality of government laws and acts |
