| A | B |
| Marbury v Madison | judicial review |
| Barron v Baltimore | the Bill of Rights restrained only the national govt, not states and cities |
| Gitlow v New York | the Bill of Rights applied directly to the states, as well st to the national government |
| Lemon v Kurtzman | aid to church-related schools must be for secular purposes only, and can't be used to advance or inhibit religion |
| Engle v Vitale | prayers done as classroom exercises in public schools is unconstitutional |
| Near v Minnesota | a newspaper must be allowed to publish without prior restraint |
| Schenck v United States | speech can be restricted when it provokes a "clear and present danger" to people |
| Roth v United States | obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected free speech |
| Miller v California | the Court clarified the doctrine fo what was obscene |
| New York Times v Sullivan | statements made about political figures are libelous only if made with malice |
| Griswold v Connecticut | the right to privacy |
| Gregg v Georgia | capital punishment is an extreme sanction, but it is suitable to the most extreme of crimes |
| Miranda v Arizona | the right against self-incriminaiton and to be represented by counsel |
| 13th Amendment | forbade slavery |
| Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenberg County Schools | the Court upheld federal court rulings ordering busing of students to achieve racially balanced schools |
| 15th Amendment | black males were first given the legal right to vote |
| Regents of the University of California v Bakke | an admissions quota for particular groups is illegal |
| 24th Amendment | poll taxes were eliminated |
| McCulloch v Maryland | a state could not legally tax a federal bank |
| Gibbons v Ogden | interstate commerce clause was expanded |