| A | B |
| Marbury v. Madison | Established judicial review. |
| Scott v. Sanford | Struck down the 1820 Missouri Comprimise, declared slavery legal across the nation. |
| Schenck v. U.S. | Established precedent of "clear and present danger" when determining free speech. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Declared Segregation to be illegal. |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | Expanded the right to an attorney to all felony cases |
| Mapp v. Ohio | Set exclusionary rules to the use of evidence found in searches. |
| Reynolds v. Sims | Established mandate of "one person one vote" which forced states to have districts of equal population. |
| Miranda v. Arizona | Established policy of reading certain rights to accused criminals upon arrest. |
| Tinker v. Des Moines | Established that non-violent, non-disruptive protest is protected speech. |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | Established limits of school personnel to search students while at school. |
| California v. Bakke | Challenged affirmative action laws and mandated that quotas cannot be used. |
| Texas v. Johnson | Determined that flag burning was protected as free speech. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Black man tried to ride in white-only train car. Upheld separate but equal segregation. |