| A | B |
|---|
| Marbury/Madison | Judicial branch cannot exceed powers given by constitution; est. judicial review |
| McCullough/Maryland | government can est. nat'l bank via necessary proper clause/they cannot be taxed re:supremacy clause |
| Gibbons/Ogden | Can states regulate interstate commerce? NO |
| Barron/Baltimore | does 5th amendment apply to states? NO only fed. govt |
| Dred Scott/Sanford | Was a slave in a free state free? NO he wasn't a citizen to begin with |
| U.S./Nixon | are all POTUS actions immune from judicial review? NO exceeds executive privilege |
| U.S./Lopez | does gun free school zone exceed federal jurisdiction within the commerce clause? YES guns don't pertain to commerce |
| Clinton/NYC | are line item vetos constitutional/NO potus must veto/accept all or none |
| Kelo/City of New London | Can a city take private land and sell to private company/YES it benefits many people |
| Baker/Carr | does SC have jurisdiction over reapportionment? YES regulation of 14th amendment |
| Wesberry/Sanders | Do unequal districts violate 14th amendment? YES unequal voice |
| Buckley/Valeo | Do limits on campaign money violate 1st amendment? NO for individual contributions, yes for total expenditures |
| Shaw/Reno | Are racially gerrymandered districts ok? YES but only within certain limits |
| Bush/Gore | Did Florida SC court violate Constitution in making new laws? YES they cannot make their own election laws |
| Citizens United/FEC | Can corporate funding of independent candidates be limited? NO they have first amendment rights |
| Schenck/U.S. | is calling for peaceful resistance to war legal? NO could provoke danger |
| Dennis/U.S. | does speech about overthrowing gov warrant arrest? YES presents clear and present danger |
| Tinker/Des Moines | do students have right to symbolic speech in school? YES as long as it doesn't disrupt educational process |
| NY Times/U.S. | do efforts to get prior restraint violate 1st amendment? YES "security" doesn't outweight the constitution |
| Miller/California | Is distribution of obscene materials covered by 1st amm? NO communities define obscene |
| Texas/Johnson | Is flag burning 1st amm protected? YES |
| Reno/ACLU | Did provisions of Communications decency act violate 1st/5th amms? YES need definiive clarifications |
| Reynolds/U.S. | Does federal anti polygamy act violate 1st amm? NO, 1st amm protects all beliefs but not all (illegal) practices |
| WVA Board of ED/Barnett | does mandatory salute to flag violate 1st amm/YES |
| Everson/Board of ED | did reimbursement of all (even catholic) schools violate 1st amm? NO applied to all schools |
| Engel/Vitale | does reading of prayer violate 1st amm? YES |
| Abington school district/Schemmp | does required religious cermony at school violate 1st amm? YES |
| Lemon/Kurtzemen | does funding for religious institutions violate 1st amm? YES, 3 part test |
| DC/Heller | is possession of handguns protected under 2nd amm? YES |
| Plessy/Ferguson | Is segregated facilities violating 14th amm? NO, separate but equal |
| Brown/Board of ED | do segregated facilities violate 14th amm? YES |
| Heart of Atlanta Motel/U.S. | 1964: is it legal for private institutions to still segregate? NO, commerce clause |
| Loving/Virginia | did laws prohibiting inter-race marriage violate 14th amm? YES |
| Regens of Univ of CA/Bakke | 1977: unconstitutional for smart white to not get in even though (dumb) minorities can? YES, but you can use it as a factor |
| Swann/Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of ED | 1971: fed courts allowed to oversee/help with de-segregation? YES |
| Richmond/Crison | 1989: Richmond law helping minority businesses violate 14th amm? YES |
| Adarand/Pena | 1995: is assumption of minority status of minorities and subsequent allocation unconstitutional? YES |
| Gratz/Bollinger | 2003: did univ of michigans racial guidelines for acceptance violate const? YES |
| Lawrence/Texas | 2003: is the presumption of disadvantage based on race alone and consequent allocation of favored treatment a discriminatory practice violating const? NO, YES |
| Griswold/Connecticut | 1965: right to marital privacy |
| Roe/Wade | 1973: abortions determined by trimester |
| Webster/Reproductive Health Services | 1989: Upheld a Missouri law that imposed restrictions on the use of state funds, facilities and employees in performing, assisting with, or counseling on abortions. |
| Planned Parenthood/Casey | 1992: upheld the constitutional right to have an abortion but lowered the standard for analyzing restrictions of that right, invalidating one regulation but upholding the others. |
| Gonzales/Carhart | 2007: The decision upheld Congress's ban and held that it did not impose an undue burden on the due process right of women to obtain an abortion |
| Mapp/Ohio | 1951: evidence obtained illegally cannot be used |
| Gideon/Wainright | 1963: states are required to provide counsel for those who can't afford it |
| Miranda/Arizona | 1966: police must follow certain guidelines in obtaining statements |
| Gregg/Georgia | death penalty is not "cruel and unusual" |
| Roper/Simmons | IS unconstitutional to impose death penalty on minors |
| Hamdi/Rumsfeld | Hamdi could be held indefinitely, but can contest his status as a “enemy combatant.” Court also ruled that federal courts can still hear his case despite Executive branch declarations. |
