| A | B |
| Marbury v Madison | established judicial review |
| Plessy v Ferguson | separate but equal is constitutional |
| Schenck v U.S. | established the precedent of "clear and present danger" when determining what is free speech |
| Brown v Board of Education | established the doctrine that separate but equal is unconstitutional |
| Gideon v Wainwright | expanded the right to an attorey in all felony cases |
| Mapp v Ohio | set the exclusionary rules to the use of evidence found in police searches |
| Reynolds v Sims | established "one person, one vote" forcing states to have districts of equal population |
| Miranda v Arizona | established the policy of reading a list of certain rights to accused criminals upon their arrest |
| Tinker v Des Moines | students wore black armbands in protest to the Vietnam War, tested free speech and established that non-violent, non disutpive protest is protected speech |
| New Jersey v TLO | established the limits of school personnel to search students while at school |
| California v Bakke | challenged affirmative action laws, mandated quotas can not be used |
| Texas v Johnson | determined that flag burning was protected as free speech |