| A | B |
|---|
| Brown v. Board of Education - 1954 | Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson; Desegregated public schools |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford- 1857 | Slaves were property/not citizens & had no Constitutional rights |
| Korematsu v. US- 1944 | Upheld the government's right to contain Japanese Americans due to "threat" to public |
| Marbury v. Madison- 1803 | Judicial Review - Supreme Court has final say on Constitutional interpretation |
| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee- 1816 | Supreme Court is the nation's final court of appeals |
| McCulloch v. Maryland- 1819 | Upheld the "necessary & proper clause" - allows Congress to pass almost any law deemed "necessary" |
| Plessy v. Ferguson- 1896 | Upheld "separate but equal" |
| Regents of U. of Cal. v. Bakke- 1978 | Racial "quotas" were not permissable - race could be a "consideration" |
| Roe v. Wade- 1973 | Women's right to terminate a pregnancy |
| Schenck v. US- 1919 | Speech that presents a "clear and present danger" is not protected under the 1st Amendment |
| Swann v. Char.-Meck. Board of Ed. | Busing, redistricting, & racial ratios can all be used to desegregate public schools |
| Gibbons v. Ogden- 1824 | Congress can regulate commercial activity that has inter and INTRAstate dimensions |
| Wabash v. Illinois- 1886 | States cannot regulate railroad rates for INTERstate commerce |
