| A | B |
| Marbury v Madison | The SC has the power to decide if a law is constitutional. |
| McCulloch v Maryland | Congress has the implied power to establish a national bank. |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | Decided as 'not a free man' the court had no jurisdiction. |
| Plessy v Ferguson | Separate but equal was constitutional. |
| Korematsu v United States | The displacement of Japanese citizens during WW II was legal. |
| Brown v Board of Education | Segregated schools violated the 14th amendment. |
| Mapp v Ohio | Evidence obtained through an illegal search cannot be used. |
| Gideon v Wainwright | Criminal defendants have a right to an attorney. |
| Miranda v Arizona | You must be informed of your right to remain silent and your right to an attorney. |
| Tinker v Des Moines | Students had a right to wear arm bands under the First Amendment. |
| Roe v Wade | Invalidated any state law prohibiting first trimester abortions. |
| Regents of Univ. of CA v Bakke | Rigid race quotas are not acceptable but it can be one of several criteria. |
| New Jersey v T.L.O. | The search of a student's purse by the school was legal, and schools have more lenient standards for reasonable search. |
| Texas v Johnson | Burning the U.S. flag is constitutional under the 1st amendement. |