| A | B | 
| Brown v. Board of Education | Separating black and white students in public schools is unconstitutional. | 
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | Denied citizenship to African American slaves | 
| Gibbons v. Ogden | the Court decided that the federal government has exclusive power over interstate commerce. | 
| Gideon v. Wainwright | Criminal defendants have a right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one. | 
| Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier | Administrators may edit the content of school newspapers. | 
| Korematsu v. United States | Upheld internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. | 
| Mapp v. Ohio | Illegally obtained material cannot be used in a criminal trial. | 
| Tinker v. Des Moines | Students do not leave their rights at the schoolhouse door. | 
| Marbury v. Madison | Judicial Review over Congress | 
| McCullough v. Maryland | Established the federal government's implied powers over the states | 
| Miranda v. Arizona | Prisoners must be advised of their rights before being questioned by police. | 
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school. | 
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Upheld "separate but equal" segregation laws in states | 
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Upheld use of race as one of many factors in college admissions | 
| Roe v. Wade | Women have a constitutional right to an abortion during the first two trimesters. | 
| U.S. v. Nixon | President cannot use executive privilege to withhold evidence from criminal trial | 
| Texas v. Johnson | Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment. |