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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. |