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| Marbury v. Madison | Case in which the Court first asserted the power of JUDICIAL REVIEW in finding that a congressional statute extending the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | The Court upheld the power of the national government and denied the right of a state to tax a national bank |
| Schenck v. U.S | Case in which S.C. interpreted the 1st amendment to allow Congress to restrict speech that is "of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger" |
| Brown v. Board of Education | S.C. decision holding that school segregation is unconstitutional because it violates the 14th amendment's guarantee of equal protection |
| Baker v. Carr | Each legislative district within a state has the same number of eligible voters based on population |
| Engel v. Vitale | The Court ruled that the recitation in public classrooms of a nondenominational prayer was unconstitutional and a violation of the establishment clause |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | The Court granted indigents the right to counsel in felony cases |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Districts | The Court upheld student's right to express themselves by wearing black armbands symbolizing protest of the Vietnam war |
| New York Times Co. v. U.S. | S.C. ruled that any attempt by the government to prevent expression carried a "heavy presumption" against its constitutionality |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder | The Court ruled that Amish children could not be placed in compulsory education after the 8th grade; doing so violates that 1st amendment's freedom of religion |
| Roe v. Wade | S.C. found that a women's right to an abortion was protected by the right of privacy |
| Shaw v. Reno | The court ruled that redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protections clause |
| United States v. Lopez | The Court ruled that regulating guns did not fall within the scope of the commerce clause, and therefore was not within the powers of the federal government |
| McDonald v. Chicago | S.C. held that a Chicago ban on handguns and regulations on rifles was unconstitutional |
| Citizens United v. Federal Election Commisions | The Court ruled that limits on corporate campaign spending amounted to prohibitions on free speech |
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