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| This case requires both state and federal governments to provide attorneys to represent poor defendants |
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| This case established the "clear and present danger" test to judge government efforts to restrict free speech rights |
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| This case established the federal courts' power of judicial review, which allows a federal court to declare laws and other government actions unconstitutional |
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| "You have the right to remain silent" |
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| This case would authorize a city to seize property through the power of eminent domain and transfer it to a private developer to create a shopping center or parking garage. |
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| Kelo v. City of New London |
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| This case recognized an implied right of privacy under the Constitution, and guaranteed women qualified (limited) abortion rights |
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| This important case adopted an expansive view of the "elastic clause," essentially granting Congress broad powers to pass laws beyond those specifically enumerated in the Constitution |
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| This case upheld a federal law prohibiting discrimination by private businesses against minorities |
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| Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States |
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| This case abolished the "separate but equal" principle, holding that separate facilities for whites and people of color are inherently unequal |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| This case would protect a student's right to wear to school a T-shirt promoting the campaign of a presidential candidate |
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| Tinker v. Des Moines School District |
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| This case held that challenges to legislative district boundary lines (redistricting challenges) involve legal rather than political questions, and thus can be decided by federal courts |
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| Under this case, using tax dollars to pay the salary of a chaplain at a parochial school would be unconstitutional |
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