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Top 30 Supreme Court Cases
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04/25/2014

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Term

 

 

 

Marbury v. Madison

Definition

 

 

 

Judicial Review

Term

 

 

 

McCulloch v. Maryland

Definition

 

 

 

National Supremacy

Term

 

 

 

Gibbons v. Odgen

Definition

 

 

 

Federal Regulation of Interstate Commerce

Term

 

 

 

Engel v. Vitale 

Definition

 

 

 

School Prayer Banned

Term

 

 

 

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Definition

 

 

 

Established the 'excessive entanglement' test

Term

 

 

 

Reynolds v. United States

 

 

Definition

 

 

Banned Polygamy,

est. beliefs are protected

Term

 

 

 

Oregon v. Smith

Definition

 

 

 

Regulation of religion legal

Term

 

 

 

Schneck v. United States

Definition

 

 

 

Clear and Present Danger

Term

 

 

 

New York Times v. Sullivan

Definition

 

 

 

Defamation must have 'actual malice'

Term

 

 

 

Roth v. United States

Definition

 

 

Obcenity not protected/

prevailing community standards

Term

 

 

 

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District

Definition

 

 

 

Symbolic Speech

Term

 

 

 

Texas v. Johnson

Definition

 

 

 

Flag-burning Protected

Term

 

 

 

Barron v. Baltimore

Definition

 

 

 

Bill of Rights Unapplicable to States

Term

 

 

 

Gitlow v. New York

Definition

 

 

 

Selective Incorporation

Term

 

 

 

Weeks v. United States

Definition

 

 

 

Exclusionary Rule

Term

 

 

 

Mapp v. Ohio

Definition

 

 

 

Exclusionary Rule to States

Term

 

 

 

Gideon v. Wainwright

Definition

 

 

 

6th Amendment to the States

Term

 

 

 

Miranda v. Arizona

Definition

 

 

 

Miranda Rights

Term

 

 

 

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Definition

 

 

 

African Americans not citizens

Term

 

 

 

Plessy v. Ferguson

Definition

 

 

 

Separate but Equal

Term

 

 

 

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Definition

 

 

 

Separate but Equal Unconstitutional

Term

 

 

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

Definition

 

 

 

Race can be 1 factor in admissions

Term

 

 

 

Grutter v. Bollinger

Definition

 

 

 

Upheld affirmative action/

Quotas illegal

Term

 

 

 

Griswold v. Connecticut

Definition

 

 

 

Right to Privacy

Term

 

 


Roe v. Wade

Definition

 

 

 

Right to Abortion

Term

 

 

 

Baker v. Carr

Definition

 

 

 

Judiciary can rule on district line drawing

Term

 

 

 

Wesberry v. Sanders

Definition

 

 

 

One person, one vote

Term

 

 

 

Korematsu v. United States

Definition

 

 

 

Upheld relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII

Term

 

 

 

United States v. Nixon

Definition

 

 

 

Executive Privilege not guaranteed

Term

 

 

 

Buckley v. Valeo

Definition

 

 

 

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