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| Established Judicial Review - 1803 |
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| ruled that illegally obtained evidence is inadmissible in court - 1961 |
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| ruled that burning the U.S. flag is a form of expression and that to limit one's right to burn the flag would be limiting an individual's First Amendment rights - 1989 |
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| ruled that the accused must be informed of his or her rights before arrest - 1966 |
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| declares that a state cannot take away a women's right to an abortion - 1973 |
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| ruled that all accused individuals are entitled to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one - 1963 |
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| declared that a State cannot tax the federal government and that requiring federal banks to use special paper to print money was a form of taxation - 1819 |
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| ruled that slaves are property therefore the master has absolute power to render submissions of the slave - 1829 |
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| claimed that the State must provide due process for juveniles. This case orders that juveniles should have the right to a phone call, right to a counsel (lawyer), right to cross-examine, and advised of the right to silence - 1967 |
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| established "seperate but equal" and supported the segregation of public facilities - 1896 |
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| Swann Vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
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| busing was ordered to desegreate Charlotte schools - 1971 |
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| claimed that a State cannot deprive one of his properties and that a slave is property - 1857 |
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| Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka |
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| overturned Plessy Vs. Ferguson and stated that "seperate is unequal" - 1954 |
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| established that students can be searched under reasonable suspicion - 1985 |
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| ruled that requiring students to recite a prayer in school is a violation of the First Amendment rights - 1962 |
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| Korematsu Vs. United States |
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| allowed internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor and ruled that the restrictions of certain racial groups may be justified during circumstances of emergency - 1944 |
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| rasied the question of racial imbalances in uses of the death penalty in Georgia - 1972 |
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| ruled that the Federal government (rather than the State governments) has the power to regulate interstate commerce - 1824 |
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| Hazelwood School District Vs. Kuhlmeir |
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| ruled that a student's right to freedom of the press is limited within a school enviroment - 1988 |
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| Olmstead Vs. United States |
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| ruled that illegally obtained information from wire tapping is admissible in court and is not protected by the Fourth Amendment - 1928 |
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| Schenck Vs. United States |
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| ruled that the First Amendment right of free speech is limited in the time of war and create a precedent that First Amendment guarentees are not absolute - 1919 |
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| Tinker Vs. Des Moines School District |
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| claimed that students could wear their armbands to protest the Vietnam War because the armbans were not disruptive to the school enviroment - 1969 |
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| Regents of the University of California Vs. Bakke |
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| ruled that admissions quota for minority students violated the equal protection clause - 1978 |
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| Leandro Vs. State of North Carolina |
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| ruled that the state of North Carolinamust do whatever is necessary to provide a "sound and basic education" to all students. This case ordered pre-K programs for at-risk students and claimed that economically disadvantaged students need services beyond those provided to the general population - 1997 |
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| Bethel School District Vs. Fraser |
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| ruled that schools may limit the profane, obscene lewd speech of a student (First Amendment) - 1986 |
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| ruled that death penalty itself does not violate the U.S. constitution - 1976 |
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| The executive privileg is not limitless |
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