Landmark Cases

Which Supreme Court case held that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education

Which Supreme Court case held that race based quota systems in education violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution?

California v. Bakke

Which Supreme Court case held that people of African descent who were brought to the U.S. and held as slaves (and their descendents) were not U.S. citizens and were not protected by the Constitution?

Dred Scott v. Standford

Which Supreme Court case held that the Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce?

Gibbons v. Ogden

Which Supreme Court case held that state courts are required by the Fourteenth Amendment to provide counsel to defendents in criminal cases, extending this Sixth Amendment requirement on the federal government to the states?

Gideon v. Wainwright

Which Supreme Court case upheld that high school students have limited First Amendment rights in school because it is not a public domain.

Hazelwood v. Kulhmeier

Which Supreme Court case held that Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II, was Constitutional?

Korematsu v. U.S.

Which Supreme Court case established that evidence obtained by unreasonable searches and seizures, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, may not be used in state courts for state law criminal prosecutions?

Mapp v. Ohio

Which Supreme Court case established the basis for the exercise of judicial review under Article III of the Constitution?

Marbury v. Madison

Which Supreme Court case established that the Constitution grants implied powers to Congress which can be used to implement the Constitutions's express powers?

McCulloch v. Maryland

Which Supreme Court case established that police must advise criminal suspects of their Constitutional rights before questioning them?

Miranda v. Arizona

Which Supreme Court case held that reasonable searches may be conducted if laws or school rules are being violated if needed to maintain safety, order and discipline in school.

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

Which Supreme Court case upheld state laws requiring racial segregation at public facilities under the "separate but equal" doctrine?

Plessy v. Fuergeson

Which Supreme Court case held that state laws criminalizing abortion violate a right to privacy that is implied by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?

Roe v. Wade

Which Supreme Court case held that the act of burning a flag is protected speech under the First Amendment?

Texas v. Johnson

Which Supreme Court case defined the constitutional rights of public school students?

Tinker v. Des Moines

Which Supreme Court case held that the President cannot use executive privilege to withhold evidence that is relevant in a criminal trial?

U.S. v. Nixon