Supreme Court Cases

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Which amendment abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude?

13th

Which amendment prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

15th

Which amendment prohibits any U.S. citizens from being denied the right to vote based on sex?

19th

Which amendment allows citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for President and Vice President?

23rd

Which amendment protects the right of people to keep and bear arms?

2nd

Which amendment guarantees due process and prohibits double jeopardy?

5th

Which amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments?

8th

Which Supreme Court case held that the government cannot restrict independent political expenditures by corporations?

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

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

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Which Supreme Court case held that it is unconstitutional for state officials to write an official school prayer and to encourage students to recite it?

Engel v. Vitale

Which Supreme Court case held that the Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate any aspect of commerce that crosses state lines, including modes of transportation?

Gibbons v. Ogden

Which Supreme Court case held that state courts are required by the 14th Amendment to provide counsel to defendants in criminal cases, extending the 6th Amendment federal requirement to the states?

Gideon v. Wainwright

Which Supreme Court case invalidated a state law prohibiting the use of contraceptives on teh grounds that the law violated the right to marital privacy?

Griswold v. Connecticut

Which Supreme Court case invalidated a state law prohibiting the use of contraceptives on the grounds that the law violated the right to marital privacy?

Griswold v. Connecticut

Which Supreme Court case held that a narrowly tailored use of race in student admission decisions is permissible in order to obtain the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body?

Grutter v. Bollinger

Which Supreme Court case held that the government, through the sue of eminent domain, can claim and pass on privately owned land to another private owner if doing so results in economic development?

Kelo v. City of New London

Which Supreme Court case struck case struck down state funding for religious schools?

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Which Supreme Court case est. that evidence obtained through unreasonable searches and seizures, in violation of the 4th Amendment, may not be used in state courts for state law criminal prosecutions?

Mapp v. Ohio

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

Marbury v. Madison

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

McCulloch v. Maryland

Which Supreme Cour case est. that police must advise criminal suspects of their Constitutional rights before questioning them?

Miranda v. Arizona

Which Supreme Court case upheld the individual health insurance mandate included in the Affordable Care Act?

National Federation of Independent Business c. Sebelius

Which Supreme Court case held that the right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples?

Obergall v. Hodges

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

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

Which Supreme Court case held that religious duty is not a legitimate defense to a criminal indictment?

Reynolds v. United States

Which Supreme Court case held that abortion is a fundamental right under the United States Constitution?

Roe v. Wade

Which Supreme Court case reaffirmed that obscene material is not protected by the 1st Amendment, and also redefined the Constitutional test for determining what constitutes obscene material?

Roth v. United States

Which Supreme Court case held that the 1st Amendment right to free speech doesn't protect speech that presents a "clear and present danger?"

Schenck v. United States

Which Supreme Court case held that the act of burning a flag is protected "speech" under the 1st Amendment?

Texas v. Johnson

Which Supreme Court case defined the 1st Amendment rights of public school students?

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District

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

United States v. Nixon


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