New York Times v. US
Eliminated prior restraint. protected freedom of the press by allowing the New York Times to publish the "Pentagon Papers" despite the Justice Department's order to restrict it.
Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce.
The Court ruled that although it was a legitimate goal for state legislatures to take race into account when they draw electoral districts in order to increase the voting strength of minorities, they may not make race the sole reason for drawing district lines.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
freedom of speech is not absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and present danger."
Roe v. Wade
Citizens United v. FEC
corporate funding of independent political broadcasts can't be limited
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Amish do not have to attend school after 8th grade - right to freedom of expression
Baker v. Carr
Engel v. Vitale
banned formal prayer in schools, government would not make any religion the 'official' religion.
Tinker v. Des Moines
McDonald v. Chicago
Incorporated the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms to the states
Brown v. Board of Education
overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal, and ordered all public schools desegregated.
A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government
