Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Establishment Clause
Daily prayers in school
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Exercise Clause
Last two years of school for Amish students
Schenck v. US (1919)
Freedom of Speech
Anti-draft fliers during WWI
“clear and present danger”
NYT v. US (1971)
Freedom of Speech
Printing leaked Pentagon papers
“prior restraint”
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Freedom of Speech
Wearing black armbands to protest Vietnam War
“material and substantial disruption”
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Freedom of Speech
Independent expenditures to support or oppose political candidates
Baker v. Carr (1962)
14th Amendment, Equal Protection, Due Process
Reapportionment and redistricting
Brown v. Board (1954)
14th Amendment, Equal Protection, Civil Rights Act of 1964
Segregation in schools
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
14th Amendment, Equal Protection
Racial gerrymandering
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Selective Incorporation
Right to have a lawyer in criminal cases
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Selective Incorporation
State handgun ban
McCulloch v. MD (1819)
Necessary and Proper Clause, Supremacy Clause, Implied Powers
Taxing federal bank
US v. Lopez (1995)
Commerce Clause
Guns at schools related to “commerce”
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Right to Privacy
Abortion
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Judicial Review
Midnight judges