McDonald v. Chicago
Baker v. Carr
Shaw v. Reno
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.
Tinker v. Des Moines
Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive
Brown v. Board of Education
overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal, and ordered all public schools desegregated.
banned formal prayer in schools, government would not make any religion the 'official' religion.
US v. Lopez
Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy
Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
New York Times v. US
This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Amish do not have to attend school after 8th grade - right to freedom of expression
Shneck v. US
freedom of speech is not absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and present danger."
Citizens United v. FEC
corporate funding of independent political broadcasts can't be limited
