Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Thirty-nine landmark Supreme Court cases likely to appear on the AP US Government exam.

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This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Marbury .v Madison (1803)
In establishing a national bank, Congress was legally exercising its enumerated powers not sepcifically mentioned in the Constitution.
McCollogh v. Maryland (1819)
Established the authority of the court to review state criminal cases on appeal
Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
"Once slave, always a slave"
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856)
"Seperate but equal facilities based upon race is constitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Congress has the right to prohibit speech that causes a "clear and present danger"
Schenk v. U.S. (1919)
ThBelonging to the Communist party is constitutional; belonging to a group cannot be made illegal unless the group is engaged in criminal activity
De Jonge v. Oregon (1937)
Students in public schools may not be compelled to recite the Pledge od Allegiance
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
The court ruled that the ordering of Japanese=Americans into internment camps was constitutional
Korematsu v. U.S.
Segregation is a violation of the 14th amendment
Brown v. Board of Education (1952)
Established the exclusionary rule, whereby evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court
Mapp v. Ohio
Prayer in schools is a violation of the first amendment
Engel v. Vitale
If a defendant cannot afford an attorney the state must provide one
Gideon v. Wainright
Outlawed compulsory prayer in public schools
Abington v. Schwemp