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Marbury v Madison
• Year
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1803

Gave the supreme court the power of judicial review

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Korematsu v US
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1944

Allowed detainment of Japanese Americans in detainment camps after pearl harbour

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Brown v Board of Education
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1954

Ruled that facilities founded on the principle of ‘separate but equal’ violated the 14th. Started desegregation

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Engel v Vitale
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1962

Ruled school prayers unconstitutional

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Gideon v Wainwright
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1963

Ensured right to council in a trial

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Miranda v Arizona
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1966

Required law enforcement to inform ctizen of rights upon arrest

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Roe v Wade
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1973

Rule abortion as allowed under the 14th Amendment

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US v Nixon
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1974

Forced Nixon to hand over the tapes from the Watergate scandal

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Gregg v Georgia
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1976

Ruled the death penalty as legal - not cruel or unusual punishment

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Buckley v Valeo
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1976
Ruled people could contribute as much as they wanted to political campaigns due to first amendment but limited how much the candidate could contribute to their own campaign

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Regents v Bakke
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1978

Upheld affirmative action

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Texas v Johnson
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1989

Flag burning protected under the first amendment

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Planned Parenthood v Casey
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1992

Reaffirmed Roe v Wade but allowed for restrictions put in place by Pensylvania state

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Clinton v Jones
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1997
Started impeachment of Clinton. Ruled that president was not exempt from prosecution/removal from office for crime prior to taking office

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Reno v ACLU
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1997

Strikes down Communications Decency Act (aimed to protect minors from explicit online messaging) under the 1st

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Bush v Gore
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2000
Ruled that there would not be a recount on account of the hanging chads violated the constitution. Saw Bush win Florida and the election

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Lawrence v Texas
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2003

Struck down Texas sodomy law. Made homosexual sex legal in all states across the US

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Gratz v Bollinger, Grutter v Bollinger
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2003
Gratz - struck down credit system of AA
Grutter - maintained Affirmative Action being allowed

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Ashcroft v ACLU
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2004

Websites restricting access to certain online material for children violates freedom of speech

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Hamdi v Rumsfeld
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2004
Ruled that non-US citizens could be held indefinitely but if appealing and found not guilty of being an ‘enemy combatant’ would be eligible for due process

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Hudson v Michigan
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2006

Allowed no-knock searches, demonstrates the court becoming more conservative with Alito replacing O’Connor

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Stenburg v Carhart
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2007

Ruled Nebraska partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional

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Gonzalez v Carhart
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• Ruling

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2007
Ruled the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion ban law passed by Congress was constitutional
First time that a ban on abortion in anyway was upheld by the court since Roe

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Morse v Frederick
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• Ruling

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2007

Ruled freedom of speech did not protect students promoting illegal drugs at school events from punishment

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DC v Heller • Year • Ruling
2008 | Overturned a rule in DC that prevented the carrying of handguns
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Boumediene v Bush • Year • Ruling
2008 | Ruled that Guantanamo detainees were allowed due process under the 5th Amendment
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Baze v Rees • Year • Ruling
2008 | Ruled lethal injection a constitutional method of execution
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Salazar v Buono/ Town of Greece V Galloway • Years • Rulings
2010/2014 Allowed expansions of religious rights - first of cross memorial in public park and second allowing prayer at town hall meetings
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Citizens United v FEC • Year • Ruling
2010 First Amendment prohibits restrictions on independent expenditures for communications by nonprofit corporations, for-profit corporations, labour unions, and other associations. Reduced impacts of the BCRA
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Brown v Plata • Year • Ruling
2011 | Ruled that crowding in California prisons was cruel and unusual (in violation of the 8th)
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Synder v Phelps • Year • Ruling
2011 | Allowed the Westboro Baptist Church to picket and protest gay servicepeople's funerals (Alito dissent)
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NFIB v Sebelius • Year • Ruling
2012 | Ruled Obamacare/Affordable Care Act constitutional (as a tax, thus under Congresses' enumerated powers
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McDonald v Chicago • Year • Ruling
2010 | Gave the individual the right to bear arms under the constitution
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Shelby County v Holder • Year • Ruling
2013 Ruled section 5 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Since 9/15 states named in this section have since introduced voter registration laws
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Arizona v US • Year • Ruling
2012 | Overturned key aspects of Arizona's show papers laws (immigration)
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US v Windsor • Year • Ruling
2013 | Ruled DoMA unconstituional
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McCutcheon v FEC • Year • Ruling
2014 | Said FECA restrictions on campaign donations for a two-year cycle violated the 1st
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Burwell v Hobby Lobby • Year • Ruling
2014 | Allowed for the denial of healthcare that covered contraception by employers who disapproved of it on religious grounds
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Riley v California • Year • Ruling
2014 | Ruled it necessary to have a search warrant to seize mobile phone data under the 4th
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Schutte v Coalition to Defend • Year • Ruling
2014 | Ruled states able to enshrine affirmative action into their state constitution
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Obergefell v Hodges • Year • Ruling
2015 | Ruled same-sex marriage legal and required to be acknowledged across the USA
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King v Burwell • Year • Ruling
2015 | States have the right to interpret ACA as they want to
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Fisher v Texas • Year • Ruling
2016 | Affirmative Action to continue but can't use quotas or credit
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Packingham v North Carolina • Year • Ruling
2017 | Struck down North Carolina law preventing sex offenders using social media, 9-0
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Whole Women's Health v Hellerstedt • Year • Ruling
2016 | Overturned Texas laws that aimed to shut abortion clinics for not having equipment it was unlikely they could afford
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US v Carpenter • Year • Ruling
2018 | Requires search warrant to search cellphone mast records
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Masterpiece Cake Shop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission • Year • Ruling
2018 Ruled that Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the free to exercise clause of the 1st - case did not expand. IT DID NOT RULE WHETHER THE BAKERS WERE ALLOWED TO NOT BAKE THE CAKE
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Janus v AFSCME • Year • Ruling
``` 2018 Overturned precedent (Abood v Detroit B.O.E) to undermine union power/ funds ```
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Gill v Whitford • Year • Ruling
2018 | Returned Wisconsin gerrymandering case to lower courts (rather than come out partisan on gerrymandering)

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