Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
Judicial review was established in this 1803 Supreme Court Case
Marbury v Madison
The 1819 Supreme Court case, which established the supremacy of the national government over the states, included both enumerated and implied powers of Congress.
McCulloch v Maryland
1833 - the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights restrained only the national government and not states and cities.
Barron v Baltimore
1879 - a unanimous court, held that the state can punish criminal activity without regard to religious belief. The First Amendment protects religious belief, but it does not protect religious practices that are judged to be criminal such as bigamy.
Reynolds v United States
The Court announced that freedoms of speech and press “were fundamental personal rights and liberties protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the states.”
Incorporated freedom of speech and press to the states
Gitlow v New York
The 1824 Supreme Court case which further expanded Congress’ power to regulate interstate and international by defining commerce very broadly to incorporate every form of commercial activity.
Gibbons v Ogden
1896 - The Supreme Court provided constitutional justification for segregation when it held that segregation in public facilities was not unconstitutional as long as the facilities were “separate but equal.”
Plessy v Ferguson
1919 - declared that government can limit speech if it provokes a clear and present danger of “substantive evils.”
Schenck v United States
1931 - struck down prior restraint of speech and press (censorship that prevents publication), although the writer or speaker can be punished for violating a law or someone’s rights AFTER publication.
Near v Minnesota
Court ordered states to provide an attorney for poor defendants accused of a capital crime.
Powell v Alabama
Extended the right to an attorney for those too poor to afford it to anyone accused of a felony (instead of just capital crime)
Gideon v Wainwright
