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Baker v. Carr
this case is known as the "one person one vote" ruling
Barron v. Baltimore
in this ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states
Brown v. Board of Education
this Supreme Court ruling held that segregated schools violated "separated but equal" and was unconstititional
Engel v. Vitale
this ruling declared state sponsored prayer to be unconstitutional
Everson v. Board of Education
in this Supreme Court ruling the justices held that public money given to needy families to take public transportation to Catholic schools was Constitutional
Gideon v. Wainwright
this Supreme Court case required tha attorneys be provided to citizens as part of their due process rights
Gitlow v. New York
this was the first Supreme Court case to nationalize part of the Bill of Rights (nationalized first amendment)
Griswold v. Connecticut
this was the first Supreme Court case that established a Constitutionalright of privacy, and paved the way for the landmark ruling on abortion
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US
this Supreme Court ruling used the "commerce clause" of the Constitution to declare the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Korematsu v. US
in this Supreme Court, the court upheld the constitutionality of the relocation of Japanese Americans as a war time necessity
Lemon v. Kurtzman
in this ruling, the Supreme Court Justices created a three prong test to better evaluate separation of church and state issues
Mapp v. Ohio
this case nationalized the "exclusionary rule" of the 4th Amendment
Marbury v. Madison
this decision established the principle of the court's power to Judicial Review
McCulloch v. Marlyand
this ruling allowed for the expansion of federal power over the states through new interpretation of the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution
Miller v. California
this case established a three prong test for Justices to use when faced with questions of obscenity
Miranda v. Arizona
this Supreme Court ruling established the requirement that criminal suspects be read their rights at the tie of their arrest
Oregon v. Smith
banned the use of illegal drugs in religious ceremonies
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
ruled that a state may place reasonable limits that do not place an undue burden on a women's rights to have an abortion
Plessy v. Ferguson
the Supreme Court establisehd the affirmed the concept that separate is equal
Reynolds v. US
in this landmark decision the court ruled in favor of banning polygamy
Roe v. Wade
this landmark ruling declared that abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy was part of a woman's right to privacy
Schenk v. US
the landmark case established the "clear and present danger rule"
Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenberg
this ruling established that bussing to overcome de facto segregation was unconstitutional
University of CA Regents v. Bakke
this landmark ruling on affirmative action declared the use of quotas to be unconstitutional
Texas v. Johnson
in this ruling the Supreme Court justices declared that symbolic speech (like flag burning) should be the most protected form of speech
Tinker v. DeMoines
students in public schools can wear black arm bands as a symbol of free speech
US v. Nixon
this Supreme Court ruling upheld the principle of executive privilege, but declared taht the right was not unqualified
Webster v. Reproductive Health
in this case the court upheld the Missouri law prohibiting abortions in any publicly operated hospital or clinic
Weeks v. US
this landmark case established the exclusionary rule in federal cases
Westbury v. Sanders
this landmark case established the principle of "one person, one vote" in redrawing Congressional districts