Landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court

v. 1. School desegregation : Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Obscenity : Roth v. United States (1957)

School prayer : Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Fair trials : Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Sexual privacy : Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Censorship : New York Times vs. United States (1971)

Abortion : Roe v. Wade (1973)

Affirmative action : University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Book banning : Board of Education v. Pico (1982)

Flag burning : Texas v. Johnson (1989)

The U.S. Constitution : The Preamble (1789).

v. 2. Slavery : Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

Women's suffrage : Minor v. Happersett (1875) ; United States v. Anthony (1873)

Japanese American concentration camps : Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Bible reading in the public schools : Abington School District v. Shempp (1963)

Book banned in Boston : "Fanny Hill" v. Massachusetts (1966)

Rights of the accused : Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Death penalty : Furman v. Georgia (1972)

Homosexuality : Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

Offensive speech : Hustler v. Falwell (1988)

Right to die : Cruzan v. Missouri (1990).

v. 3. Executive privilege : Marbury v. Madison (1803) ; United States v. Nixon (1974)

Clear and present danger : Schenck v. United States (1919)

Forced sterilization : Buck v. Bell (1927)

Mob justice : Scottsboro Boys v. Alabama (1932)

Pledge of allegiance : Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) ; Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

Illegal search & seizure : Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Interracial marriage : Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Monkey trials : Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)

Sexual harassment : Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (1986)

Church & state : Allegheny County v. ACLU (1989).

v. 4. Federal supremacy : McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

The trail of tears : The Cherokees v. Georgia (1831) ; Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus : In the matter of Milligan (1866)

Separate but equal : Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ; Dissenting in Plessy

Trust busting : Standard Oil v. United States (1911)

Child labor : Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)

The atomic spies : The Rosenbergs v. United States (1953); Dissenting in The Rosenberts

Libel : The New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

Conscientious objection : Muhammad Ali v. United States (1971)

Hate crimes : R.A. v. St. Paul (1992) ; Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993).

v. 5. The slave ship cases: The Antelope (1825); The Amistad (1840)

Religious liberty: Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)

Treason: Cramer v. United States (1945)

Military justice: Toth v. Quarles (1955)

Marijuana: Leary v. United States (1969)

Birth control: Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)

Baseball: Flood v. Kuhn (1972)

Equal pay for equal work: Corning v. Brennan (1974)

Child abuse: DeShaney v. Winnebago (1989)

The "Son of Sam" law: Simon & Schuster v. New York Crime Victims Board (1991)

U.S. Constitution.

v. 6. The Aaron Burr conspiracy : Bollman-Swartwout Case (1807)

The Dartmouth College Case : Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)

Women's work : Muller v. Oregon (1908)

The "Sick Chicken" Case : Schecter Poultry v. United States (1935)

The Right to keep and bear arms : United States v. Jack Miller (1939)

The Law of war : In The Matter of General Tomoyuki Yamashita (1946)

Un-American activities : John T. Watkins v. United States (1957)

One person, one vote : Reynolds v. Sims (1964)

The Constitution and the right to die : Washington State v. Glucksberg

New York State v. Quill (1997); The Presidential line item veto : President William J. Clinton v. The City of New York (1998).

v. 7. Violence against women : United States v. Morrison (2000)

Partial birth abortions : Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)

The gay scout master : Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)

The contested presidential election : Bush v. Gore (2000)

Executing the mentally retarded : Atkins v. Virginia (2002)

Internet pornography : United States v. American Library Association (2003)

Affirmative action : Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

Sodomy : Lawrence & Garner v. Texas (2003)

The al Qaeda cases : Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)

Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004)

Medical marijuana : Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

Private property rights : Kelo v. City of New London (2005)

The ten commandments cases : Van Orden v. Perry (2005)

McCreary County v. ACLU (2005).

v. 8 Physician-assisted suicide : Gonzales v. Oregon (2006)

Execution by lethal injection : Hill v. McDonough (2006)

The Al Queda detainee : Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006)

Partial birth abortion : Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood (2007)

Crack cocaine : Kimbrough v. United States (2007)

Age discrimination : Gross v. FBL (2009)

Reverse discrimination : Ricci v. DeStefano (2009)

Campaign finance reform : Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Sexually dangerous persons : U.S. v. Comstock (2010)

The right to keep and bear arms : McDonald v. Chicago (2010).