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Landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court
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©1991-<c2011>
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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).
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Subjects
Subjects
Constitutional law
Constitutional law -- United States -- Cases
I. Title
II. Harrison, Maureen
III. Gilbert, Steve
IV. Series: Landmark Decisions
Trials, litigation, etc
United States
United States, Supreme Court
United States -- Constitutional law -- Cases
United States. -- Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Constitutional law -- United States -- Cases
I. Title
II. Harrison, Maureen
III. Gilbert, Steve
IV. Series: Landmark Decisions
Trials, litigation, etc
United States
United States, Supreme Court
United States -- Constitutional law -- Cases
United States. -- Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
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096280147
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