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Ableman v. Booth

Abrams v. United States

Adkins v. Children's Hospital

Barron v. Baltimore

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett

Bolling v. Sharpe

Boumediene v. Bush

Bradwell v. Illinois

Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

Buchanan v. Warley

Buckley v. Valeo

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores

Champion v. Ames

Chisholm v. Georgia

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

City of Boerne v. Flores

City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

Cooper v. Aaron

Crater v. Galaza

Debs v. United States

District of Columbia v. Heller

District of Columbia v. Heller was the first time in several decades that the Supreme Court interpreted the words of the Second Amendment. The case involved a ban on handguns in the home. It also involved two aspects of an ongoing debate: first, the debate over gun violence and its causes; and second, the debate over “originalism” and whether the Court can sensibly interpret the Constitution with the meaning its words would have had when its provisions were adopted. (courtesy National Constitution Center)

Oral Argument U.S. Supreme Court (audio)

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) National Constitution Center

Librarian of Congress

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), giving individual states the full power to regulate any aspect of abortion not protected by federal law.

(Video) U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

(Video) U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Explained by a Lawyer: Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health and ROe v. Wade Being Overturned

Heritage Explains Live: Is Roe Over?

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Dred Scott, a slave, was purchased in Missouri and then brought to Illinois, a non-slave state. He later moved with his owner to present-day Minnesota, where slavery was prohibited, and then back to Missouri. When his owner died, Scott sued claiming he was no longer enslaved because he had become free after living in a free state. The Supreme Court decided that Scott was not a “citizen of the state” so it had no jurisdiction in the matter. The majority opinion also stated that Scott was not a free man.

Video: C-SPAN series Landmark Cases: Dred Scott v. Sandford

Employment Division v. Smith

Ex Parte Bollman

Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75 (1807), was a case brought before the United States Supreme Court. Bollman held that the constitutional definition of treason excluded mere conspiracy to levy war against the United States.

Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout were civilians who became implicated in the Burr-Wilkinson Plot. This plot supposedly consisted of Aaron Burr and James Wilkinson attempting to create an empire in the United States, ruled by Burr. In 1806, Wilkinson informed President Thomas Jefferson of the plot, ending whatever may have actually been planned. Bollman and Swartwout attempted to recruit others into the plot, but these individuals informed the military, which promptly arrested them.

The Supreme Court decided that "To constitute a levying of war, there must be an assemblage of persons for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose. Enlistments of men to serve against government is not sufficient."

Ex Parte McCardle

casetext.com: Text of Opinion

Ex parte Merryman

Suspension of Habeas Corpus by Executive Order During the Civil war by Abraham Lincoln

At the outset of the Civil War (War of the Rebellion) President Abraham Lincoln unilaterally suspended Habeas Corpus. Chief Justice Roger Taney acting as Circuit Court Judge granted a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Note: Not a Supreme Court case.

New York Times 06/04/1861

National Constitution Center: May 28, 2021

Archives of Maryland: John Merryman

Fisher v. University of Texas I

Fisher v. University of Texas II

Frontiero v. Richardson

Gibbons v Ogden

Gitlow v. People of the State of New York

Gonzales v. Raich

Gratz v. Bollinger

Griswold v. Connecticut

Grutter v. Bollinger

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Hammer v. Dagenhart

Hans v. State of Louisiana

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Hepburn v. Griswold

Jacobson v. Massachusetts

Katzenbach v. McClung

Kelo v. City of New London

Korematsu v. United States

Upheld the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II.

The Court held that the need to protect against espionage by Japan outweighed the rights of Americans of Japanese descent.

USCourts.gov: Facts and Case Summary

FamousTrials.com

Video Annenbergclassroom.org

Lawrence v. Texas

Lochner v. New York

Loving v. Virginia

Marbury v. Madison

Established the doctrine of judicial review, the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.

In the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress gave the Supreme Court the authority to issue certain judicial writs. The Constitution did not give the Court this power. Because the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, the Court held that any contradictory congressional Act is without force. The ability of federal courts to declare legislative and executive actions unconstitutional is known as judicial review.

History.com August 20, 2021 Marbury v. Madison

U.S. Reports: Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky

McCulloch v. Maryland

The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers.

government's ability to grant charters without explicit constitutional sanction. The Supreme Court held that the tax unconstitutionally interfered with federal supremacy and ruled that the Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers.

McDonald v. City of Chicago

Meyer v. Nebraska

Morrison v. Olson

Muller v. Oregon

Nebbia v. New York

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen

supremecourt.gov/opinions

Duke Law School: SCOTUS Ruling on Guns

New York Times Company v. Sullivan

New York v. United States

NFIB v. Sebelius

NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp

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NLRB v. Noel Canning

O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v Hartford Fire Insurance Company

Obergefell v. Hodges

Penn Central Transportation Company v. New York

Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Plessy v. Ferguson

Prigg v. Pennsylvania

Printz v. United States

R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

Schenck v. United States

Schlecter Poultry Corp. v. United States

Schlecter Poultry Default HL

Schlecter Poultry Default Pub Note

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida

Sherbert v. Verner

Snyder v. Phelps

South Dakota v. Dole

Stone v. Powell

Strauder v. West Virginia

Stromberg v. California

Texas v. Johnson

The Civil Rights Cases

The Slaughter-House Cases

Video: C-SPAN series Landmark Cases: The Slaughterhouse Cases

United States v. Carolene Products

United States v. Cruikshank

United States v. Darby

United States v. E.C. Knight Co.

United States v. Flores

United States v. Lopez

United States v. Morrison

United States v. O'Brien

United States v. Stevens

United States v. Virginia

United States v. Windsor

Van Orden v. Perry

Wainwright v. Sykes

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

Wickard v. Filburn

Williamson v. Lee Optical

Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

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