the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states
legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965
speech creating a “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment
political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment
guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent
established the principle of judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution
school sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause
compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause
established the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws
bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security
opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the “one person, one vote” doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise “political questions” that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges
extended the right of privacy to a woman’s decision to have an abortion
Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime
public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War as a form of symbolic speech
Marbury v. Madison
United States v. Lopez
Engel v. Vitale
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District
Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Schenck v. United States
Shaw v. Reno
Baker v. Carr
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
McCulloch v. Maryland
New York Times Co. v. United States
McDonald v. Chicago
