Government

Gibbons v. Ogden

Mar 2, 1824

Does the Commerce Clause give Congress authority over interstate navigation?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Mar 6, 1857

Was Dred Scott free or a slave?

Plessy v. Ferguson

May 18, 1896

Does the Separate Car Act violate the Fourteenth Amendment?

Miranda v. Arizona

Jun 13, 1966

Does the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination extend to the police interrogation of a suspect?

Roe v. Wade

Jan 22, 1973

Does the Constitution recognize a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion?

United States v. Nixon

Jul 24, 1974

Is the President's right to safeguard certain information, using his "executive privilege" confidentiality power, entirely immune from judicial review?

Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser (1987)

Mar 3, 1986

Students do not have a First Amendment right to make obscene speeches in school.

Texas v. Johnson

Jun 21, 1989

Is the desecration of an American flag, by burning or otherwise, a form of speech that is protected under the First Amendment?

Board of Education of Independent School District #92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002)

Mar 19, 2002

Random drug tests of students involved in extracurricular activities do not violate the Fourth Amendment.

Obergefell v. Hodges

Jun 26, 2016

(1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? (2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex that was legally licensed and performed in another state?