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Era where state and nation governments did little to no collaborating.
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The first nine amendments to the Constitution. -
Laid basis for state sovereign immunity. -
Decided that the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. -
Revised presidential election procedures. -
Defined the scope of Congress' power and how it related to state legislature. -
Gave Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
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Said that slaves were not citizens and couldn't sue in Federal Courts.
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Abolished slavery in the United States
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Dealt with post-Civil War issues
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Prohibited the denial of voting based on race.
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Decided that racial segregation didn't violate the constitution as long as both of the facilities were equal.
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Income taxes.
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Established the direct election of U.S senators by popular vote.
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Prohibited the manufacturing and sale of alcohol (Prohibition).
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Supreme Court invented the "clear and present danger" test to determine when a state could constitutionally limit someone's first amendment rights.
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Prohibited denial to vote based on sex.
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Changed dates of when terms end and start for president, vice president, and members of congress.
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Repealed the 18th Amendment and ended Prohibition.
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President Reagan came up with the phrase "New Federalism", where the national government gave some rights to the states.
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Upheld the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast military during World War II
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Limits the number of times a president can be elected.
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Ruled that racial segregation in school was unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court decided that evidence illegally obtained cannot be used against someone in the court of law
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Granted Washington D.C electors in the Electoral College.
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Decided that school sponsored prayer and recitation violated first amendment rights.
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Required that the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution provide attorneys to criminals if they cannot afford one,
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People can vote even if they don't pay a poll tax.
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Decided that law enforcement cannot use anything someone has said against them without them know that they can exert their fifth amendment rights.
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Laid out the procedure of filling the vacancy of the president.
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Ruled that students protesting in their school against the Vietnam War was protected by the First Amendement
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Prohibits denial of rights for anyone 18 years or older to vote on account of age.
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Ruled that it is a right to have an abortion.
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Decision against president Richard Nixon that he is not immune to court actions. He was forced to hand over evidence in a case.
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Supreme Court case which held that a university's admissions criteria which used race as a definite and exclusive basis for an admission decision violated the Equal Protection Clause.
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Case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the standard of reasonableness for searches of students conducted by public school officials in a school environment.
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Decision that schools do not have to allow student speech if it doesn't go with the school's educational mission.
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Supreme Court decided that burning the American flag was protected under the First Amendment as it was symbolic and political speech.
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Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.
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Ruled that same-sex marriage is a right protected by the fourteenth amendment.
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The right to have an abortion was no longer protected by the constitution.
