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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)
Trail of tears : The Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) ; Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
Lincoln's suspension of Habeas Corpus : In the matter of Lambdin P. Milligan (1866)
Separate but equal : Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Trust busting : Standard Oil v. United States (1911)
Child labor : W.C. Hammer v. Roland H. Dagenhart (1918)
The atomic spies : Julius & Ethel Rosenberg v. United States (1953)
Libel : The New York Times v. L.B. Sullivan (1964)
Conscientious objection : Muhammad Ali v. United States (1971)
Hate crimes : R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992) ; Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993).
v. 5. The slave ship cases : The Antelope (1825); The Amistad (1840)
Religioys 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).
v.6. The Aaron Burr conspiracy
The Darmouth College case
Women's work
The "sick chicken" case
The right to keep and bear arms
The law of war
Un-American activities
One person, one vote
The Constitution and the right to die
The presidential line item veto.
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)
Trail of tears : The Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) ; Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
Lincoln's suspension of Habeas Corpus : In the matter of Lambdin P. Milligan (1866)
Separate but equal : Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Trust busting : Standard Oil v. United States (1911)
Child labor : W.C. Hammer v. Roland H. Dagenhart (1918)
The atomic spies : Julius & Ethel Rosenberg v. United States (1953)
Libel : The New York Times v. L.B. Sullivan (1964)
Conscientious objection : Muhammad Ali v. United States (1971)
Hate crimes : R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992) ; Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993).
v. 5. The slave ship cases : The Antelope (1825); The Amistad (1840)
Religioys 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).
v.6. The Aaron Burr conspiracy
The Darmouth College case
Women's work
The "sick chicken" case
The right to keep and bear arms
The law of war
Un-American activities
One person, one vote
The Constitution and the right to die
The presidential line item veto.