Required Supreme Court Cases

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There are 15 Required Supreme Court cases that YOU NEED TO KNOW. Although you don’t need to know the dissenting opinions of the cases, it is important to know that justices will write both majority and dissenting opinions to express their interpretations. The holdings of these cases are explained within the pages of No Bull Review. They include:

 

On Federalism:

1. McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

2. US v. Lopez, 1995

 

On interpretation of the Bill of Rights concerning civil liberties:

3. Engel v. Vitale, 1962

4. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 1972

5. Tinker v. Des Moines , 1969

6. New York Times Co. v. United States, 1971

7. Schenck v. US, 1919

 

On protections of the Bill of Rights being selectively incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment:

 8. Gideon v. Wainwright,, 1963

9. McDonald v. Chicago, 2010

 

 

 On the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause supporting equality:

10. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954 

On the impact of federal policies on campaigning and electoral rules:

11. Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, 2010        

 On the republican ideal in the US, and structure/operation of the Legislative Branch:

12. Baker v. Carr, 1962

13. Shaw v. Reno, 1993 

On the design of the Judicial Branch and Judicial Review:

14. Marbury v. Madison, 1803 

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