The rise of judicial review / Marbury v. Madison (1803)
The National Bank and federalism / McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Steamboats, states' rights, and the powers of Congress / Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Denying an appeal for freedom / Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Civil liberties and the Civil War / Ex parte Milligan (1866)
Separate but not equal / Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The rights of labor and the rights of women / Lochner v. New York (1905), Muller v. Oregon (1908)
The latitude and limits of free speech / Schenck v. United States (1919), Abrams v. United States (1919)
Affirming the New Deal / West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
The flag-salute cases / Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940), West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II / Hirabayashi v. United States (1943), Korematsu v. United States ((1944)
A decision to limit presidential power / Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
Public school desegregation / Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954, 1955)
Establishing equality in voting and representation / Baker v. Carr (1962), Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
Freedom of the press in a free society / New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
Finding a right to privacy / Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
The right to remain silent / Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Freedom of speech in public schools / Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
Standards for interpreting the establishment clause / Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Abortion, privacy, and values in conflict / Roe v. Wade (1973)
Presidential immunity and the Watergate crisis / United States v. Nixon (1974)
Affirmative action and the boundaries of discrimination / Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
The judicial path to the White House / Bush v. Gore (2000).
