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This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
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Marbury .v Madison (1803)
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In establishing a national bank, Congress was legally exercising its enumerated powers not sepcifically mentioned in the Constitution.
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McCollogh v. Maryland (1819)
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Established the authority of the court to review state criminal cases on appeal
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Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
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Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government
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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
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"Once slave, always a slave"
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Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856)
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"Seperate but equal facilities based upon race is constitutional
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Congress has the right to prohibit speech that causes a "clear and present danger"
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Schenk v. U.S. (1919)
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ThBelonging to the Communist party is constitutional; belonging to a group cannot be made illegal unless the group is engaged in criminal activity
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De Jonge v. Oregon (1937)
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Students in public schools may not be compelled to recite the Pledge od Allegiance
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West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
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The court ruled that the ordering of Japanese=Americans into internment camps was constitutional
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Korematsu v. U.S.
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Segregation is a violation of the 14th amendment
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Brown v. Board of Education (1952)
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Established the exclusionary rule, whereby evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court
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Mapp v. Ohio
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Prayer in schools is a violation of the first amendment
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Engel v. Vitale
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If a defendant cannot afford an attorney the state must provide one
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Gideon v. Wainright
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Outlawed compulsory prayer in public schools
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Abington v. Schwemp
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