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Established the principle of judicial review in the U.S. Supreme Court, which allows American courts to strike down laws, statutes, and some government actions that violate the Constitution.

U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.

Supreme Court decision ruling that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and that the federal government had no authority to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.

A landmark United States Supreme Court case upholding the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II.

Supreme Court case that ruled the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down laws banning interracial marriage.

Supreme Court case establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights upon arrest, including the right to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination.

Landmark case in criminal procedure, in which the United States Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against 'unreasonable searches and seizures,' may not be used in state law criminal prosecutions.

Landmark case in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states are required under the Sixth Amendment to provide an attorney to defendants in criminal cases who are unable to afford their own attorneys.

Landmark court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts could not enforce racial covenants on real estate.

Supreme Court case that ruled the First Amendment did protect the right of The New York Times to print classified documents without risk of government censorship or punishment.

Landmark legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon was obliged to release tape recordings and other materials to the Watergate special prosecutor.

Case concerning the constitutional requirements to trigger Article 50 and initiate the process of the UK leaving the European Union.

Landmark employment discrimination case decided by the Supreme Court. It concerned employment requirements that lacked business necessity and disproportionately affected minority groups.

Case where U.S. Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

English criminal case that established a precedent in the common law world that necessity is not a defense to a charge of murder.

Landmark Supreme Court decision that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools.

Landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia for traditionally lawful purposes.

Landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that established a woman's legal right to an abortion.