<p>Hi, I'm using the Barron's book to study for the AP US Government & Politics exam, and there are a load of Supreme Court cases in the book, but I heard that I don't have to know most of them. So, which court cases should I study for the exam? Thanks!</p>
<p>OK i cant list all, but konw like the major issues and a few sc cases of each ones.
DEF KNOW
Plessy v Furgesson
Brown v Board of Ed Topeka
Miranda v Arizona
McCollough v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
Roe v Wade
Nixon v United States (or whatever it is)
Tinker v Des Moines
and a few others.</p>
<p>In addition to mathwiz's list, I say these ones are important to know:</p>
<p>Gitlow v. New York
Korematsu v. Illinois
Gideon v. Wainwright
Bakke v. UC
Mapp v. Ohio
Engel v. Vitale
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services</p>
<p>And don't forget Marbury v. Madison!</p>
<p>Marbury v. Madison- jucial review/strengthened federal authority
McCulloch v. Maryland- protect Bank of US
Cohens v. Virginia- sell of lottery tickets
Gibbons v. Ogden- federal regulation of interstate commerce
Flecher v. Peck- right to contract
Chrishom v. Georgia- went against state interests and resulted in the 11th amendment's restriction of the court's original jurisdiction
Dred Scott v. Sanford- overturned Missouri Compromise/slaves were property
Korematsu v. US- upheld the military exclusion orders(removal of Japanese in WWII)
Plessy v. Ferguson- seperate but equal institutions for blacks
Brown v. Board of Education- reversed seperate but equal
Muller v. Oregon- Upheld state maximum hour law applied to women only
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke- Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the Davis Medical school in 1973. Went against affirmative action.
Roe v. Wade- woman's right to abortion
Miranda v. Arizona(1966)-Established firm rule governing proper interrogation, right to remain silent, etc.
Furman v. Georgia(1972) struck down death penalty
Harris v. Alabama(1995)-upheld death penalty
Schenck v. US- Upheld the espionage act of 1917agiainst person convicted of having obstructed draft
New York Times v. US (1971)- Court denied attempt by federal gov. to impose prior restraint upon publication of Pentagon Papers
Estes v. Texas (1965)- prohibited TV cameras in courtrooms</p>
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Marbury v. Madison- jucial review/strengthened federal authority
McCulloch v. Maryland- protect Bank of US
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Actually, Marbury v. Madison strengthened the judicial branch only. McCulloch v. Maryland was the case in which stated that Federal power is supreme over state power. This was implied by the fact that states could not levy taxes on federal property such as the federal owned bank(s) in Maryland. To say that this case protected federal banks is an understatement as how we could say Brown vs. Board of Education was just about busing or Roe vs. Wade being about privacy issue. </p>
<p>It's quite easy to mix up these two cases, especially when the plaintiffs and defendants all start with the letter 'M' :p</p>
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke- Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the Davis Medical school in 1973. Went against affirmative action.
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<p>The result of this case actually allowed affirmative action, but stated that setting quotas were illegal, just one method of practicing affirmative action.</p>