<p>Is it important to memorize important Supreme Court cases? I mean, obviously I should know cases like Marbury v Madison and Brown v Board of Education, but what about the more obscure ones like Gibbons v. Ogden--are there going to be a lot of MC questions about those?</p>
<p>prob not but there arent that many to know
so i guess it doesnt hurt to know them like
woe Vs wade or plessy Vs ferguson or scopes trial or dred scott</p>
<p>You should know the Marshall cases, the Warren cases, and some more important ones.</p>
<p>Plessy v. ferguson!
Dred Scott
Scopes Trial
Marbury V. Madison
Marshall Cases
Brown v. Board</p>
<p>You should be good with those</p>
<p>What was the Roe v. Wade? I've seen it a couple of times, but not knowing the point of the case.</p>
<p>Legalized abortion, was under the Nixon/Burger Court</p>
<p>it is really a waste of time memorizing supreme court cases for the ap us history. the major ones are really dred scott, brown v board of education, marbury v madison and some of the earlier ones. however, for the ap gov, it is really worthwile to know the major cases.</p>
<p>I think you should just have some understanding of a considerable number of the following: Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, Worcester v. Georgia, Scott v. Sanford, Ex Parte Merryman, Munn v. Illinois, United States v. E.C. Knight Co., Plessy v. Ferguson, Lochner v. New York, Muller v. Oregon, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, New York Times v. United States, and Roe v. Wade.</p>
<p>Don't forget the Zenger case too!</p>
<p>What's Ex Parte Merryman and New York Times v. United States?</p>
<p>^Pretty sure you don't need to know that one.</p>
<p>Ny vs. US gave more rights to the press</p>
<p>Ex Parte Merryman ruled that suspending the writ of habeas corpus (as Lincoln had done) was unconstitutional. In New York Times v. United States the press was allowed to publish the Pentagon Papers.</p>
<p>for supreme court cases, just know the major ones and have a general idea of what effect each of them had and you should be good for any MC question and have enough outside info for the dbq and frqs</p>
<p>I mean of course you can add in the more obscure cases in your essay, that'll certainly make you sound more impressive and since the essays are graded relative to other essays, this may help you out quite some bit. But for the MC, just know the more prominent ones.</p>
<p>Court Cases are for AP U.S. Government. Just know the really basic ones (aka Marbury v. Madison) and you're good</p>
<p>bakhe vs calif board of regents wouldnt be a bad case to know, the labor union ones are good, and the one that said that clear and present danger under holmes comes up.</p>
<p>cough.. it might have been good to know korematsu v. u.s. last spring..</p>
<p>The Big 7 (Most important to know)</p>
<p>Marbury v. Madison
Worcester v. Georgia
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Ed
Scopes
Korematsu v. U.S.</p>
<p>Other possibilities: Muller v. Oregon women's work hours Louis Brandeis used sociological arguments on the detrimental impact of long work hours on the family</p>
<p>Schecter Poultry Co. v. U.S. declared NIRA unconstitutional
U.S. v. Butler declared AAA unconstitutional
Both led to FDR's court-packing scheme
Northern Securities case: Rule of reason (Trusts not inherently bad)</p>
<p>What did Worcester v. Georgia do?</p>