<p>I've been reading about all the "landmark" Supreme Court Cases throughout American history and there are so many!
Which ones do I need to remember for the SAT Subject test? Could we compile a list of the ones that must be tested?</p>
<p>Ummm just go through your notes or your workbooks. Ones that helped form government are likely to be there. Umm maybe ones like marbury v madison, brown v board of edu, gidden v odgen…i might have spelled them wrong! I wouldn’t stress too much about court cases. Knowing the “big picture” and a few small details to most events should be plenty. (When I took it, I only had like two or three court case questions.)</p>
<p>Absolutely, completely, 99.999999% one or more of these cases will appear on the real exam.:
Marbury v. Madison (just know the concept of judicial review)
Plessy v. Ferguson (segregation is constitutional)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (slaves are property, cannot sue)
Brown v. Board of Education (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson)</p>
<p>Other supreme court cases worth knowing:
Miranda v. Arizona (rights for the accused)
Korematsu v. United States (legalized Japanese internment in times of war)
Roe v. Wade (legalized abortion)
UC v. Bakke (affirmative action)
Engel v. Vitale (religion)</p>
<p>The ones listed above aren’t difficult to remember… There are some other cases such as McCulloch v. Maryland, Fletcher v. Peck, but you don’t have to know these (I never got them straight, and I got an 800 ;)). It is more imperative that you understand the big picture and context of these court cases. For instance, know the Marshall Court and how it always sought to further the power of the federal government, and the activist Warren Court… but it is not necessary to know all of their decisions.</p>
<p>Other ones that are more obscure bush v gore, citizens united v fec, Buckley v valeo, dc v heller, and schenck v USA. Those are some we needed for AP gov, in addition to the others listed.</p>
<p>Dartmouth v. Woodward (New Hampshire tried to make Dartmouth public but John Marhsall ruled against them because of sanctity of contracts)</p>
<p>Charles River Bridge V. Warren Bridge (A company chartered to build a bridge across the Charles River in 1785 sued a second company chartered to build another bridge nearby in 1825 aruging that they had exclusive rights. Roger Taney ruled in favor of the second company aruging that the intervention should be limited to protect the public interest/ states rights/strict interpretation)</p>
<p>Any other cases?</p>
<p>cherokee v georgia</p>
<p>This is intimidating. :O</p>