Supreme Court Docket

The following are essays written to summarize some of the most important Supreme Court cases.  They are groups loosely in categories.

 

 

Student Speech Cases:

• Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District
• Frederick v. Morse

 

 

Hate Speech Cases:

• Wisconsin v. Mitchell 
• Virginia v Black et al
• American Booksellers Association vs William H Hundnit, III, Mayor, City of Indianapolis

 

Federalism:

• Cook v Gralike et al
• US Term Limits Inc v Thornton (Safatul)
• US TERM LIMITS INC v THORNTON (Ariel)
• George W Bush, Petitioner v Palm Beach County Canvassing Board Et Al

 

Abortion:

• Griswold v Connecticut 
• Planned Parenthood v Casey 

Searches:

• Vernonia School District v Acton 
• Board of Education v_ Earls

 

Gay Rights:

• Bowers vs Hardwick 
• Lawrence v Texas'
• Romer v Evans

 

Privacy:

• MEYER VS STATE OF NEBRASKA 
• Kelley v Johnson
• Cruzan v Director, Missouri Department of Health
• Stanley v Georgia

 

 

Equal Protection:

• Brown v Board of Education I
• Brown v Board of Education II 

 

 

Affirmative Action:

 

• Grutter v_ Bollinger Paper
• Adarand v. Pena

 

National Security:

• Schenck v. United States
• Korematsu v. United States 
• Abrams v. United States
• Short Blog on Gitlow v The People of New York 

 

Presidential Power/Executive Authority:

• Ex Parte Quirin

• Ex Parte Milligan 

• United States v Nixon

• Clinton v Jones (1997)

 

 

Flag Burning:

 

• Schacht v US 1970
• Texas v Johnson 

       United States v. O' Brien