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#[[Engel v. Vitale]] (1962) (banned prayer in [[public school]])<ref>The Court cited no precedential holding in its entire opinion.</ref> | #[[Engel v. Vitale]] (1962) (banned prayer in [[public school]])<ref>The Court cited no precedential holding in its entire opinion.</ref> | ||
#[[Buck v. Bell]] (1927)<ref>The case was based on a fraudulent claim that the woman was mentally retarded.</ref> | #[[Buck v. Bell]] (1927)<ref>The case was based on a fraudulent claim that the woman was mentally retarded.</ref> | ||
| − | #[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980)<ref>The Court issued a 5-4 decision without hearing argument on the merits of the case.</ref> | + | #[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980)<ref>The Court issued a 5-4 unsigned ([[per curiam]]) decision without hearing argument on the merits of the case.</ref> |
#[[Stenberg v. Carhart]] (2000) (legalized partial-birth abortion) | #[[Stenberg v. Carhart]] (2000) (legalized partial-birth abortion) | ||
#[[Roper v. Simmons]] (2005) (cited foreign law to prohibit the [[death penalty]] for crimes committed by 17-year-olds) | #[[Roper v. Simmons]] (2005) (cited foreign law to prohibit the [[death penalty]] for crimes committed by 17-year-olds) | ||
Revision as of 21:13, November 4, 2007
(All decisions are by the U.S. Supreme Court except where noted; rulings overturned by the court system are not included.)
- Roe v. Wade (and Doe v. Bolton) (1973) (legalized abortion)[1]
- Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) (authorized slavery & denied citizenship to blacks)[2]
- Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (Mass. Sup. Ct. 2003) (mandated same-sex marriage)[3]
- Engel v. Vitale (1962) (banned prayer in public school)[4]
- Buck v. Bell (1927)[5]
- Stone v. Graham (1980)[6]
- Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) (legalized partial-birth abortion)
- Roper v. Simmons (2005) (cited foreign law to prohibit the death penalty for crimes committed by 17-year-olds)
- Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
- Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) (used to justify eliminating religion from public life)
- Romer v. Evans (2002)
- Lawrence v. Texas (2003) (struck down sodomy laws, allowing immoral conduct.)
- Lee v. Weisman (1992)
- Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) (imposed evolution indoctrination in public schools)
- Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) (banned scientific evidence of creation from public schools)
- Wickard v. Filburn (1942) (granted Congress power to prohibit growing wheat on your own land)
- Baker v. Carr (1962) (one man one vote)
- Cooper v. Aaron (1958) (judicial supremacy)
- Missouri v. Jenkins (1985) (upheld 1990) (ordering tax increase for school)
- Montoy v. Kansas (Kan. Sup. Ct. 2005) (order tax increase for school)
- Mapp v. Ohio (1961) (required criminal courts to exclude evidence if seized improperly)
- United States v. Callender (upheld the Sedition Act)
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) (created a "right to privacy" not present in the Constitution which has been used to justify abortion and sodomy)
- Block v. Hirsh (1921) (declared rent control to be constitutional despite deprivation of rights of property owners)
- U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (1995)
References
- ↑ Neither woman in these cases actually wanted an abortion, and both have since attempted unsuccessfully to have these decisions overturned.
- ↑ The Court far exceeded the controversy before it in its ruling.
- ↑ The lead plaintiffs separated about two years after getting married.[1]
- ↑ The Court cited no precedential holding in its entire opinion.
- ↑ The case was based on a fraudulent claim that the woman was mentally retarded.
- ↑ The Court issued a 5-4 unsigned (per curiam) decision without hearing argument on the merits of the case.