Supreme Court Case Outcome of Case
Supreme Court Case Outcome of Case
Supreme Court Case Outcome of Case
The Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of the death
penalty against charges that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment because
McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
minority defendants were more likely to receive the death penalty than were
White defendants.
The Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on all abortions was
unconstitutional. The decision forbade the state control over abortions during
Roe v. Wade (1973)
the first trimester, and permitted states to protect the fetus during the third
trimester.
A Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court loosened its standard for
Planned Parenthood v. Casey evaluating restrictions on abortion from one of "strict scrutiny" of any
(1992) restraints on a "fundamental right" to one of "undue burden" that permits
considerably more regulation.
The Supreme Court decision ruling that a slave who had escaped to a free
Scott v. Sandford (1857) state enjoyed no rights as a citizen and that Congress had no authority to ban
slavery in the territories.
The following cases are the major Supreme Court Cases that come up on the AP US Government
and Politics Exam
The Supreme Court decision holding that the school segregation in Topeka,
Brown v. Board of Education Kansas, was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth
(1954) Amendment's guarantee of equal protection./ This case marked the end of legal
segregation in the United States.
The landmark case in which the Supreme Court for the first time upheld a
Reed v. Reed (1971)
claim of gender discrimination.
The Supreme Court ruling that established the "medium scrutiny" standard for
Craig v. Boren (1976)
determining gender discrimination.
Regents of the University of A Supreme Court decision that a state university could not admit less
California v. Bakke (1978) qualified individuals solely because of their race.
A Supreme Court case holding that federal programs that classify people by
Adarand Constructors v. Pena
race, even for an ostensibly benign purpose such as expanding opportunities
(1995)
for minorities, should be presumed to be unconstitutional.