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⚖️ An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 #SCOTUS Cases Everyone Should Know
🖋️ By @RandyEBarnett & @JoshMBlackman
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#IntroConLaw
Part I | Foundational Cases on Constitutional Structure: Chisholm, Marbury, McCulloch, Gibbons, and Barron
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part II | Enumerated Powers: Prigg, Dewitt, Hepburn, Knox, E.C. Knight, Champion, Hammer, Schechter, Jones & Laughlin, Darby, Wickard, Heart of Atlanta, McClung, Dole, Lopez, Morrison, Raich, and NFIB
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#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part III | Federalism Limits on Congressional Power: New York, Printz, Seminole Tribe, Boerne, Morrison, Garrett, and Hibbs
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#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part IV | The Executive Power: Merryman, Youngstown, Korematsu
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#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part V | The Separation of Powers: Morrison and Noel Canning
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#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part VI | Slavery and the Reconstruction Amendments: Dred Scott, Slaughter-House, Bradwell, Cruikshank, Strauder, Civil Rights Cases, Yick Wo, Plessy
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part VII | Expanding the Scope of the Due Process Clause: Lochner, Muller, Buchanan, Meyer, Pierce, Buck, O'Gorman, Nebbia, West Coast Hotel, Carolene Products Lee Optical
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part VIII | Equal Protection - Discrimination on the Basis of Race: Brown, Bolling, Cooper, Loving, Bakke, Grutter, Gratz, Fisher I and II
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part IX | Equal Protection - Sex Discrimination & Other Types: Frontiero, Craig, Virginia, Cleburne, Romer
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part X | Modern Substantive Due Process: Griswold, Roe, Casey, Whole Woman's Health, Lawrence, Windsor, Obergefell
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part XI | The Freedom of Speech: Schenck, Debs, Abrams, Gitlow, Stromberg, O'Brien, Johnson, R.A.V., Buckley, McConnell, Citizens United, Sullivan, Snyder, Stevens, EMA
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part XII | The Free Exercise of Religion: Sherbert, Smith, Lukumi, Hobby Lobby
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part XIII | No Law Respecting an Establishment of Religion: McCreary County and Van Orden
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part XIV | The Right to Keep and Bear Arms: Heller and McDonald
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
Part XV | Taking Private Property for Public Use: Penn Coal, Penn Central, and Kelo
🔗conlaw.us/cases/by-topic…
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣
⚖️ Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/chisholm-…
🏛️ The Jay Court
🗓️2/5/1793
➕ Jay, Cushing, Blair, Wilson
➖ Iredell
#️⃣2️⃣
⚖️ Marbury v. Madison (1803)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/marbury-v…
🏛️ The Marshall Court
🗓️2/24/1803
➕ Marshall, Paterson, Chase, Washington, Cushing, Moore
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣
⚖️ McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/mcculloch…
🏛️ The Marshall Court
🗓️3/6/1819
➕ Marshall, Washington, Johnson, Livingston, Duvall, Story
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣
⚖️ Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/gibbons-v…
🏛️ The Marshall Court
🗓️3/2/1824
➕ Marshall, Washington, Johnson, Todd, Story, Duvall
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣
⚖️ Barron v. City of Baltimore (1833)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/barron-v-…
🏛️ The Marshall Court
🗓️2/16/1833
➕ Marshall, Johnson, Duvall, Story, Thompson, Mclean, Baldwin
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣6️⃣
⚖️ Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/prigg-v-p…
🏛️ The Taney Court
🗓️3/1/1842
➕ Taney, Story, Thompson, McLean, Baldwin, Wayne, Daniel
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣7️⃣
⚖️ Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/dred-scot…
🏛️ The Taney Court
🗓️3/6/1857
➕ Taney, Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Nelson, Grier, Campbell
➖ McLean, Curtis
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣8️⃣
⚖️ Ex Parte Merryman (1861)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/ex-parte-…
🗓️6/1/1861
➕ Taney
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣9️⃣
⚖️ U.S. v. Dewitt (1869)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/united-st…
🏛️ The Chase Court
🗓️12/1/1869
➕ Chase, Nelson, Grier, Clifford, Swayne, Miller, Davis, Field
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣🔟
⚖️ Hepburn v. Griswold (1870)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/hepburn-v…
🏛️ The Chase Court
🗓️2/7/1870
➕ Chase, Nelson, Grier, Clifford, Field
➖ Miller, Swayne, Davis
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣1️⃣
⚖️ Knox v. Lee (1871)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/knox-v-le…
🏛️ The Chase Court
🗓️5/1/1871
➕ Strong, Swayne, Miller, Davis, Bradley
➖ Chase, Nelson, Field, Clifford
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣2️⃣
⚖️ The Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/the-slaug…
🏛️ The Chase Court
🗓️4/14/1873
➕ Miller, Clifford, Strong, Hunt, Davis
➖ Field, Chase, Swayne, Bradley
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣3️⃣
⚖️ Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/bradwell-…
🏛️ The Chase Court
🗓️4/15/1873
➕ Miller, Clifford, Strong, Hunt, Davis, Bradley, Field, Swayne
➖Chase
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣4️⃣
⚖️ U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/united-st…
🏛️ The Waite Court
🗓️3/27/1876
➕ Waite, Swayne, Miller, Field, Strong
➖Clifford, Bradley, Hunt, Davis
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣5️⃣
⚖️ Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/strauder-…
🏛️ The Waite Court
🗓️3/1/1880
➕ Strong, Waite, Swayne, Miller, Bradley, Hunt, Harlan
➖Field, Clifford
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣6️⃣
⚖️ The Civil Rights Case (1883)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/the-civil…
🏛️ The Waite Court
🗓️10/15/1883
➕ Bradley, Waite, Miller, Field, Woods, Matthews, Gray, Blatchford
➖Harlan
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣7️⃣
⚖️ Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/yick-wo-v…
🏛️ The Waite Court
🗓️5/10/1886
➕ Waite, Miller, Field, Bradley, Harlan, Woods, Matthews, Gray, Blatchford
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣8️⃣
⚖️ Hans v. State of Louisiana (1890)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/hans-v-st…
🏛️ The Fuller Court
🗓️3/3/1890
➕ Bradley, Fuller, Miller, Field, Gray, Blatchford, Lamar, Brewer, Harlan
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣1️⃣9️⃣
⚖️ U.S. v. E.C. Knight (1895)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/united-st…
🏛️ The Fuller Court
🗓️1/21/1895
➕ Fuller, Field, Gray, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, Jackson, White
➖Harlan
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know
⚖️ Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/plessy-v-…
🏛️ The Fuller Court
🗓️5/18/1896
➕ Brown, Fuller, Field, Gray, Shiras, White, Peckham
➖Harlan
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣1️⃣
⚖️ Champion v. Ames (1901)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/champion-…
🏛️ The Fuller Court
🗓️2/23/1903
➕ Harlan, Brown, White, McKenna, Holmes
➖Fuller, Brewer, Shiras, Peckham
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣2️⃣
⚖️ Lochner v. New York (1905)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/lochner-v…
🏛️ The Fuller Court
🗓️4/17/1905
➕ Peckham, Fuller, Brown, Brewer, McKenna
➖Harlan, White, Holmes, Day
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
⚖️ Muller v. Oregon (1908)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/muller-v-…
🏛️ The Fuller Court
🗓️2/24/1908
➕ Brewer, Fuller, Harlan, White, Peckham, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Moody
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
⚖️ Buchanan v. Warley (1917)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/buchanan-…
🏛️ The White Court
🗓️11/5/1917
➕ White, Day, McKenna, Holmes, Van Devanter, Pitney, McReynolds, Brandeis, Clarke
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
⚖️ Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/hammer-v-…
🏛️ The White Court
🗓️6/3/1918
➕ White, Day, McKenna, Holmes, Van Devanter, Pitney, McReynolds, Brandeis, Clarke
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣6️⃣
⚖️ Schenck v. United States (1919)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/schenck-v…
🏛️ The White Court
🗓️3/3/1919
➕ Holmes, White, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney, McReynolds, Brandeis, Clarke
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣7️⃣
⚖️ Debs v. United States (1919)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/debs-v-un…
🏛️ The White Court
🗓️3/10/1919
➕ Holmes, White, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney, McReynolds, Brandeis, Clarke
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣8️⃣
⚖️ Abrams v. United States (1919)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/abrams-v-…
🏛️ The White Court
🗓️11/10/1919
➕ Clarke, White, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney, McReynolds
➖Holmes, Brandeis
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣2️⃣9️⃣
⚖️ Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon (1922)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/pennsylva…
🏛️ The Taft Court
🗓️12/11/1922
➕ Holmes, Taft, McKenna, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney, McReynolds, Sutherland
➖Brandeis
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣0️⃣
⚖️ Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/adkins-v-…
🏛️ The Taft Court
🗓️4/9/1923
➕ Sutherland, Van Devanter, McKenna, McReynolds, Butler
➖Taft, Sanford, Holmes
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣1️⃣
⚖️ Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/meyer-v-n…
🏛️ The Taft Court
🗓️6/4/1923
➕ McReynolds, Taft, McKenna, Van Devanter, Brandeis, Butler, Sanford
➖Holmes, Sutherland
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣2️⃣
⚖️ Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/pierce-v-…
🏛️ The Taft Court
🗓️6/1/1925
➕ McReynolds, Taft, Holmes, Van Devanter, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Sanford, Stone
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
⚖️ Gitlow v. People of the State of New York (1925)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/gitlow-v-…
🏛️ The Taft Court
🗓️6/8/1925
➕ Sanford, Taft, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler, Stone
➖Holmes, Brandeis
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣4️⃣
⚖️ Buck v. Bell (1927)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/buck-v-be…
🏛️ The Taft Court
🗓️5/2/1927
➕ Holmes, Taft, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Brandeis, Sutherland, Sanford, Stone
➖Butler
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣5️⃣
⚖️ O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. (1931)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/ogorman-y…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️1/5/1931
➕ Brandeis, Hughes, Holmes, Stone, Roberts
➖Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣6️⃣
⚖️ Stromberg v. California (1931)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/stromberg…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️5/18/1931
➕ Hughes, Holmes, Van Devanter, Stone, Roberts, Brandeis, Sutherland
➖Butler, McReynolds
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣7️⃣
⚖️ Nebbia v. New York (1933)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/nebbia-v-…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️3/5/1934
➕ Roberts, Hughes, Brandeis, Cardozo, Stone
➖McReynolds, Van Devanter, Sutherland, Butler
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣8️⃣
⚖️ Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. (1935)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/schechter…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️5/27/1935
➕ Hughes, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Roberts, Cardozo, Stone
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣3️⃣9️⃣
⚖️ West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/west-coas…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️3/29/1937
➕ Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Cardozo, Roberts
➖Sutherland, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Butler
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣0️⃣
⚖️ NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/nlrb-v-jo…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️4/12/1937
➕ Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Roberts, Cardozo
➖McReynolds, Van Devanter, Sutherland, Butler
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣1️⃣
⚖️ United States v. Carolene Products (1938)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/united-st…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️4/15/1938
➕ Stone, Hughes, Brandeis, Butler, Roberts, Black
➖McReynolds
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣2️⃣
⚖️ U.S. v. Darby (1941)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/united-st…
🏛️ The Hughes Court
🗓️2/3/1941
➕ Stone, Hughes, Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣3️⃣
⚖️ Wickard v. FIlburn (1942)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/wickard-v…
🏛️ The Stone Court
🗓️11/9/1942
➕ Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Jackson
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣4️⃣
⚖️ Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/korematsu…
🏛️ The Stone Court
🗓️12/18/1944
➕ Black, Stone, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Rutledge
➖Roberts, Murphy, Jackson
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣5️⃣
⚖️ Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/youngstow…
🏛️ The Vinson Court
🗓️6/2/1952
➕ Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Burton, Clark
➖Vinson, Reed, Minson
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣6️⃣
⚖️ Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/brown-v-b…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️5/17/1954
➕Warren, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣7️⃣
⚖️ Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/bolling-v…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️5/17/1954
➕Warren, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣8️⃣
⚖️ Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/williamso…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️3/28/1955
➕Douglas, Warren, Black, Reed Frankfurter, Burton, Clark, Minton
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣4️⃣9️⃣
⚖️ Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/cooper-v-…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 9/12/1958
➕ Warren, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Burton, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Whittaker
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣0️⃣
⚖️ Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/sherbert-…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 6/17/1963
➕Brennan, Warren, Black, Clark, Goldberg, Douglas, Stewart
➖Harlan, White
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣1️⃣
⚖️ New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/new-york-…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 3/9/1964
➕ Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣2️⃣
⚖️ Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S. (1964)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/heart-of-…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 12/14/1964
➕ Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣3️⃣
⚖️ Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/katzenbac…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 12/14/1964
➕ Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣4️⃣
⚖️ Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/griswold-…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 6/7/1965
➕ Douglas, Warren, Clark, Goldberg, Brennan, Harlan, White
➖Black, Stewart
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣5️⃣
⚖️ Loving v. Virginia (1967)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/loving-v-…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 6/12/1967
➕ Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
#️⃣5️⃣6️⃣
⚖️ United States v. O’Brien (1968)
🔗 ConLaw.us/case/united-st…
🏛️ The Warren Court
🗓️ 5/27/1968
➕ Warren, Black, Brennan, Harlan, Stewart, White, Fortas
➖ Douglas
#IntroConLaw #SCOTUS
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