Unit I Case Briefs

Marbury v. Madison (1803):

Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819):
Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824):
Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.
Dred Scott v. Stanford (1857)
Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964):
Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.
United States v. Lopez (1995):
Significant Question: Explain the effect of the majority decision on the
power of the federal government AND on its relationship to the states.

Unit II Case Briefs

Baker v. Carr (1962)
Significant Question: Explain the significance of the majority decision on
the role of the U.S. Supreme Court on congressional appropriation.
Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)
Significant Question: Explain the significance of the majority decision on
the relationship between the states and federal government as well as its
impact on civil rights.
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
Significant Question: Explain the significance of the majority decision on
the relationship between the states and federal government as well as its
impact on civil rights.
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Significant Question: Explain the impact of the majority decision on state
powers over elections.
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
Significant Question: Explain the impact of the majority decision on the
development of campaign finance.
Citizen United v. FEC (2010)
Significant Question: Explain the impact of the majority decision on the
development of campaign finance in relation to interest groups.

Unit III Case Briefs

Media
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
Significant Question:
New York Times v. United States (1971)
Significant Question:
Reno v. ACLU (1997)
Significant Question:
Miami Herald v. Tornillo (1974)
Significant Question:

Unit IV Case Briefs

Congress
U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (1975):
Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision could influence the
incumbency effect.
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) v. Chadha (1983):
Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision may not have an
influence on the relationship between congressional committees and
bureaucratic agencies.

Presidency
Ex parte Merryman (1861):
Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935):
Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision led to Franklin
Roosevelt's court-packing scheme.
United States v. Nixon (1974):
Significant Question: Explain the majority decision's effect on the power of
the presidency/president.
Clinton v. Jones (1997):
Significant Question: Explain the majority decision's effect on the power of
the presidency/president.
Clinton v. City of New York (1998):
Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision

Unit V Case Briefs

Civil Liberties
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Significant Question:
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Significant Question:

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Significant Question:
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Significant Question:
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Significant Question:
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Significant Question:
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Significant Question:
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Significant Question:
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Significant Question:
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Significant Question:
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Significant Question:

Civil Rights
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Significant Question:
Brown v. Board of Education I (1954)
Significant Question:
Brown v. Board of Education II (1955)
Significant Question: