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pivotal SCOTUS cases

can you name these SCOTUS cases based on their holdings and year?
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Courts have the power to review the constitutionality of acts of Congress.
1803
Marbury v. Madison
States may not impose a tax on the Bank of the United States.
1819
McCulloch v. Maryland
To win a libel case, public figures must prove “actual malice” on the part of the writer.
1964
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Freedom of speech and of the press may be limited if the speech creates a clear and present danger.
1919
Schenck v. United States
The First Amendment free speech right applies to public schools.
1969
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
Public schools may not require prayer.
1962
Engel v. Vitale
Public schools cannot be segregated by race.
1954
Brown v. Board of Education
Most university race-based affirmative action plans violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
2023
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
Black people are not U.S. citizens.
1857
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Racial segregation laws do not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race are equal in quality.
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson
Japanese internment was constitutionally permissible.
1944
Korematsu v. United States
States may not ban interracial marriage.
1967
Loving v. Virginia
Married couples are constitutionally entitled to make their own decisions on contraception.
1965
Griswold v. Connecticut
There is a constitutional right to an abortion.
1973
Roe v. Wade
...actually, no there isn't.
2022
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
There is a constitutional right to gay marriage.
2015
Obergefell v. Hodges
States may not interfere with the right to contract.
1905
Lochner v. New York
...well, maybe they can; states are allowed to regulate commerce.
1937
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
States must provide indigent criminal defendants with counsel.
1963
Gideon v. Wainwright
Arrested individuals have the right to remain silent and are entitled to be warned of that right.
1966
Miranda v. Arizona
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