Legal Concept

Relevant Landmark Cases

Federalism

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Marbury v. Madison
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• U.S. v. Nixon

Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances 

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Marbury v. Madison
• U.S. v. Nixon

National Supremacy

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• U.S. v. Nixon

Necessary and Proper Clause

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Judicial Review 

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Marbury v. Madison

Commerce Clause 

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Gibbons v. Ogden

Due Process 

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Equal Protection 

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Korematsu v. U.S.
• Brown v. BOE
• Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke

Freedom of Speech

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Texas v. Johnson

Freedom of the Press

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

Self-Incrimination

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Miranda v. Arizona

Search & Seizure

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Mapp v. Ohio
• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

Right to Privacy

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Roe v. Wade

Right to Counsel

• entry from Wex, the Legal Information Institute’s Encyclopedia (Cornell University Law School)
• summary from Linda Monk, The Words We Live By, at the Constitution Center

• Gideon v. Wainwright