| Case Name | Year | Amendment(s) & Part |
| Abington Township v. Schempp | 1963 | 1; Establishment Clause |
| Argensinger v. Hamlin | 1972 | 6 & 14; Right to Counsel for Misdemeanors |
| Baker v. Carr | 1962 | 14; Equal Protection Clause |
| Betts v. Vrady | 1942 | 6 &14; Due Process |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas | 1954 | 14; Equal Protection Clause |
| California v. Greenwood | 1988 | 14; Illegal Evidence |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | 1857 | 14; Individual Rights |
| Engel v. Vitale | 1962 | 1; Establishment Clause |
| Furman v. Georgia | 1972 | 8; Capital Punishment |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | 1824 | Article 1, Section 8, Commerce Clause |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | 1963 | 6; Right to Counsel |
| Gitlow v. New York | 1925 | 1; Freedom of Speech |
| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeir | 1988 | 1; Student Right of Press |
| In Re Gault | 1966 | 14; Due Process Clause |
| Korematsu v. United States | 1944 | Article 2, Section 2, Presidential Powers and Duties & 15; Due Process Clause |
| Mapp v. Ohio | 1961 | 4 & 14; Illegal evidence and Due Process Clause |
| Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | Article 3, Judicial Powers |
| McCullouch v. Maryland | 1819 | Article 1, Section 8, Neccessary and Proper Clause |
| Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | 5, 6, & 14; Rights of the Accused |
| Near v. Minnesota | 1931 | 1; Freedom of Press |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | 1985 | 4 & 14; Unreasonable Searches and Seizures |
| Olmstead v. United States | 1928 | 4 & 5; Search and Seizure and Self Incrimination |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 | 14; Equal Protection Clause |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | 1978 | 14; Equal Protection Clause |
| Roe v. Wade | 1973 | 9; Right to Privacy |
| Schenck v. United States | 1919 | 1; Freedom of Speech |
| South Dakota v. Opperman | 1976 | 14; Search and Seizure |
| Texas v. Johnson | 1989 | 1; Freedom of Speech |
| Tinker v. Des Moines School District | 1969 | 1; Free/Symbolic Speech |
| United States v. Nixon | 1974 | Separation of Powers, Executive Privilege |
| United States v. Santana | 1976 | 4; Search and Seizure |
| Wallace v. Jaffree | 1985 | 1; Establishment Clause |
| Worcester v. Georgia | 1832 | 5; Right to Property |
