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What are the most important US supreme court cases?
Marbury v. Madison, 1803 (4-0 decision) ...McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 (7-0 decision) ...Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857 (7-2 decision) ...Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 (7-1 decision) ...Korematsu v. United States,
What did Plessy v. Ferguson establish?
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for blacks.
What did the Marbury vs Madison case establish?
The U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the principle of judicial review—the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. The unanimous opinion was written by Chief Justice John Marshall.
Was the Marbury vs Madison case unanimous?
In a unanimous decision, written by Justice Marshall, the Court stated that Marbury, indeed, had a right to his commission.
What was the implication of Roe vs Wade?
Roe rendered these laws unconstitutional, making abortion services vastly safer and more accessible to women throughout the country. The decision also set a legal precedent that affected more than 30 subsequent Supreme Court cases involving restrictions on access to abortion.
What were the main arguments of the Roe vs. Wade?
The Court ruled, in a 7-2 decision, that a woman's right to choose an abortion was protected by the privacy rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What was the point of Brown v Board of Ed?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
What were the main arguments of Brown v Board of Ed?
Led by Thurgood Marshall, an NAACP litigator who would be appointed to the Court in 1967, Brown's attorneys argued that the operation of separate schools, based on race, was harmful to African-American children.

Question: Why is it important today?
Self-contained rewrite: Why is the Brown v Board of Ed important today?