The Supreme Court: Justices, Landmark Decisions, Timelines

All about the Supreme Court, Chief Justices, landmark decisions, and timelines

 

The United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC Notable Justices The Marshall Court The Warren Court The Burger Court Joseph Story (1811-1845) Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932) Louis Brandeis (1916-1939) Benjamin Cardozo (1932-1938) Hugo Black (1937-1971)

The U.S. Supreme Court

• Overview: Encyclopedia
• The Supreme Court Building

Supreme Court Justices

Members of the Supreme Court of the United States
List of Supreme Court Justices, dates of service, birthdates, and biographies.

Supreme Court Facts
The youngest justice, the oldest justices, and other facts about the supreme court.

Biographies of Supreme Court Justices
From Samuel Alito to Levi Woodbury

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

• Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History
• Summaries of Selected Supreme Court Cases
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2006–2007 Term
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2005–2006 Term
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2004–2005 Term
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2003–2004 Term
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2002–2003 Term
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2001–2002 Term
• Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2000–2001 Term
• Ten Important Supreme Court Decisions in Black History
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases in Women's Rights

Voting Rights, Elections, and the Court

• U.S. Voting Rights: A Timeline
• Constitutional Amendments Related to Voting
  15th Amendment | 17th Amendment | 19th Amendment | 24th Amendment | 26th Amendment
• Poll Tax
• Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)
• The Supreme Court: Election Machinery That Works: Bush v. Gore (2000)
• Election Ballots: Types and History
• The Supreme Court: Remapping Voting Districts
• Gerrymander
• The Supreme Court: Campaign Financing Laws
• The Supreme Court: Advertising Rights of Candidates
• Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo (1974)
• The Supreme Court: Switching Parties
• Residency Requirements for Voting

Civil Rights and Affirmative Action

• The Supreme Court and Equal Rights: A Timeline
• Civil Rights Timeline
• Ten Important Supreme Court Decisions in Black History
• Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• The Supreme Court: Desegregating Schools
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. (1954)
• Timeline of Affirmative Action Milestones
• A History of Affirmative Action
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
• The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: Grutter v. Bollinger
• Gratz v. Bollinger

Womens Rights

• Timeline of Key Events in the American Women's Rights Movement
• The Declaration of Sentiments
• Women's Suffrage in the U.S.
• 19th Amendment to the Constitution
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases in Women's Rights
• Pay Inequity and the Equal Pay Act
• Griswold v. Connecticut
• The Supreme Court: Starting the Abortion Debate
• Roe v. Wade (1973)
• The Supreme Court: Limiting Abortion Rights

Separation of Powers

• The Supreme Court and Federalism
• Congressional Power
• Articles of the Constitution of the United States
• The Marshall Court: Establishing the Power of the Supreme Court
• Marbury v. Madison (1803)
• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
• Printz v. United States (1997)
• Reno v. Condon (2000)
• The Supreme Court: Separating Government Powers
• United States v. Nixon (1974)
• Hamdan v.Rumsfeld (2006)

Freedom of Speech

• Changing Views of Free Speech in the U.S.
• The Bill of Rights
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Press
• The Supreme Court: Fighting for Freedoms
• Schenck v. United States (1919)
• Roth v. United States
• Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
• New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
• The Supreme Court: Campaigns and Free Press
• Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo (1974)
• The Supreme Court: Campaign Financing
• United States v. Eichman (1990)

Crime, Evidence, Death Penalty and the Courts

• Capital Punishment in the United States
• 8th Amendment to the Constitution
• The Supreme Court: Collecting Evidence
• The Supreme Court: Arresting Rules
• The Supreme Court: Punishing the Criminals
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
• Incarceration and Capital Punishment
• Number of Persons Executed by Jurisdiction, 1930–2005
• Women on Death Row
• Methods of Execution Used in Capital Punishment
• Death Row Exonerations, 1973–2006

Additional Supreme Courts Issues

• The Supreme Court: Tax Decisions
• The Supreme Court: Deciding Property Rights
• The Supreme Court: Protecting Privacy and the Fourth Amendment
• The Supreme Court: Testing for Drugs
• The Supreme Court: School Vouchers