Court Cases

Trump v. United States - 2024

Essential Supreme Court Cases for AP Government and Politics - Excellent list and annotations

A Short List of Supreme Court Cases that have appeared on the AP Government and Politics Exam

Updated Links to the Key 15 Cases for the AP Exam

Citizens United v. FEC - 2010 - Citizens United v. FEC - Oyez

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas - 1954   -  Brown v. Board of Education - Oyez

Shaw v. Reno - 1993  - Shaw v. Reno - Oyez

Baker v. Carr -1962  - Baker v. Carr - 1962 - Oyez

Supreme Court Cases to Know

1. Marbury v. Madison 1803

2. Fletcher v. Peck 1810

3. Dartmouth College v. Woodward 1819

4. McCulloch v. Maryland 1819

5. Gibbons v. Ogden 1824

6. Barron v. Baltimore 1833

7. Commonwealth v. Hunt 1842

8. Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857

9. Ex Parte Milligan 1866

10. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

11. Schenk v. U.S. 1919

12. Gitlow v. New York 1925

13. Korematsu v. U.S. 1944

14. Dennis v. U.S. 1951

15. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954

16. Mapp v. Ohio 1961

17. Baker v. Carr 1962

18. Engel v. Vitale 1962

19. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963

20. Miranda v. Arizona 1966

21. Roe v. Wade 1973

22. Bakke v. Board of Regents 1978

23. Planned Parenthood v. Casey 1992

24. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 2008

25. Obergefell v. Hodges 2015