Slavery: Dred Scott v. Sandford(1857)
- Women's Suffrage: Minor v. Happersett(1875); United States v. Anthony(1873)
- Japanese American concentration camps: Korematsu v. United States(1944)
- Bible reading in the public schools: Abington school district v. Shempp(1963)
- The book banned in Boston: "Fanny Hill" v. Massachusetts(1966)
Rights of the accused: Miranda v. Arizona(1966)
The death penalty: Furman v. Georgia(1972)
- Homosexuality: Bowers v. Hardwick(1986)
- Offensive speech: Hustler v. Falwell(1988)
- The right to die: Cruzan v. Missouri(1990); In the matter of Karen Ann Quinlan(1976)
- The U.S. Constitution: The Preamble(1789).
