Supreme Court Cases Library
The National Constitution Center’s Supreme Court Cases Library includes materials on the most influential Supreme Court cases in American history. To ensure nonpartisan rigor and ideological diversity, we enlisted a pair of leading scholars from diverse constitutional perspectives—Caroline Fredrickson and Ilan Wurman—to help choose the landmark cases included in the Supreme Court Cases Library. The Supreme Court Cases Library also includes landmark cases curated by the National Constitution Center team.
Constitutional Topics
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
597 U.S. __ (2022)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
592 U. S. __ (2020)
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
591 U.S. __ (2020)
Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue
591 U.S. __ (2020)
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
584 U.S.__ (2018)
Town of Greece v. Galloway
572 U.S. 565 (2014)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
558 U.S. 310 (2010)
Employment Division v. Smith
494 U.S. 872 (1990)
Texas v. Johnson
491 U.S. 397 (1989)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
484 U.S. 260 (1988)
Lynch v. Donnelly
465 U.S. 668 (1984)
Frontiero v. Richardson
411 U.S. 677 (1973)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
406 U.S. 205 (1972)
New York Times Co. v. United States (The Pentagon Papers Case)
403 U.S. 713 (1971)
Brandenburg v. Ohio
395 U.S. 444 (1969)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
393 U.S. 503 (1969)
United States v. Seeger
380 U.S. 163 (1965)
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Sherbert v. Verner
374 U.S. 398 (1963)
Engel v. Vitale
370 U.S. 421 (1962)
Sweezy v. New Hampshire
354 U.S. 234 (1957)
Terminiello v. Chicago
337 U.S. 1 (1949)
Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township
330 U.S. 1 (1947)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
319 U.S. 624 (1943)
Thornhill v. Alabama
310 U.S. 88 (1940)
Stromberg v. California
283 U.S. 359 (1931)
Whitney v. California
274 U.S. 357 (1927)
Gitlow v. New York
268 U.S. 652 (1925)
Abrams v. United States
250 U.S. 616 (1919)
Schenck v. United States
249 U.S. 47 (1919)
Reynolds v. United States
98 U.S. 145 (1879)
