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Marbury v. Madison
Making of the Supreme Court. 50 - 50 opinion. Democratic. Controversial because people feared government control. Judicial review. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Segregation on trains -
Brown v. Board of Education
The brown vs board of education was about desegregation of schools, 40% were for it and that left 60% opposed. It was controversial because the north though the south should just have to deal with it. -
Roe vs wade
It was a case about Abortion if it should be legal or not -
Obergefell v Hodges
Same sex marriage. Opinions shifted drastically in the last ten years. Democratic. Controversial. Some saw it as unconstitutional. Judicial activism.