“The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has made available hundreds of historic volumes of U.S. Supreme Court cases dating from 1790–1991. These cases are published officially in the United States Reports and are now available on GPO’s GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government. United States Reports: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/usreports Major cases available through this new collection include: Some notable cases available in this release include:

• Marbury v. Madison (1803): Establishes judicial review, which gives the Supreme Court the authority to review the actions of other branches of Government to determine whether they are constitutional.
• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819): The Constitution gives the Federal government certain implied powers.
• United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898): The Court affirmed the principle of birthright citizenship in the United States, holding that anyone born within the country’s borders, with limited exceptions, is a U.S. citizen, regardless of their parents’ nationality or immigration status.
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954): The Court finds that segregated schools in the states are unconstitutional.
• Cooper v. Aaron (1958): The Court rules that States cannot nullify decisions of the Federal courts.
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961): The Court rules that illegally obtained material cannot be used in a criminal trial.
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963): The Court finds that indigent defendants must be provided representation without charge.
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966): The Court rules that police must advise criminal suspects of their rights under the Constitution to remain silent and consult with a lawyer.
• Loving v. Virginia (1967): Declared state laws prohibiting interracial marriage unconstitutional.
• United States v. Nixon (1974): The Court finds that the President is not above the law.

For this release, more than 28,430 individual Supreme Court cases have been published on GovInfo.