The us supreme court has made many sweeping landmark decisions heres a primer on 45 of the most important ones and how they changed american life. This is arguably the most essential case in the history of the united states because it establishes judicial review this gives the supreme court the power to determine if actions by the branches of government are constitutional 2. Providing concise summaries of more than 350 of the most important us supreme court cases this reference covers cases on such issues as freedom of speech freedom of the press civil rights labour unions abortion antitrust and competition due process search and seizure and more. New look same great content landmarkcasesorg got a makeover as part of this update you must now use a street law store account to access hundreds of resources and supreme court case summaries sign up for an account today its free and easy all accounts for the previous landmarkcasesorg site have been taken out of service