“If you don’t know much about the Supreme Court but would like to, this is where you should start. Matt takes the starch out of the legal process and delivers an approachable summary of an institution we should all be well-versed on.”
—Dave Farina, a.k.a. “Professor Dave,” author of Is This Wi-Fi Organic?

“In The Power of the Supreme Court, Matt Beat sounds an alarm that will surely awaken every American sleeping on the vital importance of the Supreme Court. As he traverses the history and function of the Court, Matt unravels complex topics in a way that anyone can understand, and does so with a healthy dose of his signature wit. If every American read Matt’s book and took to heart its lessons, we might find that our national wounds, long in festering, may begin to heal. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.”
—Steve Heimler, of Heimler’s History

“Matt is one of the most popular American history YouTubers for a reason: few can compete with his depth of knowledge and clear and engaging style of communication. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking an explanation for how and why so much of American politics has come to revolve around a small handful of decisions made by a small handful of judges.”
—J.J. McCullough  

Table of Contents

1. Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
2. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
3. Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
4. Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816)
5. Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
6. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
7. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
8. Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
9. Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
10. United States v. The Amistad (1841)
11. The Dred Scott Decision (1857)
12. Ex parte Milligan (1866)
13. Texas v. White (1869)
14. The Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
15. Munn v. Illinois (1876)
16. Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
17. The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
18. United States v. E.C. Knight Co. (1895)
19. Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. (1895)
20. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
21. Holden v. Hardy (1898)
22. United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
23. The Insular Cases (1901)
24. Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
25. Lochner v. New York (1905)
26. Bailey v. Alabama (1911)
27. Schenck v. United States (1919)
28. Gitlow v. New York (1925)
29. Buck v. Bell (1927)
30. Near v. Minnesota (1931)
31. Powell v. Alabama (1932)
32. A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)
33. United States v. Butler (1936)
34. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
35. United States v. Miller (1939)
36. United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)
37. Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
38. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
39. Smith v. Allwright (1944)
40. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
41. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948)
42. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
43. Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
44. Baker v. Carr (1962)
45. Engel v. Vitale (1962)
46. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
47. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
48. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
49. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
50. In re Gault (1967)
51. Loving v. Virginia (1967)
52. Katz v. United States (1967)
53. Terry v. Ohio (1968)
54. Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
55. Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
56. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
57. Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
58. The Pentagon Papers Case (1971)
59. Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
60. Roe v. Wade (1973)
61. Miller v. California (1973)
62. United States v. Nixon (1974)
63. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
64. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
65. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
66. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (1984)
67. New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
68. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
69. Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
70. Graham v. Connor (1989)
71. Texas v. Johnson (1989)
72. Shaw v. Reno (1993)
73. United States v. Lopez (1995)
74. US Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)
75. Bush v. Gore (2000)
76. Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
77. Crawford v. Washington (2004)
78. Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
79. Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
80. Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005)
81. Morse v. Frederick (2007)
82. DC v. Heller (2008)
83. Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
84. McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
85. Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
86. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011)
87. Maryland v. King (2013)
88. Salinas v. Texas (2013)
89. Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
90. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
91. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
92. Murphy v. NCAA (2018)
93. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
94. Carpenter v. United States (2018)
95. Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)
96. McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)
97. Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021)
98. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)
99. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)
100. West Virginia v. EPA (2022)