1 . Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 This school desegregation decision was so important that Chief Justice Earl Warren made sure the judges were unanimous. And even with that, 20 or so years passed before it was actually enforced. A first edition of The Case of Dred Scott A disgraceful ruling to all but undo campaign finance rules. Its impact on U.S. elections has been corrupting beyond our ability to count— quite literally , since one result of this decision is that we have no way of