<Li> Brown v. Board of Education--1954 Supreme Court ruling ordering the desegregation of public schools . </Li> <Li> Roe v. Wade--1973 Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing abortion . </Li> <Li> Bush v. Gore--The United States Supreme Court case between the major - party candidates in the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush and Al Gore . The judges voted 5--4 to halt the recount of ballots in Florida and, as a result, George Bush was elected president . </Li> <Li> Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission--2010 Supreme Court decision declaring Congressionally enacted limitations on corporate political spending and transparency as unconstitutional restrictions on free speech . </Li>

When was judicial activism applied to individual rights