What does it mean when a supreme court case is called a landmark case?

A landmark case is a court case that is studied because it has historical and legal significance.

A case that could have affected the Supreme Court in a positive or in a negative way, and landmark cases are the most in important cases in the U.S Supreme court. For Example the first landmark case was Marbury v. Madison, It was the first time the Supreme court had ever used Judicial Review. Also in a most landmark cases it involves U.S citizens rights.

Hope this helps

- "schenck v. united states, case in which the u.s. supreme court ruled on march 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the u.s. constitution's first amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” "

- speech aimed to potentially create danger could be banned.

< 3