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Important Court Cases
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1. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
2. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Barron v Baltimore 1819
3. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Betts v Brady 1942
4. Separate but equal for races
Katz v US 1967
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Miranda v Arizona 1966
5. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Marbury v Madison 1803
New York Times v US 1971
Gitlow v NY 1925
6. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Olmstead v US 1928
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
7. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Korematsu v US 1944
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
8. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Bush v Gore 2000
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US v Nixon 1974
9. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Gitlow v NY 1925
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
10. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Clinton v New York 1998
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
11. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
12. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Gitlow v NY 1925
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Clinton v New York 1998
13. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Dennis v US 1951
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Bush v Gore 2000
14. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Virginia v Black 2002
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
15. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dennis v US 1951
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
16. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Schenck v US 1919
Texas v Johnson 1989
17. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Marbury v Madison 1803
18. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Baker v Carr 1962
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
19. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Bush v Gore 2000
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Olmstead v US 1928
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
20. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Olmstead v US 1928
Dennis v US 1951
Schenck v US 1919
21. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
22. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Baker v Carr 1962
New York Times v US 1971
United States v Lopez 1995
23. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Miller v California 1973
Powell v Alabama 1932
US v Eichman 1990
24. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Miller v California 1973
Powell v Alabama 1932
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Oregon v Elstad 1985
25. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
26. Giving money to political campaign = free speech - so wealthy people can now spend as much of their own money as they want if they choose to run for federal office
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
US v Eichman 1990
Powell v Alabama 1932
27. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Powell v Alabama 1932
28. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Smith v Allwright 1944
Gitlow v NY 1925
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
29. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Smith v Allwright 1944
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
30. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
31. Intentional infliction of emotional distress was permissible First Amendment speech as long as it was about a public official - and no one would actually think it was fact
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
32. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Katz v US 1967
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Buckley v Baleo 1976
33. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Katz v US 1967
34. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Roe v Wade 1973
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Mapp v Ohio 1961
35. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Virginia v Black 2002
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Katz v US 1967
36. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
37. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Marbury v Madison 1803
Near v Minnesota 1931
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
38. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Furman v Georgia 1972
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
39. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
Olmstead v US 1928
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
40. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Buckley v Baleo 1976
41. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Kelo v New London 2005
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
42. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Betts v Brady 1942
Clinton v New York 1998
Baker v Carr 1962
43. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
United States v Lopez 1995
Korematsu v US 1944
Betts v Brady 1942
44. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Olmstead v US 1928
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Baker v Carr 1962
45. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Clinton v New York 1998
Roe v Wade 1973
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
46. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Texas v Johnson 1989
Virginia v Black 2002
47. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
New York Times v US 1971
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Betts v Brady 1942
48. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Engel v Vitale 1962
49. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Katz v US 1967
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
50. Right to privacy
Kelo v New London 2005
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Abington School District v Schempp 1963