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Important Court Cases
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1. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Katz v US 1967
Gitlow v NY 1925
United States v Lopez 1995
Engel v Vitale 1962
2. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
3. You can burn the flag
Korematsu v US 1944
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Texas v Johnson 1989
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
4. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Korematsu v US 1944
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Near v Minnesota 1931
Lawrence v Texas 2003
5. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
6. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Marbury v Madison 1803
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Engel v Vitale 1962
7. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
United States v Lopez 1995
Texas v Johnson 1989
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
8. Established exclusionary rule
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Weeks v US 1914
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Gregg v Georgia 1976
9. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
New York Times v US 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
10. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Baker v Carr 1962
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Dennis v US 1951
11. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Gitlow v NY 1925
Miranda v Arizona 1966
New York Times v US 1971
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
12. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Baker v Carr 1962
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
13. 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
Dennis v US 1951
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
14. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Schenck v US 1919
15. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Powell v Alabama 1932
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Marbury v Madison 1803
16. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Smith v Allwright 1944
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Schenck v US 1919
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
17. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Olmstead v US 1928
Miranda v Arizona 1966
New York Times v US 1971
18. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Smith v Allwright 1944
United States v Lopez 1995
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
19. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Smith v Allwright 1944
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
20. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
New York Times v US 1971
21. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Miller v California 1973
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
US v Nixon 1974
22. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Clinton v New York 1998
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Engel v Vitale 1962
23. Court rebuffed an attempt by state of New Hampshire to take control of Dartmouth by holding that Dartmouth's corporate charter was qualified as a contract between private parties
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Miranda v Arizona 1966
24. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Smith v Allwright 1944
25. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
United States v Lopez 1995
Bush v Gore 2000
26. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
27. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
28. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Furman v Georgia 1972
29. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
US v Nixon 1974
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Miller v California 1973
Korematsu v US 1944
30. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Texas v Johnson 1989
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
US v Eichman 1990
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
31. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Roe v Wade 1973
Oregon v Elstad 1985
32. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Schenck v US 1919
Miller v California 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
33. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Clinton v New York 1998
34. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Dennis v US 1951
Kelo v New London 2005
United States v Lopez 1995
Marbury v Madison 1803
35. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
United States v Lopez 1995
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Furman v Georgia 1972
36. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Furman v Georgia 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Schenck v US 1919
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
37. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Betts v Brady 1942
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
38. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Betts v Brady 1942
Kelo v New London 2005
Katz v US 1967
39. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Kelo v New London 2005
Gitlow v NY 1925
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
40. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Miller v California 1973
Engel v Vitale 1962
Olmstead v US 1928
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
41. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Miranda v Arizona 1966
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Schenck v US 1919
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
42. Established judicial review
Virginia v Black 2002
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Marbury v Madison 1803
43. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
44. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Baker v Carr 1962
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
45. 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
Texas v Johnson 1989
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Oregon v Elstad 1985
46. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
New York Times v US 1971
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Kelo v New London 2005
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
47. Right to privacy
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
United States v Lopez 1995
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
48. Helped states to engage in eminent domain - said that fifth amendment right to take private property for public use is legal for states without eminent domain
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Roe v Wade 1973
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
49. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Virginia v Black 2002
50. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Texas v Johnson 1989
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972