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Important Court Cases
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1. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Olmstead v US 1928
Virginia v Black 2002
Miranda v Arizona 1966
2. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Baker v Carr 1962
3. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
New York Times v US 1971
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
4. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Bush v Gore 2000
South Dakota v Dole 1987
5. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
6. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Korematsu v US 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
7. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
US v Eichman 1990
Korematsu v US 1944
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
South Dakota v Dole 1987
8. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Furman v Georgia 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
9. Established judicial review
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Marbury v Madison 1803
10. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Korematsu v US 1944
Bush v Gore 2000
11. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Korematsu v US 1944
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
12. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
Schenck v US 1919
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
13. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Furman v Georgia 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
14. Separate is not equal
Buckley v Baleo 1976
New York Times v US 1971
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
15. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Marbury v Madison 1803
US v Eichman 1990
New York Times v US 1971
16. You can burn the flag
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Texas v Johnson 1989
17. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Baker v Carr 1962
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Roe v Wade 1973
Olmstead v US 1928
18. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Texas v Johnson 1989
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Bush v Gore 2000
19. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Nixon 1974
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
20. 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
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Katz v US 1967
21. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Betts v Brady 1942
22. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Near v Minnesota 1931
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
United States v Lopez 1995
Powell v Alabama 1932
23. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
United States v Lopez 1995
Clinton v New York 1998
24. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Furman v Georgia 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
25. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Dennis v US 1951
Weeks v US 1914
Roe v Wade 1973
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
26. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Furman v Georgia 1972
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Baker v Carr 1962
27. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Powell v Alabama 1932
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Clinton v New York 1998
28. 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
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
29. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
30. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Marbury v Madison 1803
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Korematsu v US 1944
31. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Schenck v US 1919
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Gitlow v NY 1925
32. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Weeks v US 1914
United States v Lopez 1995
Katz v US 1967
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
33. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
New York Times v US 1971
Clinton v New York 1998
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
34. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Roe v Wade 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Kelo v New London 2005
35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Korematsu v US 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Mapp v Ohio 1961
36. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Kelo v New London 2005
Gitlow v NY 1925
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
37. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
38. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Marbury v Madison 1803
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
US v Eichman 1990
39. 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
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
United States v Lopez 1995
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
40. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Betts v Brady 1942
41. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Olmstead v US 1928
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Miller v California 1973
42. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
US v Nixon 1974
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
43. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Korematsu v US 1944
44. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Marbury v Madison 1803
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
45. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Virginia v Black 2002
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
46. Established exclusionary rule
New York Times v US 1971
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Weeks v US 1914
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
47. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Betts v Brady 1942
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
48. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
49. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Schenck v US 1919
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Korematsu v US 1944
50. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Engel v Vitale 1962
US v Nixon 1974