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Important Court Cases
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1. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
2. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Near v Minnesota 1931
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Betts v Brady 1942
3. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Dennis v US 1951
4. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
5. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
6. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Olmstead v US 1928
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
7. 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
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Fletcher v Peck 1810
8. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
9. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Schenck v US 1919
10. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Katz v US 1967
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
11. Separate but equal for races
Clinton v New York 1998
Gitlow v NY 1925
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Engel v Vitale 1962
12. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
13. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
US v Eichman 1990
Weeks v US 1914
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
14. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Kelo v New London 2005
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
15. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Powell v Alabama 1932
New York Times v US 1971
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Weeks v US 1914
16. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Baker v Carr 1962
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Fletcher v Peck 1810
17. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Miller v California 1973
Engel v Vitale 1962
18. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
US v Eichman 1990
19. 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
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Virginia v Black 2002
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
20. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Engel v Vitale 1962
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Roe v Wade 1973
21. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Buckley v Baleo 1976
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Roe v Wade 1973
22. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Olmstead v US 1928
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
23. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Marbury v Madison 1803
Katz v US 1967
24. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Virginia v Black 2002
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
25. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Korematsu v US 1944
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
26. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Betts v Brady 1942
27. 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
New York Times v US 1971
Virginia v Black 2002
US v Nixon 1974
Buckley v Baleo 1976
28. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
New York Times v US 1971
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
29. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Weeks v US 1914
Schenck v US 1919
30. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
US v Nixon 1974
United States v Lopez 1995
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Virginia v Black 2002
31. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Kelo v New London 2005
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Smith v Allwright 1944
32. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Clinton v New York 1998
Powell v Alabama 1932
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
33. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Bush v Gore 2000
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
34. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Baker v Carr 1962
Katz v US 1967
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
35. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Texas v Johnson 1989
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Virginia v Black 2002
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
36. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
US v Nixon 1974
37. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Miller v California 1973
Mapp v Ohio 1961
United States v Lopez 1995
Olmstead v US 1928
38. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Kelo v New London 2005
Gregg v Georgia 1976
39. Established judicial review
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
40. You can burn the flag
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Texas v Johnson 1989
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
41. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
US v Eichman 1990
42. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Katz v US 1967
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
43. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Smith v Allwright 1944
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Furman v Georgia 1972
Korematsu v US 1944
44. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Marbury v Madison 1803
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
45. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Clinton v New York 1998
South Dakota v Dole 1987
46. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Furman v Georgia 1972
Baker v Carr 1962
Schenck v US 1919
South Dakota v Dole 1987
47. Established exclusionary rule
New York Times v US 1971
Weeks v US 1914
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
48. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Powell v Alabama 1932
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Virginia v Black 2002
49. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
50. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Baker v Carr 1962
Epperson v Arkansas 1968