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Important Court Cases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Schenck v US 1919
2. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
New York Times v US 1971
3. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Clinton v New York 1998
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
4. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Texas v Johnson 1989
US v Nixon 1974
Schenck v US 1919
5. 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
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Engel v Vitale 1962
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Barron v Baltimore 1819
6. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Near v Minnesota 1931
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Katz v US 1967
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
7. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Olmstead v US 1928
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Engel v Vitale 1962
8. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Katz v US 1967
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
9. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
10. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Bush v Gore 2000
Miranda v Arizona 1966
US v Eichman 1990
11. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Clinton v New York 1998
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
12. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
13. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Schenck v US 1919
Bush v Gore 2000
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Furman v Georgia 1972
14. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
15. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Betts v Brady 1942
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
United States v Lopez 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
16. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Near v Minnesota 1931
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Miller v California 1973
17. Separate is not equal
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Roe v Wade 1973
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Virginia v Black 2002
18. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Weeks v US 1914
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Katz v US 1967
19. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Betts v Brady 1942
Dennis v US 1951
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
20. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Near v Minnesota 1931
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Fletcher v Peck 1810
21. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Marbury v Madison 1803
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Betts v Brady 1942
22. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Near v Minnesota 1931
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
23. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Smith v Allwright 1944
24. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Roe v Wade 1973
Betts v Brady 1942
25. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
26. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Baker v Carr 1962
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
27. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
New York Times v US 1971
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Miller v California 1973
28. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Roe v Wade 1973
United States v Lopez 1995
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
29. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
United States v Lopez 1995
Kelo v New London 2005
US v Nixon 1974
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
30. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Virginia v Black 2002
Marbury v Madison 1803
Schenck v US 1919
Clinton v New York 1998
31. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Olmstead v US 1928
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Virginia v Black 2002
32. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Lawrence v Texas 2003
33. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Mapp v Ohio 1961
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Bush v Gore 2000
34. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
US v Nixon 1974
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
35. 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
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
36. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Dennis v US 1951
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
37. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
38. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Bush v Gore 2000
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Near v Minnesota 1931
Kelo v New London 2005
39. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Olmstead v US 1928
Near v Minnesota 1931
40. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
Kelo v New London 2005
US v Eichman 1990
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
41. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Baker v Carr 1962
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
42. 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
Bush v Gore 2000
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
43. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Smith v Allwright 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
44. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
45. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Weeks v US 1914
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Near v Minnesota 1931
46. Established exclusionary rule
Dennis v US 1951
Near v Minnesota 1931
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Weeks v US 1914
47. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
48. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
49. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
US v Eichman 1990
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
50. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
US v Eichman 1990
Kelo v New London 2005
Powell v Alabama 1932
DeJonge v Oregon 1937