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1. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Katz v US 1967
Roe v Wade 1973
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
2. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Miller v California 1973
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
3. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Bush v Gore 2000
Gregg v Georgia 1976
4. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Katz v US 1967
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
5. Separate is not equal
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
6. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Weeks v US 1914
Powell v Alabama 1932
7. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Korematsu v US 1944
Olmstead v US 1928
Roe v Wade 1973
8. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
9. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
10. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
11. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Smith v Allwright 1944
12. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Dennis v US 1951
13. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
14. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Olmstead v US 1928
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
15. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Korematsu v US 1944
16. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Dennis v US 1951
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Lawrence v Texas 2003
17. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Korematsu v US 1944
Schenck v US 1919
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
18. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Roe v Wade 1973
19. 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
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Oregon v Elstad 1985
20. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
Barron v Baltimore 1819
US v Nixon 1974
21. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Powell v Alabama 1932
Barron v Baltimore 1819
22. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Engel v Vitale 1962
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
23. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Kelo v New London 2005
Roe v Wade 1973
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Clinton v New York 1998
24. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Baker v Carr 1962
US v Nixon 1974
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
25. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Marbury v Madison 1803
26. You can burn the flag
Kelo v New London 2005
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Texas v Johnson 1989
United States v Lopez 1995
27. Established judicial review
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Olmstead v US 1928
Marbury v Madison 1803
Miranda v Arizona 1966
28. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Smith v Allwright 1944
29. Right to privacy
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Betts v Brady 1942
30. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Weeks v US 1914
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Roe v Wade 1973
South Dakota v Dole 1987
31. Established exclusionary rule
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Weeks v US 1914
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Baker v Carr 1962
32. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Powell v Alabama 1932
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
33. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
34. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
United States v Lopez 1995
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Furman v Georgia 1972
New York Times v US 1971
35. Separate but equal for races
Schenck v US 1919
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
36. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Near v Minnesota 1931
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
37. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Fletcher v Peck 1810
38. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Betts v Brady 1942
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
39. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Schenck v US 1919
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
40. 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
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
41. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
United States v Lopez 1995
Smith v Allwright 1944
Weeks v US 1914
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
42. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
43. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
44. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
US v Nixon 1974
Furman v Georgia 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
45. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Miller v California 1973
Weeks v US 1914
46. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Schenck v US 1919
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
47. 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
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
48. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Virginia v Black 2002
Marbury v Madison 1803
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
49. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Katz v US 1967
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Clinton v New York 1998
50. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Schenck v US 1919
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Mapp v Ohio 1961
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