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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. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Schenck v US 1919
Virginia v Black 2002
Miller v California 1973
2. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
3. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
US v Eichman 1990
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
4. You can burn the flag
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Texas v Johnson 1989
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
5. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Miller v California 1973
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Bush v Gore 2000
6. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Baker v Carr 1962
7. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Virginia v Black 2002
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
8. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Buckley v Baleo 1976
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
9. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
10. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
11. 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
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Schenck v US 1919
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
12. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Kelo v New London 2005
Virginia v Black 2002
Near v Minnesota 1931
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
13. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Katz v US 1967
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Marbury v Madison 1803
14. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Korematsu v US 1944
15. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Gitlow v NY 1925
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Schenck v US 1919
16. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
Smith v Allwright 1944
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
17. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Betts v Brady 1942
US v Nixon 1974
18. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Korematsu v US 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
19. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
South Dakota v Dole 1987
New York Times v US 1971
Betts v Brady 1942
20. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
United States v Lopez 1995
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Katz v US 1967
21. Right to privacy
US v Eichman 1990
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
22. Established judicial review
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Marbury v Madison 1803
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
23. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
United States v Lopez 1995
Dennis v US 1951
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Kelo v New London 2005
24. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Miller v California 1973
Schenck v US 1919
Miranda v Arizona 1966
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
25. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
26. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Clinton v New York 1998
United States v Lopez 1995
Roe v Wade 1973
27. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Betts v Brady 1942
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
28. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Texas v Johnson 1989
Olmstead v US 1928
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
29. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Gitlow v NY 1925
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
New York Times v US 1971
Buckley v Baleo 1976
30. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Korematsu v US 1944
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gitlow v NY 1925
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
31. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Texas v Johnson 1989
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Fletcher v Peck 1810
32. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Miller v California 1973
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Dennis v US 1951
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
33. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Bush v Gore 2000
34. 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
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Virginia v Black 2002
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
35. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Olmstead v US 1928
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
36. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
Near v Minnesota 1931
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
37. Separate is not equal
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
38. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
US v Eichman 1990
39. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Katz v US 1967
Clinton v New York 1998
Gitlow v NY 1925
40. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
41. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Miranda v Arizona 1966
South Dakota v Dole 1987
42. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
43. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
US v Nixon 1974
44. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Virginia v Black 2002
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Dennis v US 1951
45. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
United States v Lopez 1995
46. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
47. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Marbury v Madison 1803
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
48. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Korematsu v US 1944
United States v Lopez 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
49. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Virginia v Black 2002
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
50. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Weeks v US 1914
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Mapp v Ohio 1961