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Important Court Cases
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Schenck v US 1919
Engel v Vitale 1962
2. 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
Korematsu v US 1944
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Barron v Baltimore 1819
3. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Near v Minnesota 1931
Olmstead v US 1928
Kelo v New London 2005
4. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
South Dakota v Dole 1987
5. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
6. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Katz v US 1967
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
7. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gitlow v NY 1925
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
8. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lawrence v Texas 2003
9. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Schenck v US 1919
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
10. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
11. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
Olmstead v US 1928
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
United States v Lopez 1995
12. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
US v Nixon 1974
Bush v Gore 2000
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Engel v Vitale 1962
13. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
14. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gitlow v NY 1925
15. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Kelo v New London 2005
Bush v Gore 2000
16. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Engel v Vitale 1962
Virginia v Black 2002
17. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Korematsu v US 1944
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
18. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Schenck v US 1919
Smith v Allwright 1944
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
19. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Korematsu v US 1944
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
20. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
21. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Baker v Carr 1962
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
22. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
US v Nixon 1974
Barron v Baltimore 1819
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Buckley v Baleo 1976
23. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Katz v US 1967
24. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Clinton v New York 1998
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
South Dakota v Dole 1987
25. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
New York Times v US 1971
Miller v California 1973
Furman v Georgia 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
26. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Clinton v New York 1998
Engel v Vitale 1962
27. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Miller v California 1973
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Lawrence v Texas 2003
28. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
29. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
30. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Miller v California 1973
31. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
32. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Smith v Allwright 1944
Oregon v Elstad 1985
33. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Texas v Johnson 1989
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Buckley v Baleo 1976
US v Eichman 1990
34. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Miranda v Arizona 1966
US v Nixon 1974
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
35. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
36. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Near v Minnesota 1931
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
37. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Gitlow v NY 1925
Dennis v US 1951
Smith v Allwright 1944
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
38. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Bush v Gore 2000
Kelo v New London 2005
39. Established judicial review
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Near v Minnesota 1931
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
40. Established exclusionary rule
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Weeks v US 1914
Marbury v Madison 1803
41. 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 of Education of Topeka 1954
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
42. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Bush v Gore 2000
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Virginia v Black 2002
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
43. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Baker v Carr 1962
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Nixon 1974
Powell v Alabama 1932
44. 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
New York Times v US 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Fletcher v Peck 1810
45. Separate but equal for races
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
46. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Marbury v Madison 1803
Baker v Carr 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
47. 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
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katz v US 1967
48. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Texas v Johnson 1989
Smith v Allwright 1944
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Engel v Vitale 1962
49. 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
South Dakota v Dole 1987
New York Times v US 1971
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
50. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
United States v Lopez 1995