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Important Court Cases
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1. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Roe v Wade 1973
2. Established exclusionary rule
Smith v Allwright 1944
Engel v Vitale 1962
Weeks v US 1914
Schenck v US 1919
3. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Weeks v US 1914
Kelo v New London 2005
New York Times v US 1971
Virginia v Black 2002
4. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
US v Eichman 1990
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Weeks v US 1914
Furman v Georgia 1972
5. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Texas v Johnson 1989
6. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Korematsu v US 1944
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Furman v Georgia 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
7. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Miranda v Arizona 1966
8. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
9. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Roe v Wade 1973
US v Nixon 1974
Kelo v New London 2005
Gitlow v NY 1925
10. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Bush v Gore 2000
United States v Lopez 1995
Baker v Carr 1962
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
11. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Schenck v US 1919
Near v Minnesota 1931
12. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
United States v Lopez 1995
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
13. 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
Near v Minnesota 1931
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Lawrence v Texas 2003
14. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Miranda v Arizona 1966
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
15. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Miller v California 1973
US v Eichman 1990
16. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Roe v Wade 1973
US v Eichman 1990
Miranda v Arizona 1966
17. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Marbury v Madison 1803
Virginia v Black 2002
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
18. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
United States v Lopez 1995
Kelo v New London 2005
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
19. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
20. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Betts v Brady 1942
21. 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
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Marbury v Madison 1803
Betts v Brady 1942
22. 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
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
23. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Smith v Allwright 1944
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
24. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Bush v Gore 2000
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Furman v Georgia 1972
25. '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
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
26. Right to privacy
Schenck v US 1919
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Powell v Alabama 1932
27. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Engel v Vitale 1962
Olmstead v US 1928
28. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Marbury v Madison 1803
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Katz v US 1967
29. Established judicial review
Bush v Gore 2000
Miller v California 1973
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
30. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
US v Nixon 1974
Engel v Vitale 1962
Katz v US 1967
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
31. Separate but equal for races
Texas v Johnson 1989
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Weeks v US 1914
32. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Texas v Johnson 1989
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
33. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Mapp v Ohio 1961
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
34. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Baker v Carr 1962
Weeks v US 1914
35. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Miller v California 1973
36. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
37. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Weeks v US 1914
38. You can burn the flag
Kelo v New London 2005
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Texas v Johnson 1989
Miller v California 1973
39. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Buckley v Baleo 1976
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
40. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Dennis v US 1951
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Fletcher v Peck 1810
41. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
42. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Virginia v Black 2002
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gitlow v NY 1925
43. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Weeks v US 1914
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Gitlow v NY 1925
Smith v Allwright 1944
44. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Korematsu v US 1944
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Baker v Carr 1962
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Kelo v New London 2005
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Betts v Brady 1942
46. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Fletcher v Peck 1810
New York Times v US 1971
Clinton v New York 1998
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
47. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Near v Minnesota 1931
48. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
49. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Gregg v Georgia 1976
United States v Lopez 1995
Bush v Gore 2000
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
50. 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
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988