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Important Court Cases
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1. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Furman v Georgia 1972
Kelo v New London 2005
United States v Lopez 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
2. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Furman v Georgia 1972
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
3. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
4. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
US v Nixon 1974
Kelo v New London 2005
5. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Powell v Alabama 1932
Katz v US 1967
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
6. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Buckley v Baleo 1976
United States v Lopez 1995
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
7. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Buckley v Baleo 1976
8. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Katz v US 1967
9. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Baker v Carr 1962
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Fletcher v Peck 1810
10. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Kelo v New London 2005
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
11. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Near v Minnesota 1931
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
South Dakota v Dole 1987
12. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Virginia v Black 2002
Schenck v US 1919
Clinton v New York 1998
Buckley v Baleo 1976
13. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Gitlow v NY 1925
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Smith v Allwright 1944
14. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Katz v US 1967
15. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
16. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Powell v Alabama 1932
17. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Schenck v US 1919
New York Times v US 1971
Katz v US 1967
18. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Olmstead v US 1928
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
19. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Miranda v Arizona 1966
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
20. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Kelo v New London 2005
Furman v Georgia 1972
US v Eichman 1990
21. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Texas v Johnson 1989
Olmstead v US 1928
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
22. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
23. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
24. Established exclusionary rule
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Weeks v US 1914
25. 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
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
26. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Kelo v New London 2005
Schenck v US 1919
Engel v Vitale 1962
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
27. Established judicial review
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
28. 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
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Dennis v US 1951
29. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Smith v Allwright 1944
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
30. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Miller v California 1973
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
31. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Betts v Brady 1942
Powell v Alabama 1932
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
32. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Kelo v New London 2005
Roe v Wade 1973
South Dakota v Dole 1987
33. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
34. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Olmstead v US 1928
Smith v Allwright 1944
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
35. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Engel v Vitale 1962
36. 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
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Texas v Johnson 1989
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
37. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Betts v Brady 1942
Weeks v US 1914
38. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Schenck v US 1919
South Dakota v Dole 1987
39. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Baker v Carr 1962
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
40. Separate is not equal
Gitlow v NY 1925
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Powell v Alabama 1932
41. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Weeks v US 1914
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
US v Eichman 1990
42. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Near v Minnesota 1931
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Mapp v Ohio 1961
43. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
United States v Lopez 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Weeks v US 1914
Fletcher v Peck 1810
44. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Baker v Carr 1962
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Marbury v Madison 1803
45. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Virginia v Black 2002
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Betts v Brady 1942
46. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
New York Times v US 1971
Marbury v Madison 1803
47. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Bush v Gore 2000
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
48. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
49. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Smith v Allwright 1944
Mapp v Ohio 1961
50. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Lawrence v Texas 2003
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942