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Important Court Cases
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1. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
New York Times v US 1971
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Bush v Gore 2000
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gitlow v NY 1925
3. 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
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
US v Eichman 1990
Weeks v US 1914
4. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Near v Minnesota 1931
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Buckley v Baleo 1976
5. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Bush v Gore 2000
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Near v Minnesota 1931
Dennis v US 1951
6. 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
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
7. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
Engel v Vitale 1962
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
8. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
9. Separate is not equal
Katz v US 1967
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Korematsu v US 1944
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
10. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Miranda v Arizona 1966
South Dakota v Dole 1987
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Baker v Carr 1962
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
12. 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
Weeks v US 1914
Kelo v New London 2005
Oregon v Elstad 1985
13. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Olmstead v US 1928
Katz v US 1967
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
14. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Kelo v New London 2005
15. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Powell v Alabama 1932
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
16. Separate but equal for races
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
17. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Gitlow v NY 1925
Barron v Baltimore 1819
18. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
19. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Texas v Johnson 1989
20. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Baker v Carr 1962
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
21. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Olmstead v US 1928
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
22. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Miller v California 1973
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Roe v Wade 1973
23. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Roe v Wade 1973
Olmstead v US 1928
Schenck v US 1919
24. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Near v Minnesota 1931
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Miranda v Arizona 1966
25. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Schenck v US 1919
Korematsu v US 1944
Bush v Gore 2000
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
26. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Schenck v US 1919
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
27. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
New York Times v US 1971
Betts v Brady 1942
Engel v Vitale 1962
28. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
29. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Korematsu v US 1944
Engel v Vitale 1962
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
30. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Kelo v New London 2005
Near v Minnesota 1931
Texas v Johnson 1989
31. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
32. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Clinton v New York 1998
33. Right to privacy
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Oregon v Elstad 1985
34. Established exclusionary rule
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Weeks v US 1914
US v Nixon 1974
Oregon v Elstad 1985
35. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Smith v Allwright 1944
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
36. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Virginia v Black 2002
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
New York Times v US 1971
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
37. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Powell v Alabama 1932
Smith v Allwright 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Miller v California 1973
38. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
39. 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
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
40. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Marbury v Madison 1803
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Olmstead v US 1928
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
41. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
United States v Lopez 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
42. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Texas v Johnson 1989
43. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Furman v Georgia 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
44. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Virginia v Black 2002
Fletcher v Peck 1810
45. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Weeks v US 1914
New York Times v US 1971
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
46. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Betts v Brady 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
47. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Olmstead v US 1928
Near v Minnesota 1931
48. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Schenck v US 1919
Roe v Wade 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
49. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Virginia v Black 2002
Korematsu v US 1944
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Oregon v Elstad 1985
50. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Texas v Johnson 1989
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972