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