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Important Court Cases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Olmstead v US 1928
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
2. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Gregg v Georgia 1976
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Baker v Carr 1962
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
3. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Texas v Johnson 1989
Engel v Vitale 1962
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Barron v Baltimore 1819
4. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
5. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Miller v California 1973
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
6. 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
Weeks v US 1914
Korematsu v US 1944
Roe v Wade 1973
Barron v Baltimore 1819
7. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Engel v Vitale 1962
US v Eichman 1990
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
8. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Smith v Allwright 1944
Clinton v New York 1998
9. 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
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Smith v Allwright 1944
10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
11. Separate but equal for races
Gitlow v NY 1925
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
12. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Virginia v Black 2002
Olmstead v US 1928
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
13. 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
United States v Lopez 1995
Dennis v US 1951
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
14. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Miranda v Arizona 1966
15. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
New York Times v US 1971
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
16. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Smith v Allwright 1944
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
17. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Korematsu v US 1944
18. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Clinton v New York 1998
Dennis v US 1951
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
19. Established judicial review
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Marbury v Madison 1803
20. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Miller v California 1973
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Barron v Baltimore 1819
21. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
22. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
23. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Engel v Vitale 1962
US v Eichman 1990
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
24. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
New York Times v US 1971
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Marbury v Madison 1803
Betts v Brady 1942
25. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Smith v Allwright 1944
Texas v Johnson 1989
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
26. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
27. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Virginia v Black 2002
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Bush v Gore 2000
28. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
29. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Near v Minnesota 1931
Buckley v Baleo 1976
United States v Lopez 1995
30. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Virginia v Black 2002
Olmstead v US 1928
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
31. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
32. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Furman v Georgia 1972
Baker v Carr 1962
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
33. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
34. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
35. You can burn the flag
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Katz v US 1967
Texas v Johnson 1989
36. 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
Baker v Carr 1962
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
37. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Virginia v Black 2002
38. Established exclusionary rule
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Weeks v US 1914
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Mapp v Ohio 1961
39. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Schenck v US 1919
40. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Furman v Georgia 1972
41. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Olmstead v US 1928
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
US v Nixon 1974
42. Right to privacy
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Powell v Alabama 1932
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
43. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Katz v US 1967
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Bush v Gore 2000
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
44. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
45. 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
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Gregg v Georgia 1976
US v Nixon 1974
46. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gitlow v NY 1925
47. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
48. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Schenck v US 1919
Katz v US 1967
US v Eichman 1990
49. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Miranda v Arizona 1966
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
50. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Texas v Johnson 1989
Fletcher v Peck 1810