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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. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Eichman 1990
US v Nixon 1974
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
2. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Barron v Baltimore 1819
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
3. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Smith v Allwright 1944
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
4. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Engel v Vitale 1962
US v Nixon 1974
Gitlow v NY 1925
5. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Marbury v Madison 1803
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
6. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
7. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Dennis v US 1951
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
8. Separate but equal for races
Virginia v Black 2002
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Clinton v New York 1998
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
9. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Oregon v Elstad 1985
10. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Korematsu v US 1944
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
11. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
12. 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
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
13. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Furman v Georgia 1972
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
New York Times v US 1971
14. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Texas v Johnson 1989
15. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
United States v Lopez 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
16. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
Korematsu v US 1944
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Miranda v Arizona 1966
17. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Schenck v US 1919
Near v Minnesota 1931
Engel v Vitale 1962
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
18. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
19. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
20. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Olmstead v US 1928
Gitlow v NY 1925
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Lawrence v Texas 2003
21. 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
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gitlow v NY 1925
22. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Near v Minnesota 1931
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Kelo v New London 2005
23. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Mapp v Ohio 1961
24. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Bush v Gore 2000
Furman v Georgia 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
25. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Virginia v Black 2002
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
26. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Weeks v US 1914
Gitlow v NY 1925
Roe v Wade 1973
27. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Weeks v US 1914
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Dennis v US 1951
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
28. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
US v Eichman 1990
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
29. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
30. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Powell v Alabama 1932
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
31. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
New York Times v US 1971
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
32. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
33. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Smith v Allwright 1944
Marbury v Madison 1803
34. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lawrence v Texas 2003
35. 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
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
36. 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
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Furman v Georgia 1972
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
37. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
US v Nixon 1974
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
38. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
US v Eichman 1990
39. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Clinton v New York 1998
United States v Lopez 1995
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
40. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katz v US 1967
41. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Clinton v New York 1998
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Miller v California 1973
42. Established judicial review
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Roe v Wade 1973
Marbury v Madison 1803
43. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Dennis v US 1951
Schenck v US 1919
Miranda v Arizona 1966
44. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Olmstead v US 1928
Near v Minnesota 1931
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Clinton v New York 1998
45. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Katz v US 1967
Kelo v New London 2005
Betts v Brady 1942
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
46. 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
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
47. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
48. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
US v Eichman 1990
Roe v Wade 1973
Kelo v New London 2005
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
49. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Powell v Alabama 1932
Weeks v US 1914
Furman v Georgia 1972
50. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925