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1. 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
Powell v Alabama 1932
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Miller v California 1973
2. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Roe v Wade 1973
3. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
4. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
US v Nixon 1974
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
5. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
6. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Gregg v Georgia 1976
7. Right to privacy
Schenck v US 1919
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Miranda v Arizona 1966
8. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Bush v Gore 2000
US v Nixon 1974
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
9. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Korematsu v US 1944
Baker v Carr 1962
10. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Weeks v US 1914
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Korematsu v US 1944
11. 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
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
12. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
United States v Lopez 1995
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
13. Established judicial review
Marbury v Madison 1803
New York Times v US 1971
Dennis v US 1951
Schenck v US 1919
14. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Dennis v US 1951
Olmstead v US 1928
Kelo v New London 2005
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
15. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
16. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Smith v Allwright 1944
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Virginia v Black 2002
17. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Furman v Georgia 1972
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Korematsu v US 1944
Engel v Vitale 1962
18. 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
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
19. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Olmstead v US 1928
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
20. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
Miller v California 1973
21. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
22. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
23. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Gitlow v NY 1925
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Olmstead v US 1928
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
24. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Furman v Georgia 1972
Katz v US 1967
Weeks v US 1914
25. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Powell v Alabama 1932
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Near v Minnesota 1931
26. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gregg v Georgia 1976
27. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Barron v Baltimore 1819
28. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Bush v Gore 2000
US v Eichman 1990
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
29. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Gitlow v NY 1925
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
US v Nixon 1974
30. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Marbury v Madison 1803
Clinton v New York 1998
Schenck v US 1919
31. You can burn the flag
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Texas v Johnson 1989
32. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Dennis v US 1951
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
33. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
34. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
35. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Furman v Georgia 1972
36. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Kelo v New London 2005
Marbury v Madison 1803
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
37. Separate is not equal
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US v Nixon 1974
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
38. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
39. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Near v Minnesota 1931
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
40. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
United States v Lopez 1995
Clinton v New York 1998
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
41. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Miller v California 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
New York Times v US 1971
42. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
United States v Lopez 1995
Baker v Carr 1962
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
43. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
44. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
45. 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
US v Eichman 1990
Weeks v US 1914
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Buckley v Baleo 1976
46. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Engel v Vitale 1962
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Baker v Carr 1962
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
47. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
48. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Smith v Allwright 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
49. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Miller v California 1973
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
50. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Gitlow v NY 1925
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gregg v Georgia 1976
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