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Important Court Cases
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1. 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
Oregon v Elstad 1985
New York Times v US 1971
Bush v Gore 2000
2. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Korematsu v US 1944
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
3. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Baker v Carr 1962
Furman v Georgia 1972
4. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
US v Nixon 1974
5. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gitlow v NY 1925
6. Established judicial review
Marbury v Madison 1803
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
7. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Miller v California 1973
8. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Roe v Wade 1973
Betts v Brady 1942
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
9. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Miller v California 1973
10. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Olmstead v US 1928
Gitlow v NY 1925
11. 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
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Miller v California 1973
Betts v Brady 1942
12. Right to privacy
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Texas v Johnson 1989
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
13. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
United States v Lopez 1995
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Buckley v Baleo 1976
14. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Bush v Gore 2000
Katz v US 1967
Virginia v Black 2002
Baker v Carr 1962
15. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Dennis v US 1951
Texas v Johnson 1989
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
16. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Dennis v US 1951
Betts v Brady 1942
South Dakota v Dole 1987
17. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Furman v Georgia 1972
18. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Betts v Brady 1942
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
19. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Virginia v Black 2002
20. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Baker v Carr 1962
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
21. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Furman v Georgia 1972
22. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Olmstead v US 1928
23. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Powell v Alabama 1932
Smith v Allwright 1944
Bush v Gore 2000
Korematsu v US 1944
24. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
US v Nixon 1974
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
25. 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
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
26. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Korematsu v US 1944
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
27. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
US v Eichman 1990
Korematsu v US 1944
Miller v California 1973
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
28. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bush v Gore 2000
Katz v US 1967
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
29. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
US v Nixon 1974
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Schenck v US 1919
Virginia v Black 2002
30. You can burn the flag
Mapp v Ohio 1961
United States v Lopez 1995
Texas v Johnson 1989
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
31. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
32. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Clinton v New York 1998
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
33. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Baker v Carr 1962
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
34. 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
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gitlow v NY 1925
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
35. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Roe v Wade 1973
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
36. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Smith v Allwright 1944
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Kelo v New London 2005
Furman v Georgia 1972
37. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Olmstead v US 1928
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
38. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
New York Times v US 1971
Barron v Baltimore 1819
39. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
40. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Miller v California 1973
Engel v Vitale 1962
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gregg v Georgia 1976
41. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Fletcher v Peck 1810
42. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Dennis v US 1951
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
43. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Mapp v Ohio 1961
United States v Lopez 1995
South Dakota v Dole 1987
44. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Gregg v Georgia 1976
45. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Kelo v New London 2005
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Furman v Georgia 1972
46. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Oregon v Elstad 1985
47. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Schenck v US 1919
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Texas v Johnson 1989
48. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Texas v Johnson 1989
United States v Lopez 1995
49. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Baker v Carr 1962
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
50. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Near v Minnesota 1931
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gitlow v NY 1925
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