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Important Court Cases
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1. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Roe v Wade 1973
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gitlow v NY 1925
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US v Nixon 1974
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Korematsu v US 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
3. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Olmstead v US 1928
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Powell v Alabama 1932
New York Times v US 1971
4. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
5. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Weeks v US 1914
6. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Bush v Gore 2000
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Gregg v Georgia 1976
7. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Texas v Johnson 1989
Baker v Carr 1962
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
8. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Furman v Georgia 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
9. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Furman v Georgia 1972
Clinton v New York 1998
Schenck v US 1919
10. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Engel v Vitale 1962
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Korematsu v US 1944
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
11. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Smith v Allwright 1944
Virginia v Black 2002
12. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Bush v Gore 2000
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Near v Minnesota 1931
13. Established judicial review
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Furman v Georgia 1972
Marbury v Madison 1803
Mapp v Ohio 1961
14. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Furman v Georgia 1972
15. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Katz v US 1967
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Smith v Allwright 1944
16. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Miller v California 1973
Korematsu v US 1944
Schenck v US 1919
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
17. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
New York Times v US 1971
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
18. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Marbury v Madison 1803
Roe v Wade 1973
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Dennis v US 1951
19. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Kelo v New London 2005
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
20. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Texas v Johnson 1989
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
21. 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
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
22. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Clinton v New York 1998
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
23. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Schenck v US 1919
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Buckley v Baleo 1976
24. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Dennis v US 1951
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Bush v Gore 2000
25. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Schenck v US 1919
26. You can burn the flag
US v Nixon 1974
US v Eichman 1990
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Texas v Johnson 1989
27. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Powell v Alabama 1932
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Barron v Baltimore 1819
28. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Near v Minnesota 1931
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
29. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
30. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Gitlow v NY 1925
US v Eichman 1990
Furman v Georgia 1972
31. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Dennis v US 1951
Roe v Wade 1973
32. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
Virginia v Black 2002
Marbury v Madison 1803
Korematsu v US 1944
33. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
US v Nixon 1974
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
34. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Smith v Allwright 1944
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
35. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Katz v US 1967
United States v Lopez 1995
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
36. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
37. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
38. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Baker v Carr 1962
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
39. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Bush v Gore 2000
Dennis v US 1951
40. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
41. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Katz v US 1967
Kelo v New London 2005
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
US v Nixon 1974
42. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Korematsu v US 1944
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
43. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Bush v Gore 2000
US v Eichman 1990
Dennis v US 1951
Barron v Baltimore 1819
44. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Baker v Carr 1962
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
45. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
New York Times v US 1971
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Fletcher v Peck 1810
46. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
47. 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
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
48. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Powell v Alabama 1932
49. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Engel v Vitale 1962
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
50. Separate is not equal
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988