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1. Established judicial review
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
Marbury v Madison 1803
Schenck v US 1919
2. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Weeks v US 1914
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Fletcher v Peck 1810
3. Established exclusionary rule
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Near v Minnesota 1931
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Weeks v US 1914
4. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Clinton v New York 1998
Powell v Alabama 1932
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
5. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Bush v Gore 2000
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
6. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Bush v Gore 2000
Miller v California 1973
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
7. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Smith v Allwright 1944
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
New York Times v US 1971
8. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
US v Nixon 1974
Katz v US 1967
Baker v Carr 1962
9. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Katz v US 1967
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Virginia v Black 2002
Engel v Vitale 1962
10. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Weeks v US 1914
11. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Dennis v US 1951
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
12. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Bush v Gore 2000
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Oregon v Elstad 1985
13. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
US v Eichman 1990
14. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Furman v Georgia 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
Lawrence v Texas 2003
15. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
16. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Marbury v Madison 1803
17. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
18. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Betts v Brady 1942
Clinton v New York 1998
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
19. Right to privacy
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Miller v California 1973
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
20. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Marbury v Madison 1803
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
21. 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
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
22. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Bush v Gore 2000
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
23. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
24. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Gregg v Georgia 1976
US v Nixon 1974
Bush v Gore 2000
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
25. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Powell v Alabama 1932
26. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Olmstead v US 1928
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
27. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Texas v Johnson 1989
Weeks v US 1914
28. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Kelo v New London 2005
Bush v Gore 2000
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Clinton v New York 1998
29. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Texas v Johnson 1989
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Olmstead v US 1928
Lawrence v Texas 2003
30. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Miranda v Arizona 1966
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
31. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
Schenck v US 1919
32. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Engel v Vitale 1962
Korematsu v US 1944
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
33. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Schenck v US 1919
Miller v California 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Furman v Georgia 1972
34. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Mapp v Ohio 1961
New York Times v US 1971
35. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Marbury v Madison 1803
Kelo v New London 2005
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
36. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Schenck v US 1919
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Nixon 1974
Weeks v US 1914
37. Separate is not equal
United States v Lopez 1995
Powell v Alabama 1932
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
38. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Engel v Vitale 1962
Furman v Georgia 1972
39. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Olmstead v US 1928
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
40. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US v Eichman 1990
Clinton v New York 1998
United States v Lopez 1995
41. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Powell v Alabama 1932
South Dakota v Dole 1987
42. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Kelo v New London 2005
Katz v US 1967
US v Nixon 1974
43. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Barron v Baltimore 1819
US v Eichman 1990
Gitlow v NY 1925
United States v Lopez 1995
44. 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
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
45. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Furman v Georgia 1972
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
46. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Schenck v US 1919
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Furman v Georgia 1972
47. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Roe v Wade 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Texas v Johnson 1989
48. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
US v Nixon 1974
Dennis v US 1951
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
49. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Betts v Brady 1942
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
50. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
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