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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. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
2. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Virginia v Black 2002
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
3. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Korematsu v US 1944
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
4. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
Gitlow v NY 1925
5. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
6. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
7. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Olmstead v US 1928
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
8. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Olmstead v US 1928
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Schenck v US 1919
Miller v California 1973
9. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Miller v California 1973
Kelo v New London 2005
Lawrence v Texas 2003
10. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Betts v Brady 1942
11. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Smith v Allwright 1944
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
12. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Korematsu v US 1944
US v Nixon 1974
13. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Olmstead v US 1928
14. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Roe v Wade 1973
15. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Furman v Georgia 1972
Kelo v New London 2005
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
16. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
17. 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
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Betts v Brady 1942
Marbury v Madison 1803
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
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
Gitlow v NY 1925
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
19. Established judicial review
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Marbury v Madison 1803
Dennis v US 1951
Clinton v New York 1998
20. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
United States v Lopez 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
21. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
22. 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
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
US v Eichman 1990
Kelo v New London 2005
23. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
24. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Korematsu v US 1944
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Engel v Vitale 1962
25. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Katz v US 1967
Betts v Brady 1942
US v Nixon 1974
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
26. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Gregg v Georgia 1976
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
27. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Marbury v Madison 1803
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Miller v California 1973
Oregon v Elstad 1985
28. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Korematsu v US 1944
US v Nixon 1974
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
29. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Betts v Brady 1942
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
30. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Betts v Brady 1942
Powell v Alabama 1932
31. You can burn the flag
Furman v Georgia 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Texas v Johnson 1989
32. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
US v Eichman 1990
Kelo v New London 2005
33. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Baker v Carr 1962
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
34. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gregg v Georgia 1976
35. 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
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
36. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
37. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Baker v Carr 1962
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Kelo v New London 2005
Bush v Gore 2000
38. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Katz v US 1967
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
39. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Miller v California 1973
Gitlow v NY 1925
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
40. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Barron v Baltimore 1819
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
41. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
New York Times v US 1971
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Furman v Georgia 1972
Baker v Carr 1962
42. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Kelo v New London 2005
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Katz v US 1967
Near v Minnesota 1931
43. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Korematsu v US 1944
44. Separate but equal for races
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Texas v Johnson 1989
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
45. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Bush v Gore 2000
46. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Miller v California 1973
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
47. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
US v Eichman 1990
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gregg v Georgia 1976
48. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Bush v Gore 2000
49. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Virginia v Black 2002
Kelo v New London 2005
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Katz v US 1967
50. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Marbury v Madison 1803
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Betts v Brady 1942
Furman v Georgia 1972