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Important Supreme Court Cases
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1. Upheld the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Gitlow v United States
Gregg v Georgia
Wisconsin v Yoder
Mapp v Ohio
2. Free exercise of religion not violation of compulsory attendance laws; Amish children do not have to go to school until they are 16---they may stop after the 8th grade
Buckley v. Valeo
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Wisconsin v Yoder
Texas v Johnson
3. Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Mapp v Ohio
Schnek v United States
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
4. A 1995 Supreme Court decision holding that federal programs that classify people by race - even for an ostensibly benign purpose such as expanding opportunities for minorities - should be presumed to be unconstitutional.
Adarand v Pena
Miranda v Arizona
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Katz v United States
5. The supreme court protected the right to assemble peaceably in this 1958 case when it decided the NAACP did not have to reveal its membership list and thus subject its members to harassment.
Near v Minnesota
NAACP v Alabama
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Lemon v Kurtzman
6. The USSC uphold MO law and insists that women have a right to abortion but state should not pay 'elective surgery'
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Buckley v. Valeo
Katz v United States
7. 1925 court decision holding that freedoms of press and speech are 'fundamental personal rights protected by the due process clause of the 14Th amendment from impairment by the states as well as the federal government
NAACP v Alabama
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Gitlow v United States
Gregg v Georgia
8. The 1931 Supreme Court decision holding that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
Grutter v Bollinger
Lemon v Kurtzman
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Near v Minnesota
9. Married couple wanted to get contraceptives; struck down a Connecticut law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives; established the right of privacy through the 4th and 9th amendment
Reno v ACLU
Harris v Forklift Service
Griswold v Connecticut
Employment Division v Smith
10. Sexual harassment not protected by First Amendment Rights
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Harris v Forklift Service
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Bush v Gore
11. Using the commerce clause as justification for this federal government ruling - aid that places of public acccommodation cannot pick and choose guests
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Wisconsin v Yoder
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
12. Busing Students to promote intergration is constitutional.
Buckley v. Valeo
Barron v Baltimore
Bowers v Hardwick
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
13. The Supreme Court held that the 1996 Communications Decency Act was unconstitutional - since it was overly broad and vague in its regulation of speech on the internet - and it attempted to regulate indecent speech - which is protected.
Texas v Johnson
Reno v ACLU
Buckley v. Valeo
Bush v Gore
14. A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
Near v Minnesota
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Texas v Johnson
Katz v United States
15. In this case - a gay man from Georgia charged with committing sodomy in his own home with a consenting adult. The court ruled that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right for homosexuals to practice their lifestyle and that laws against
Griswold v Connecticut
Bowers v Hardwick
Roth v United States
Miranda v Arizona
16. 1978 - Nazi group wanted to mark in neighborhood with high percentage of Jewish residents; village tried to prevent march by passing ordinances on parades that targeted the nazis; Illinois Supreme Court said march could not be forbidden because no on
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
New York Times v Sullivan
Escobedo v Ilinois
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
17. (1942) The Court ruled that the first amendment did not protect 'fighting words'
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Engel v Vitale
18. Determined that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote - even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual. Although states have the power to accommodate otherw
Plessy v Ferguson
Grutter v Bollinger
Employment Division v Smith
Barron v Baltimore
19. 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20 -000 to each survivor.
Gitlow v United States
Gregg v Georgia
Korematsu v United States
Reno v ACLU
20. First Amendment right of expressive association. BSA is allowed to dismiss gay leaders because it is a private institution
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
Harris v Forklift Service
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Gregg v Georgia
21. The result of this trial was the Supreme Court ruling that Congress could limit free speech - particularly during wartime - if such speech presented 'a clear and present danger' to national interests
Escobedo v Ilinois
Mapp v Ohio
Schnek v United States
Wolf v Colorado
22. A case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld federal limits on campaign contributions and ruled that spending money to influence elections is a form of constitutionally protected free speech. The court also stated candidates can give
Korematsu v United States
Employment Division v Smith
Buckley v. Valeo
Wisconsin v Yoder
23. A landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In the case - the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to affor
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Gideon v Wainwright
Escobedo v Ilinois
Miranda v Arizona
24. Court held that intentional infliction of emotional distress was permissible First Amendment free speech- so long as such speech was about a public official (figure) - and could not reasonably be construed to state actual facts about its subject
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Employment Division v Smith
Grutter v Bollinger
Harris v Forklift Service
25. Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
New York Times v Sullivan
Miranda v Arizona
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
26. Less blatant gerrymandering and redistricting was subject to judicial approval
Gregg v Georgia
Schnek v United States
Roth v United States
Baker v Car
27. Expanded the protection of the Fourth Amendment to include conversations - not just things.
Plessy v Ferguson
Katz v United States
Gregg v Georgia
Mapp v Ohio
28. The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Engel v Vitale
Harris v Forklift Service
Roth v United States
29. Law must be clearly secular - not prohibiting or inhibiting religion - and there should be no excessive entanglement
Lemon v Kurtzman
Brown v Board of Education
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Escobedo v Ilinois
30. Established national abortion guidelines; trimester guidelines; no state interference in 1st; state may regulate to protect health of mother in 2nd; state may regulate to protect health or unborn child in 3rd. inferred from right of privacy establish
Katz v United States
Wisconsin v Yoder
Harris v Forklift Service
Roe v Wade
31. Right to Counsel during Interrogations
Near v Minnesota
Employment Division v Smith
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Escobedo v Ilinois
32. 1964; established guidelines for determining whether public officials and public figures could win damage suits for libel. To do so - individuals must prove that the defamatory statements were made w/ 'actual malice' and reckless disregard for the tr
Bush v Gore
Mapp v Ohio
Casey v Planned Parenthood
New York Times v Sullivan
33. The Fourteenth Amendment did not impose specific limitations on criminal justice in the states - and that illegally obtained evidence did not necessarily have to be excluded from trials in all cases.
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Griswold v Connecticut
Roe v Wade
Wolf v Colorado
34. A 1973 Supreme Court decision that avoided defining obscenity by holding that community standards be used to determine whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to a 'prurient interest' and being 'patently offensive' and lacking in value.
Miller v California
United States v Eichman
Roth v United States
Roe v Wade
35. This case ruled in favor of Bush by saying that recounting the votes in certain counties of Florida was unconstitutional because of equal protection of the law; Gore's wish to make the process as simple and painless as possible backfired
Reno v ACLU
Bush v Gore
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
36. Declared Flag Protection Act - which made flag-burning illegal - unconstitutional - 1990
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
United States v Eichman
New York Times v Sullivan
Palko v Connecticut
37. Student led - student initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Miller v California
Lemon v Kurtzman
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
38. 1969 - The First Amendment - as applied through the Fourteenth - did not permit a public school to punish a student for wearing a black armband as an anti-war protest - absent any evidence that the rule was necessary to avoid substantial interference
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Bowers v Hardwick
NAACP v Alabama
Texas v Johnson
39. A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Plessy v Ferguson
Schnek v United States
Engel v Vitale
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
40. A 1957 Supreme Court decision ruling that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Mapp v Ohio
NAACP v Alabama
Roth v United States
41. Court found that segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection clause 'separate but equal' has no place
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Engel v Vitale
Brown v Board of Education
Gregg v Georgia
42. Said that protection against double jeopardy is not guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Engel v Vitale
Katz v United States
Palko v Connecticut
43. Husband permission for abortion is unconstitutional (1992)
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Miller v California
44. Affirmative action case (lost) ; race could be used as a factor in admissions as long as there was no point system and race was not a major factor; upheld Bakke case
Grutter v Bollinger
Schnek v United States
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Palko v Connecticut
45. Courts held while that affirmative action systems are constitutional - a quota system based on race is unconstitutional.
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Katz v United States
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
46. The 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the bill of rights restrained only the national government - not the states and cities.
Barron v Baltimore
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Escobedo v Ilinois