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Important Supreme Court Cases
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1. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Near v Minnesota
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
2. 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
Brown v Board of Education
Roth v United States
Katz v United States
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
3. 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
Gitlow v United States
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Barron v Baltimore
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
4. 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.
Brown v Board of Education
Katz v United States
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Miller v California
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.
Roe v Wade
Escobedo v Ilinois
NAACP v Alabama
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
6. First Amendment right of expressive association. BSA is allowed to dismiss gay leaders because it is a private institution
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Roth v United States
Griswold v Connecticut
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
7. (1942) The Court ruled that the first amendment did not protect 'fighting words'
Wolf v Colorado
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Mapp v Ohio
New York Times v Sullivan
8. 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
Palko v Connecticut
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Employment Division v Smith
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
9. Husband permission for abortion is unconstitutional (1992)
Lemon v Kurtzman
Roth v United States
Miranda v Arizona
Casey v Planned Parenthood
10. Sexual harassment not protected by First Amendment Rights
Grutter v Bollinger
Harris v Forklift Service
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Palko v Connecticut
11. A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Gregg v Georgia
Plessy v Ferguson
Katz v United States
Buckley v. Valeo
12. 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
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Gideon v Wainwright
Buckley v. Valeo
Korematsu v United States
13. 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
Adarand v Pena
Plessy v Ferguson
Near v Minnesota
14. Court found that segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection clause 'separate but equal' has no place
Brown v Board of Education
Bush v Gore
Buckley v. Valeo
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
15. Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Mapp v Ohio
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Roe v Wade
New York Times v Sullivan
16. 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
Reno v ACLU
Buckley v. Valeo
Adarand v Pena
Katz v United States
17. Courts held while that affirmative action systems are constitutional - a quota system based on race is unconstitutional.
Barron v Baltimore
Gregg v Georgia
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Casey v Planned Parenthood
18. 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.
New York Times v Sullivan
Reno v ACLU
Wolf v Colorado
Gideon v Wainwright
19. 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
Gitlow v United States
Wisconsin v Yoder
Near v Minnesota
New York Times v Sullivan
20. Said that protection against double jeopardy is not guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Palko v Connecticut
Bowers v Hardwick
Miller v California
21. Declared Flag Protection Act - which made flag-burning illegal - unconstitutional - 1990
United States v Eichman
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
22. Law must be clearly secular - not prohibiting or inhibiting religion - and there should be no excessive entanglement
Roe v Wade
Lemon v Kurtzman
Bowers v Hardwick
Engel v Vitale
23. Right to Counsel during Interrogations
Engel v Vitale
Baker v Car
Near v Minnesota
Escobedo v Ilinois
24. Busing Students to promote intergration is constitutional.
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Lemon v Kurtzman
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
25. 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.
Texas v Johnson
Buckley v. Valeo
Barron v Baltimore
Miller v California
26. 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
Griswold v Connecticut
Grutter v Bollinger
Roe v Wade
Plessy v Ferguson
27. 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
Bowers v Hardwick
United States v Eichman
Grutter v Bollinger
Gideon v Wainwright
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.
Buckley v. Valeo
Lemon v Kurtzman
Bowers v Hardwick
Engel v Vitale
29. 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.
Wolf v Colorado
Engel v Vitale
Brown v Board of Education
Miranda v Arizona
30. Upheld the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Wisconsin v Yoder
Brown v Board of Education
Gregg v Georgia
Roe v Wade
31. 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
Barron v Baltimore
Bowers v Hardwick
Katz v United States
Gideon v Wainwright
32. Student led - student initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause
Wisconsin v Yoder
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
33. 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
Korematsu v United States
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Schnek v United States
Wisconsin v Yoder
34. The 1931 Supreme Court decision holding that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
Texas v Johnson
Adarand v Pena
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Near v Minnesota
35. 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
Lemon v Kurtzman
Employment Division v Smith
Wisconsin v Yoder
36. 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
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Roe v Wade
Reno v ACLU
37. Less blatant gerrymandering and redistricting was subject to judicial approval
Buckley v. Valeo
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Baker v Car
Wolf v Colorado
38. 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
Schnek v United States
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Griswold v Connecticut
Plessy v Ferguson
39. 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.
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
New York Times v Sullivan
Wolf v Colorado
Korematsu v United States
40. 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
Reno v ACLU
Gitlow v United States
Roe v Wade
Korematsu v United States
41. 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
Miranda v Arizona
Escobedo v Ilinois
Bush v Gore
Katz v United States
42. The 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the bill of rights restrained only the national government - not the states and cities.
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Palko v Connecticut
Employment Division v Smith
Barron v Baltimore
43. Using the commerce clause as justification for this federal government ruling - aid that places of public acccommodation cannot pick and choose guests
Mapp v Ohio
Engel v Vitale
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Miller v California
44. Expanded the protection of the Fourth Amendment to include conversations - not just things.
Roth v United States
Gideon v Wainwright
Wisconsin v Yoder
Katz v United States
45. A 1957 Supreme Court decision ruling that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.
NAACP v Alabama
Casey v Planned Parenthood
New York Times v Sullivan
Roth v United States
46. 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.
Reno v ACLU
Gregg v Georgia
Buckley v. Valeo
Wolf v Colorado