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AP Government Supreme Court Cases
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1. This case established a 3-part test in determining if non-public schools can receive funding for schools.
Lemon v. Kurtzman
US v. Nixon
Abington School v. Schempp
Engel v. Vitale
2. The ruling of this case stated that students in a high school may have freedom of speech and expression as long as it was not creating a disturbance and that a school DOES have the right to prevent such disturbances.
Gideon v. Wainwright
US v. Nixon
Korematsu v. the US
Tinker v. Des Moines
3. The decision in this case arose from the Brady Act. The court decided that Congress did not have the authority to require states to do background checks on those applying for a permit for a hand gun.
Griswold v. Connecticut
Schenk v. the US
Abington School v. Schempp
Printz v. US
4. The right to privacy is involved in this case that overturned a Connecticut law preventing Planned Parenthood from giving married persons information or medical advice on how to prevent conception.
Schenk v. the US
Griswold v. Connecticut
US v. Amistad
Tinker v. Des Moines
5. This case overturned a previous case in that this court stated that separate facilities were unequal and begain racial integration in schools.
US v. Nixon
Printz v. US
Escobedo v. Illinois
Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka - Kansas
6. The court ruled that the Pentagon Papers - if published - would not be harmful to the national security and that there would be no prior restraint used in their publication.
Regents of California v. Bakke
Roe v. Wade
New York Times v. th US
Dred Scott v. Sanford
7. This case said that speech may be abolished if it creates a clear and present danger - upholding the 1917 Espionage Act.
Schenk v. the US
US v. Amistad
Grutter v. Bollinger
Korematsu v. the US
8. This case was decided that people in the US are free to publish pamphlets contrary to the gov't under the 1st Amendment as long as there is not a call to action.
Texas v. Johnson
US v. Amistad
Roe v. Wade
Gitlow v. New York
9. This original case involving affirmative action decided that race could be used in a university to fill quotas to achieve diversity in a student body.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Regents of California v. Bakke
New York Times v. th US
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey
10. This case said that the President of the US is not above the law and is not immune because of executive privilege when a criminal investigation is in progress.
US v. Nixon
Plessy v. Ferguson
Grutter v. Bollinger
Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka - Kansas
11. Equal protection and the right to privacy were the issues in this case - which was decided that minors needed to have parental consent when obtaining an abortion but wives did not need the consent of the husband.
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey
Gratz v. Bollinger
Abington School v. Schempp
Hazelwood School v. Kuhlmeier
12. This affirmative action case involved a person applying for admission to the University of Michigan's law school. The decision was that race may be a factor in determining admission but not the only factor.
Grutter v. Bollinger
Dred Scott v. Sanford
US v. Amistad
Abington School v. Schempp
13. Roger B. Taney declared that Congress could not decide where slavery was or was not legal - leading to the Civil War.
Texas v. Johnson
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Grutter v. Bollinger
Printz v. US
14. Presidential Executive Order 9066 was upheld - stating that the gov't can take away rights of citizens in times of emergency and peril for the good of the country.
Abington School v. Schempp
Engel v. Vitale
Korematsu v. the US
Printz v. US
15. Another affirmative action case involving the University of Michigan's admission policy of awarding 20 points to minorities was declared unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Gideon v. Wainwright
Regents of California v. Bakke
Gratz v. Bollinger
16. Teacher-led prayer in a school district was struck down as violating the establishment clause of the first amendment. It should remain 'a private matter.'
Engel v. Vitale
US v. Nixon
Escobedo v. Illinois
Lemon v. Kurtzman
17. The establishment clause is at the center of this case - which was decided that a public school may not require Bible readings or a prayer in school.
Grutter v. Bollinger
Abington School v. Schempp
Escobedo v. Illinois
Gideon v. Wainwright
18. The decision in this case stated that illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court - qhich upholds the exclusionary rule under the 4th Amendment
Buckley v. Valeo
Miranda v. Arizona
Escobedo v. Illinois
Mapp v. Ohio
19. This famous flag-burning case was decided in favor of the accused.
US v. Nixon
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey
Printz v. US
Texas v. Johnson
20. This case was decided that when the accused requests a lawyer - he/she must be given one.
Texas v. Johnson
Printz v. US
US v. Amistad
Escobedo v. Illinois
21. Separate but equal facilities remained for over 50 years because of the impact of this case.
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
Abington School v. Schempp
22. This famous 5 - 6 - and 14 amendment case established the rights of the accused to be read to a person who is in custody and being questioned for a specific crime.
Hazelwood School v. Kuhlmeier
Miranda v. Arizona
Grutter v. Bollinger
New York Times v. th US
23. The Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1990 was declared unconstitutional because Congress had gone beyond its powers to affect interstate commerce.
US v. Lopez
Plessy v. Ferguson
New York Times v. th US
Regents of California v. Bakke
24. A woman's right to privacy was upheld while the court placed limited restrictions on a woman's right to an abortion after her first trimester of pregnancy.
Abington School v. Schempp
Roe v. Wade
Engel v. Vitale
Texas v. Johnson
25. In this case involving the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act - the court determined that money equals speech - and that if a candidate did not take federal funds for campaignin - he/she could not be limited by the act.
Miranda v. Arizona
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey
Buckley v. Valeo
Tinker v. Des Moines
26. A school newspaper may be censored by an advisor/principal if it is unreasonable and in conflict with civilized values.
Schenk v. the US
Regents of California v. Bakke
Hazelwood School v. Kuhlmeier
US v. Nixon
27. This case held that Africans had been illegally taken from Africa and that they were not citizens of Cuba or the property of Cubans.
US v. Amistad
Buckley v. Valeo
Miranda v. Arizona
US v. Nixon
28. An indigent could not afford an attorney - and the court ruled that his 6th and 14th amendment rights to a court-appointed attorney were violated.
US v. Nixon
Printz v. US
Gideon v. Wainwright
Engel v. Vitale