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1. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Powell v Alabama 1932
Near v Minnesota 1931
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gitlow v NY 1925
2. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Olmstead v US 1928
3. 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
Virginia v Black 2002
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Korematsu v US 1944
4. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
5. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Furman v Georgia 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
6. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
7. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Schenck v US 1919
8. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
Weeks v US 1914
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
9. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Dennis v US 1951
Olmstead v US 1928
Kelo v New London 2005
Furman v Georgia 1972
10. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Schenck v US 1919
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Smith v Allwright 1944
US v Eichman 1990
11. 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
Baker v Carr 1962
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
12. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Olmstead v US 1928
13. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Bush v Gore 2000
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Korematsu v US 1944
Gregg v Georgia 1976
14. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
New York Times v US 1971
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Miller v California 1973
Gregg v Georgia 1976
15. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
16. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Schenck v US 1919
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
New York Times v US 1971
Miranda v Arizona 1966
17. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
Engel v Vitale 1962
18. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Clinton v New York 1998
Mapp v Ohio 1961
19. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Miller v California 1973
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
20. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Smith v Allwright 1944
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
Roe v Wade 1973
21. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Schenck v US 1919
Katz v US 1967
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
22. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
US v Eichman 1990
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Marbury v Madison 1803
Weeks v US 1914
23. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
New York Times v US 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
24. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Roe v Wade 1973
25. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Buckley v Baleo 1976
US v Nixon 1974
United States v Lopez 1995
Roe v Wade 1973
26. You can burn the flag
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Texas v Johnson 1989
Roe v Wade 1973
Engel v Vitale 1962
27. 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
Gitlow v NY 1925
Miller v California 1973
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
28. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US v Nixon 1974
Baker v Carr 1962
New York Times v US 1971
29. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
30. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Bush v Gore 2000
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Texas v Johnson 1989
Virginia v Black 2002
31. Separate is not equal
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Furman v Georgia 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
32. Separate but equal for races
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
US v Eichman 1990
Marbury v Madison 1803
33. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
34. 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
Olmstead v US 1928
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
35. Established judicial review
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Engel v Vitale 1962
Marbury v Madison 1803
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
36. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Furman v Georgia 1972
37. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Katz v US 1967
Powell v Alabama 1932
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
38. 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
Texas v Johnson 1989
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
39. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Schenck v US 1919
40. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Korematsu v US 1944
Engel v Vitale 1962
Bush v Gore 2000
41. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Betts v Brady 1942
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
42. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
43. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Dennis v US 1951
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Oregon v Elstad 1985
44. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
United States v Lopez 1995
45. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Smith v Allwright 1944
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Gitlow v NY 1925
Bush v Gore 2000
46. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Bush v Gore 2000
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
47. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Clinton v New York 1998
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
48. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Furman v Georgia 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
Fletcher v Peck 1810
49. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Near v Minnesota 1931
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
50. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Clinton v New York 1998
Kelo v New London 2005
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942