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Important Court Cases
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1. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Smith v Allwright 1944
Miller v California 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
2. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Mapp v Ohio 1961
New York Times v US 1971
Betts v Brady 1942
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
3. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Olmstead v US 1928
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Weeks v US 1914
4. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
New York Times v US 1971
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
5. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Barron v Baltimore 1819
South Dakota v Dole 1987
6. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Katz v US 1967
7. Established judicial review
Virginia v Black 2002
Marbury v Madison 1803
Powell v Alabama 1932
Texas v Johnson 1989
8. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
9. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
US v Nixon 1974
US v Eichman 1990
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
10. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
Korematsu v US 1944
11. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Gitlow v NY 1925
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Furman v Georgia 1972
Weeks v US 1914
12. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
Engel v Vitale 1962
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
US v Nixon 1974
13. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Virginia v Black 2002
Near v Minnesota 1931
Powell v Alabama 1932
14. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
15. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Weeks v US 1914
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
16. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Buckley v Baleo 1976
US v Nixon 1974
Clinton v New York 1998
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
17. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Weeks v US 1914
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Oregon v Elstad 1985
18. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Schenck v US 1919
19. 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
Gitlow v NY 1925
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Miranda v Arizona 1966
20. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Marbury v Madison 1803
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
21. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Miller v California 1973
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
22. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Smith v Allwright 1944
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
Furman v Georgia 1972
23. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
24. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
25. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Near v Minnesota 1931
Roe v Wade 1973
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
26. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Korematsu v US 1944
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
27. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Fletcher v Peck 1810
28. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Schenck v US 1919
Baker v Carr 1962
29. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Miller v California 1973
30. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Bush v Gore 2000
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Gregg v Georgia 1976
31. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
32. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Engel v Vitale 1962
33. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Marbury v Madison 1803
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Bush v Gore 2000
34. Right to privacy
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Clinton v New York 1998
Bush v Gore 2000
35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Virginia v Black 2002
36. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Katz v US 1967
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
37. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Katz v US 1967
38. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Engel v Vitale 1962
Powell v Alabama 1932
39. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Betts v Brady 1942
US v Eichman 1990
40. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
41. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Dennis v US 1951
42. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Dennis v US 1951
Kelo v New London 2005
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
43. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Powell v Alabama 1932
Fletcher v Peck 1810
44. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Eichman 1990
New York Times v US 1971
Virginia v Black 2002
45. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Kelo v New London 2005
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Buckley v Baleo 1976
46. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Clinton v New York 1998
Mapp v Ohio 1961
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
47. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
United States v Lopez 1995
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
48. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
49. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Barron v Baltimore 1819
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
50. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995