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Important Court Cases
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1. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Near v Minnesota 1931
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Olmstead v US 1928
South Dakota v Dole 1987
3. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Gregg v Georgia 1976
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
4. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
New York Times v US 1971
5. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Roe v Wade 1973
6. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Furman v Georgia 1972
7. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
8. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Korematsu v US 1944
9. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Powell v Alabama 1932
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
10. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Schenck v US 1919
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
11. Established exclusionary rule
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Weeks v US 1914
Virginia v Black 2002
12. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
13. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
14. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Powell v Alabama 1932
Baker v Carr 1962
United States v Lopez 1995
15. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Powell v Alabama 1932
Roe v Wade 1973
Engel v Vitale 1962
Miller v California 1973
16. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
17. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Dennis v US 1951
18. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Kelo v New London 2005
United States v Lopez 1995
Korematsu v US 1944
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
19. Separate is not equal
Powell v Alabama 1932
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
US v Nixon 1974
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
20. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Korematsu v US 1944
Clinton v New York 1998
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Bush v Gore 2000
21. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Virginia v Black 2002
Olmstead v US 1928
South Dakota v Dole 1987
22. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Dennis v US 1951
Texas v Johnson 1989
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
23. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Bush v Gore 2000
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Schenck v US 1919
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
25. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
New York Times v US 1971
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
26. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Powell v Alabama 1932
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Marbury v Madison 1803
27. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Korematsu v US 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Miller v California 1973
28. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Dennis v US 1951
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
29. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Betts v Brady 1942
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
30. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Smith v Allwright 1944
31. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Schenck v US 1919
Katz v US 1967
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Miller v California 1973
32. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
Lawrence v Texas 2003
33. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Bush v Gore 2000
Powell v Alabama 1932
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Katz v US 1967
34. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
Fletcher v Peck 1810
35. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Texas v Johnson 1989
Schenck v US 1919
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
36. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Korematsu v US 1944
37. Established judicial review
Smith v Allwright 1944
Texas v Johnson 1989
Marbury v Madison 1803
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
38. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Dennis v US 1951
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
39. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
US v Nixon 1974
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Olmstead v US 1928
40. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
41. Right to privacy
Marbury v Madison 1803
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
42. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Schenck v US 1919
United States v Lopez 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
43. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
US v Nixon 1974
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Gitlow v NY 1925
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
44. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Engel v Vitale 1962
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Near v Minnesota 1931
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
45. 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
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
46. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Kelo v New London 2005
Betts v Brady 1942
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
47. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Betts v Brady 1942
Texas v Johnson 1989
Barron v Baltimore 1819
48. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
US v Nixon 1974
49. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Clinton v New York 1998
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Kelo v New London 2005
50. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gitlow v NY 1925