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1. Separate is not equal
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Roe v Wade 1973
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
2. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Buckley v Baleo 1976
3. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Betts v Brady 1942
4. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Gitlow v NY 1925
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Smith v Allwright 1944
5. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
United States v Lopez 1995
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
6. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Weeks v US 1914
Powell v Alabama 1932
7. 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
Roe v Wade 1973
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
8. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Clinton v New York 1998
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
9. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Betts v Brady 1942
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Gitlow v NY 1925
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
10. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Weeks v US 1914
Dennis v US 1951
US v Nixon 1974
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
11. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Marbury v Madison 1803
US v Eichman 1990
Roe v Wade 1973
12. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Smith v Allwright 1944
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
13. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Dennis v US 1951
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Weeks v US 1914
14. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Furman v Georgia 1972
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
US v Eichman 1990
15. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Baker v Carr 1962
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
16. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Bush v Gore 2000
US v Nixon 1974
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
17. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
United States v Lopez 1995
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
18. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
US v Nixon 1974
19. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Dennis v US 1951
Engel v Vitale 1962
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
20. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Gitlow v NY 1925
Fletcher v Peck 1810
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
21. 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
Buckley v Baleo 1976
US v Nixon 1974
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Mapp v Ohio 1961
22. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
US v Eichman 1990
Roe v Wade 1973
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
23. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Virginia v Black 2002
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
24. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Miller v California 1973
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
25. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
South Dakota v Dole 1987
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
26. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
US v Eichman 1990
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
27. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Kelo v New London 2005
28. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Olmstead v US 1928
Fletcher v Peck 1810
29. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
30. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Baker v Carr 1962
United States v Lopez 1995
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
31. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
32. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
33. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Betts v Brady 1942
34. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
35. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Schenck v US 1919
Bush v Gore 2000
36. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Olmstead v US 1928
Dennis v US 1951
United States v Lopez 1995
Bush v Gore 2000
37. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
New York Times v US 1971
38. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Korematsu v US 1944
Kelo v New London 2005
Near v Minnesota 1931
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
39. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
40. Established judicial review
Marbury v Madison 1803
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Miller v California 1973
41. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Baker v Carr 1962
Olmstead v US 1928
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
42. You can burn the flag
Virginia v Black 2002
Texas v Johnson 1989
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
US v Eichman 1990
43. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Korematsu v US 1944
Dennis v US 1951
Furman v Georgia 1972
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
44. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
US v Nixon 1974
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
45. 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
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Gitlow v NY 1925
46. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Powell v Alabama 1932
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Bush v Gore 2000
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
47. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Furman v Georgia 1972
Weeks v US 1914
Baker v Carr 1962
Mapp v Ohio 1961
48. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
US v Nixon 1974
49. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
50. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
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