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Important Court Cases
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1. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
US v Nixon 1974
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Olmstead v US 1928
Barron v Baltimore 1819
3. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
4. 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
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
5. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Weeks v US 1914
Korematsu v US 1944
Roe v Wade 1973
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
6. 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
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
7. Established exclusionary rule
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Weeks v US 1914
8. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Weeks v US 1914
Korematsu v US 1944
Roe v Wade 1973
9. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Schenck v US 1919
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
10. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Olmstead v US 1928
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
11. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
US v Eichman 1990
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Miller v California 1973
12. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Katz v US 1967
13. Separate is not equal
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
14. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Miller v California 1973
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
15. Separate but equal for races
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Near v Minnesota 1931
16. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Bush v Gore 2000
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
US v Nixon 1974
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
17. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Kelo v New London 2005
United States v Lopez 1995
South Dakota v Dole 1987
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
18. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
US v Nixon 1974
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
19. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Baker v Carr 1962
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Weeks v US 1914
20. 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
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Korematsu v US 1944
21. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Miller v California 1973
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Dennis v US 1951
22. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Engel v Vitale 1962
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
23. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Bush v Gore 2000
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lawrence v Texas 2003
24. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Miller v California 1973
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Furman v Georgia 1972
25. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Baker v Carr 1962
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Clinton v New York 1998
Bush v Gore 2000
26. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
United States v Lopez 1995
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Clinton v New York 1998
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
27. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gitlow v NY 1925
Marbury v Madison 1803
28. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Betts v Brady 1942
Schenck v US 1919
29. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
30. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Roe v Wade 1973
Marbury v Madison 1803
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
31. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Engel v Vitale 1962
South Dakota v Dole 1987
32. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Betts v Brady 1942
33. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Fletcher v Peck 1810
34. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Virginia v Black 2002
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Olmstead v US 1928
Dennis v US 1951
35. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Weeks v US 1914
36. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
United States v Lopez 1995
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
37. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Betts v Brady 1942
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
38. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
39. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Betts v Brady 1942
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
40. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Olmstead v US 1928
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Dennis v US 1951
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
41. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
New York Times v US 1971
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Lawrence v Texas 2003
42. Established judicial review
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Betts v Brady 1942
Marbury v Madison 1803
US v Nixon 1974
43. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Schenck v US 1919
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
44. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Texas v Johnson 1989
45. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Bush v Gore 2000
46. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
United States v Lopez 1995
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
47. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Miller v California 1973
Gitlow v NY 1925
Kelo v New London 2005
Smith v Allwright 1944
48. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Virginia v Black 2002
Near v Minnesota 1931
49. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Smith v Allwright 1944
US v Nixon 1974
50. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Engel v Vitale 1962
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Bush v Gore 2000