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