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Important Court Cases
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1. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Mapp v Ohio 1961
2. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Schenck v US 1919
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Dennis v US 1951
3. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Mapp v Ohio 1961
4. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Powell v Alabama 1932
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
5. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
New York Times v US 1971
Roe v Wade 1973
Korematsu v US 1944
Barron v Baltimore 1819
6. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
Gitlow v NY 1925
7. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Mapp v Ohio 1961
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
8. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Texas v Johnson 1989
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Korematsu v US 1944
Baker v Carr 1962
9. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Marbury v Madison 1803
Katz v US 1967
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Oregon v Elstad 1985
10. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Roe v Wade 1973
Katz v US 1967
New York Times v US 1971
US v Eichman 1990
11. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Olmstead v US 1928
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
12. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Smith v Allwright 1944
13. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
US v Eichman 1990
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
14. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Marbury v Madison 1803
15. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Miller v California 1973
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Powell v Alabama 1932
Katz v US 1967
16. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
17. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
18. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
United States v Lopez 1995
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
19. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Bush v Gore 2000
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
20. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
United States v Lopez 1995
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
21. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Weeks v US 1914
Virginia v Black 2002
Baker v Carr 1962
22. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
23. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Texas v Johnson 1989
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Dennis v US 1951
New York Times v US 1971
24. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Miller v California 1973
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Smith v Allwright 1944
25. 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
Gitlow v NY 1925
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Bush v Gore 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
26. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Olmstead v US 1928
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
27. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Texas v Johnson 1989
Mapp v Ohio 1961
28. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
United States v Lopez 1995
29. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Schenck v US 1919
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
30. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Korematsu v US 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
31. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
32. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Korematsu v US 1944
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
33. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Engel v Vitale 1962
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Baker v Carr 1962
34. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
South Dakota v Dole 1987
35. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Texas v Johnson 1989
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
36. 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
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Near v Minnesota 1931
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
37. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
38. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Texas v Johnson 1989
39. Separate but equal for races
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Texas v Johnson 1989
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
40. You can burn the flag
Betts v Brady 1942
United States v Lopez 1995
Texas v Johnson 1989
Clinton v New York 1998
41. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Baker v Carr 1962
Texas v Johnson 1989
Miller v California 1973
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
42. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
United States v Lopez 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
43. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Korematsu v US 1944
Katz v US 1967
44. 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
Bush v Gore 2000
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Engel v Vitale 1962
45. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Miller v California 1973
46. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Clinton v New York 1998
Powell v Alabama 1932
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
47. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Near v Minnesota 1931
Roe v Wade 1973
48. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Betts v Brady 1942
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Gitlow v NY 1925
49. Established judicial review
Marbury v Madison 1803
New York Times v US 1971
Roe v Wade 1973
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
50. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Woodson v North Carolina 1976