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Important Court Cases
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1. 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
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gregg v Georgia 1976
2. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
3. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Clinton v New York 1998
4. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
5. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Smith v Allwright 1944
6. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Katz v US 1967
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Bush v Gore 2000
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
7. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Texas v Johnson 1989
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lawrence v Texas 2003
8. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Furman v Georgia 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
US v Nixon 1974
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
9. Separate but equal for races
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
10. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Weeks v US 1914
Schenck v US 1919
11. 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
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
12. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
United States v Lopez 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
13. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Kelo v New London 2005
Betts v Brady 1942
14. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
15. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Fletcher v Peck 1810
16. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Near v Minnesota 1931
Betts v Brady 1942
US v Nixon 1974
Powell v Alabama 1932
17. 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
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
18. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Engel v Vitale 1962
Betts v Brady 1942
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
19. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Mapp v Ohio 1961
20. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Roe v Wade 1973
Kelo v New London 2005
21. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Texas v Johnson 1989
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Miller v California 1973
22. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Furman v Georgia 1972
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
23. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Weeks v US 1914
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
US v Eichman 1990
Engel v Vitale 1962
24. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
South Dakota v Dole 1987
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Roe v Wade 1973
25. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
26. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Bush v Gore 2000
Dennis v US 1951
Mapp v Ohio 1961
27. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
28. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
New York Times v US 1971
Smith v Allwright 1944
29. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Bush v Gore 2000
Gitlow v NY 1925
30. 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
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Barron v Baltimore 1819
31. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Dennis v US 1951
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Weeks v US 1914
32. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Gitlow v NY 1925
33. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Furman v Georgia 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
34. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Marbury v Madison 1803
35. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Schenck v US 1919
Betts v Brady 1942
Korematsu v US 1944
Clinton v New York 1998
36. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Katz v US 1967
37. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Furman v Georgia 1972
Korematsu v US 1944
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
38. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Gitlow v NY 1925
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
39. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
40. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
New York Times v US 1971
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Virginia v Black 2002
41. 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
United States v Lopez 1995
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
42. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Smith v Allwright 1944
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
43. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Dennis v US 1951
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Miranda v Arizona 1966
44. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Powell v Alabama 1932
Roe v Wade 1973
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
45. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Betts v Brady 1942
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Furman v Georgia 1972
46. Right to privacy
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
47. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Katz v US 1967
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Miller v California 1973
48. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Bush v Gore 2000
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
49. Established exclusionary rule
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katz v US 1967
Weeks v US 1914
Bush v Gore 2000
50. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Furman v Georgia 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Smith v Allwright 1944
Thornhill v Alabama 1940