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Important Court Cases
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1. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Clinton v New York 1998
Dennis v US 1951
2. You can burn the flag
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Texas v Johnson 1989
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
3. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
US v Eichman 1990
4. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Miranda v Arizona 1966
5. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Clinton v New York 1998
6. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Gregg v Georgia 1976
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Furman v Georgia 1972
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
7. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Miller v California 1973
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Schenck v US 1919
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
8. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Powell v Alabama 1932
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Kelo v New London 2005
9. Separate but equal for races
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Miller v California 1973
10. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Schenck v US 1919
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
11. 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
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
12. 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
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Roe v Wade 1973
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
13. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Miller v California 1973
Weeks v US 1914
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
14. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Miller v California 1973
15. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
US v Eichman 1990
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Korematsu v US 1944
16. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Roe v Wade 1973
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
17. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Marbury v Madison 1803
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Buckley v Baleo 1976
18. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Powell v Alabama 1932
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
19. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Furman v Georgia 1972
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
20. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
21. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Olmstead v US 1928
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
22. Separate is not equal
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Schenck v US 1919
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
23. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Bush v Gore 2000
Betts v Brady 1942
Olmstead v US 1928
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
24. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
25. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Miller v California 1973
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Furman v Georgia 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
26. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Lawrence v Texas 2003
27. 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
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Buckley v Baleo 1976
US v Eichman 1990
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
28. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Powell v Alabama 1932
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Olmstead v US 1928
29. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
South Dakota v Dole 1987
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gregg v Georgia 1976
30. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Powell v Alabama 1932
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Kelo v New London 2005
31. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Gitlow v NY 1925
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
32. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
33. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Korematsu v US 1944
34. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Baker v Carr 1962
Betts v Brady 1942
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
35. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Powell v Alabama 1932
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Katz v US 1967
36. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Virginia v Black 2002
37. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Korematsu v US 1944
Virginia v Black 2002
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
38. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Baker v Carr 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
39. Right to privacy
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
40. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
41. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Weeks v US 1914
42. 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
Olmstead v US 1928
Texas v Johnson 1989
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
43. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Powell v Alabama 1932
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
44. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
New York Times v US 1971
45. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
US v Eichman 1990
Olmstead v US 1928
46. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Clinton v New York 1998
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Powell v Alabama 1932
47. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Miller v California 1973
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
48. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
US v Nixon 1974
49. 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
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Schenck v US 1919
50. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Near v Minnesota 1931
Baker v Carr 1962
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Gideon v Wainwright 1963