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Important Court Cases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
US v Eichman 1990
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
2. 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
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Clinton v New York 1998
Fletcher v Peck 1810
3. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Near v Minnesota 1931
4. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
5. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Near v Minnesota 1931
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Miller v California 1973
6. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
US v Eichman 1990
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
Marbury v Madison 1803
7. Established exclusionary rule
Kelo v New London 2005
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Weeks v US 1914
Betts v Brady 1942
8. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Virginia v Black 2002
Betts v Brady 1942
Lawrence v Texas 2003
9. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
10. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Buckley v Baleo 1976
11. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
New York Times v US 1971
Dennis v US 1951
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
12. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
United States v Lopez 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Clinton v New York 1998
South Dakota v Dole 1987
13. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Katz v US 1967
14. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Katz v US 1967
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
15. Established judicial review
New York Times v US 1971
US v Nixon 1974
Engel v Vitale 1962
Marbury v Madison 1803
16. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Katz v US 1967
Roe v Wade 1973
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
17. 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
Baker v Carr 1962
Oregon v Elstad 1985
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
18. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Smith v Allwright 1944
New York Times v US 1971
US v Eichman 1990
19. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Roe v Wade 1973
Kelo v New London 2005
20. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
21. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Fletcher v Peck 1810
22. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
23. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
24. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Schenck v US 1919
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
25. You can burn the flag
Marbury v Madison 1803
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Texas v Johnson 1989
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
26. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Katz v US 1967
Korematsu v US 1944
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
27. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
28. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
29. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
30. Right to privacy
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Weeks v US 1914
31. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Kelo v New London 2005
32. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Mapp v Ohio 1961
33. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
34. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Miller v California 1973
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
35. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
US v Nixon 1974
36. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
US v Nixon 1974
37. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
38. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
39. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
New York Times v US 1971
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Dennis v US 1951
40. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Katz v US 1967
Gitlow v NY 1925
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
41. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Furman v Georgia 1972
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Roe v Wade 1973
Dennis v US 1951
42. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Eichman 1990
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
43. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Bush v Gore 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
44. 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
United States v Lopez 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gregg v Georgia 1976
45. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Furman v Georgia 1972
Barron v Baltimore 1819
46. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
New York Times v US 1971
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
47. 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
Gitlow v NY 1925
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
48. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Olmstead v US 1928
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Gitlow v NY 1925
49. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
US v Nixon 1974
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gregg v Georgia 1976
50. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Miranda v Arizona 1966