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