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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)
Near v Minnesota 1931
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Katz v US 1967
2. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
South Dakota v Dole 1987
New York Times v US 1971
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
3. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Near v Minnesota 1931
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Lawrence v Texas 2003
4. 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
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gitlow v NY 1925
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
5. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Powell v Alabama 1932
6. 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
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
7. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Engel v Vitale 1962
Kelo v New London 2005
Katz v US 1967
8. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Virginia v Black 2002
Korematsu v US 1944
Schenck v US 1919
Oregon v Elstad 1985
9. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
10. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
11. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Marbury v Madison 1803
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
12. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
13. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Olmstead v US 1928
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Furman v Georgia 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
14. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Dennis v US 1951
Near v Minnesota 1931
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
15. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
New York Times v US 1971
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
16. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Smith v Allwright 1944
Betts v Brady 1942
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
17. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Virginia v Black 2002
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Engel v Vitale 1962
Olmstead v US 1928
18. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Near v Minnesota 1931
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
19. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
20. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Katz v US 1967
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Weeks v US 1914
Miranda v Arizona 1966
21. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
22. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Clinton v New York 1998
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Near v Minnesota 1931
23. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Near v Minnesota 1931
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
24. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Korematsu v US 1944
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
25. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Miller v California 1973
Gitlow v NY 1925
Near v Minnesota 1931
Olmstead v US 1928
26. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gitlow v NY 1925
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Near v Minnesota 1931
27. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Near v Minnesota 1931
Baker v Carr 1962
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
28. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lawrence v Texas 2003
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
South Dakota v Dole 1987
29. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Engel v Vitale 1962
Olmstead v US 1928
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
30. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Clinton v New York 1998
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Roe v Wade 1973
31. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Texas v Johnson 1989
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
32. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Engel v Vitale 1962
33. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Barron v Baltimore 1819
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
34. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Roe v Wade 1973
Olmstead v US 1928
35. Separate is not equal
Virginia v Black 2002
Roe v Wade 1973
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Schenck v US 1919
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
Marbury v Madison 1803
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
37. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Miller v California 1973
Katz v US 1967
Gitlow v NY 1925
38. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Korematsu v US 1944
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Powell v Alabama 1932
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
39. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
40. 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
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Miller v California 1973
41. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Texas v Johnson 1989
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Miller v California 1973
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
42. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Engel v Vitale 1962
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
New York Times v US 1971
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
43. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Near v Minnesota 1931
Kelo v New London 2005
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
44. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gitlow v NY 1925
United States v Lopez 1995
45. Established exclusionary rule
US v Eichman 1990
Gitlow v NY 1925
Schenck v US 1919
Weeks v US 1914
46. Established judicial review
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Marbury v Madison 1803
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
47. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Miranda v Arizona 1966
United States v Lopez 1995
Gregg v Georgia 1976
48. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
49. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Mapp v Ohio 1961
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
50. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000