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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. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Betts v Brady 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
2. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Clinton v New York 1998
Weeks v US 1914
Dennis v US 1951
Miranda v Arizona 1966
3. You can burn the flag
Kelo v New London 2005
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Texas v Johnson 1989
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
4. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Dennis v US 1951
5. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Virginia v Black 2002
6. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
7. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
US v Nixon 1974
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
8. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
US v Nixon 1974
9. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Miller v California 1973
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
10. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Olmstead v US 1928
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
United States v Lopez 1995
11. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Gregg v Georgia 1976
New York Times v US 1971
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
12. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
13. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Furman v Georgia 1972
14. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Baker v Carr 1962
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
15. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Schenck v US 1919
Smith v Allwright 1944
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
16. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Near v Minnesota 1931
17. Right to privacy
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
18. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
19. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Lawrence v Texas 2003
20. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
21. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Katz v US 1967
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
US v Nixon 1974
22. 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
Near v Minnesota 1931
Kelo v New London 2005
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
23. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gitlow v NY 1925
Miller v California 1973
24. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Dennis v US 1951
25. '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
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
26. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Schenck v US 1919
Miller v California 1973
27. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Marbury v Madison 1803
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
28. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Virginia v Black 2002
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
29. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bush v Gore 2000
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Miranda v Arizona 1966
30. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
31. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Kelo v New London 2005
Near v Minnesota 1931
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Gregg v Georgia 1976
32. 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
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Baker v Carr 1962
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
33. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
New York Times v US 1971
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
34. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
US v Eichman 1990
35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
36. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Kelo v New London 2005
Bush v Gore 2000
37. Established exclusionary rule
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Weeks v US 1914
38. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Roe v Wade 1973
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Miller v California 1973
39. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
United States v Lopez 1995
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Mapp v Ohio 1961
40. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Marbury v Madison 1803
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Texas v Johnson 1989
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
41. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Smith v Allwright 1944
Barron v Baltimore 1819
New York Times v US 1971
42. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
United States v Lopez 1995
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Gitlow v NY 1925
Furman v Georgia 1972
43. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Powell v Alabama 1932
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
44. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Clinton v New York 1998
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
45. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Marbury v Madison 1803
Olmstead v US 1928
Clinton v New York 1998
Miranda v Arizona 1966
46. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Miller v California 1973
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
47. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Clinton v New York 1998
48. Established judicial review
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Marbury v Madison 1803
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Texas v Johnson 1989
49. 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
New York Times v US 1971
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
50. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
Clinton v New York 1998