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1. Separate but equal for races
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
2. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
US v Nixon 1974
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
3. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Schenck v US 1919
Marbury v Madison 1803
Kelo v New London 2005
4. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
US v Eichman 1990
Korematsu v US 1944
6. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
US v Nixon 1974
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Miller v California 1973
7. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Olmstead v US 1928
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
8. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
Furman v Georgia 1972
Texas v Johnson 1989
Baker v Carr 1962
9. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
United States v Lopez 1995
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
10. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
US v Nixon 1974
Engel v Vitale 1962
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
11. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
US v Eichman 1990
Betts v Brady 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
12. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Baker v Carr 1962
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Kelo v New London 2005
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
13. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Korematsu v US 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
United States v Lopez 1995
14. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Clinton v New York 1998
Roe v Wade 1973
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
15. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
United States v Lopez 1995
16. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Virginia v Black 2002
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Mapp v Ohio 1961
17. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Virginia v Black 2002
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
18. Right to privacy
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
19. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
20. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Engel v Vitale 1962
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
21. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Weeks v US 1914
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Barron v Baltimore 1819
22. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
23. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Baker v Carr 1962
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
24. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Gitlow v NY 1925
Clinton v New York 1998
Olmstead v US 1928
Barron v Baltimore 1819
25. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Schenck v US 1919
Bush v Gore 2000
26. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Virginia v Black 2002
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
New York Times v US 1971
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
27. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Virginia v Black 2002
Korematsu v US 1944
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
28. Separate is not equal
Virginia v Black 2002
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Furman v Georgia 1972
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
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
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
30. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Clinton v New York 1998
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
31. You can burn the flag
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Texas v Johnson 1989
32. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Clinton v New York 1998
Gitlow v NY 1925
33. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Engel v Vitale 1962
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Clinton v New York 1998
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
34. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Furman v Georgia 1972
Katz v US 1967
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
35. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Marbury v Madison 1803
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
36. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Clinton v New York 1998
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
37. 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
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Furman v Georgia 1972
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
38. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Smith v Allwright 1944
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
39. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gitlow v NY 1925
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
40. Established judicial review
New York Times v US 1971
Marbury v Madison 1803
Engel v Vitale 1962
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
41. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Weeks v US 1914
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
42. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Weeks v US 1914
United States v Lopez 1995
Roe v Wade 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
43. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
44. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Baker v Carr 1962
US v Eichman 1990
45. 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
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
46. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Powell v Alabama 1932
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Oregon v Elstad 1985
47. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Near v Minnesota 1931
Powell v Alabama 1932
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
48. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Katz v US 1967
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Baker v Carr 1962
49. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Korematsu v US 1944
Virginia v Black 2002
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
50. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
United States v Lopez 1995
US v Eichman 1990
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
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