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Important Court Cases
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1. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Weeks v US 1914
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
2. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Baker v Carr 1962
3. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Clinton v New York 1998
Marbury v Madison 1803
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
4. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Engel v Vitale 1962
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
5. You can burn the flag
United States v Lopez 1995
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Texas v Johnson 1989
6. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Near v Minnesota 1931
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
7. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Roe v Wade 1973
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Near v Minnesota 1931
8. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Smith v Allwright 1944
Schenck v US 1919
9. Right to privacy
Furman v Georgia 1972
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
10. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
11. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gitlow v NY 1925
Bush v Gore 2000
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
12. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Texas v Johnson 1989
Virginia v Black 2002
13. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Betts v Brady 1942
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
14. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Kelo v New London 2005
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
15. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Furman v Georgia 1972
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
16. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
New York Times v US 1971
Baker v Carr 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
Weeks v US 1914
17. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Dennis v US 1951
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
18. 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
Engel v Vitale 1962
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
19. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Virginia v Black 2002
US v Nixon 1974
Powell v Alabama 1932
20. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Korematsu v US 1944
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
21. Established exclusionary rule
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Weeks v US 1914
22. 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
Dennis v US 1951
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Betts v Brady 1942
Marbury v Madison 1803
23. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Near v Minnesota 1931
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
24. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Kelo v New London 2005
Engel v Vitale 1962
US v Nixon 1974
25. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
26. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
27. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Furman v Georgia 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
28. 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
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Barron v Baltimore 1819
29. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Betts v Brady 1942
Gitlow v NY 1925
Clinton v New York 1998
30. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Betts v Brady 1942
Bush v Gore 2000
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Katz v US 1967
31. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Dennis v US 1951
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
32. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
33. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Powell v Alabama 1932
34. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Schenck v US 1919
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Kelo v New London 2005
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
35. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Schenck v US 1919
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
36. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Furman v Georgia 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
37. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
United States v Lopez 1995
New York Times v US 1971
Miller v California 1973
38. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Betts v Brady 1942
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Miller v California 1973
39. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Miranda v Arizona 1966
40. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Roe v Wade 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gitlow v NY 1925
Schenck v US 1919
41. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
United States v Lopez 1995
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
42. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Olmstead v US 1928
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Baker v Carr 1962
43. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Miller v California 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Korematsu v US 1944
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
44. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
45. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
46. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Gregg v Georgia 1976
US v Nixon 1974
47. Established judicial review
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Marbury v Madison 1803
48. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
US v Eichman 1990
49. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
50. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Korematsu v US 1944