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Important Court Cases
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1. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
2. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Powell v Alabama 1932
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
New York Times v US 1971
3. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Kelo v New London 2005
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
Dennis v US 1951
United States v Lopez 1995
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
5. 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
Virginia v Black 2002
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
6. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
New York Times v US 1971
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Baker v Carr 1962
7. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Kelo v New London 2005
Korematsu v US 1944
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
8. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
9. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Virginia v Black 2002
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Fletcher v Peck 1810
10. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Schenck v US 1919
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
11. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Texas v Johnson 1989
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Gitlow v NY 1925
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
12. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Powell v Alabama 1932
13. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Dennis v US 1951
Schenck v US 1919
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
14. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Bush v Gore 2000
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Smith v Allwright 1944
15. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Texas v Johnson 1989
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Katz v US 1967
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
16. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Clinton v New York 1998
United States v Lopez 1995
Smith v Allwright 1944
Miller v California 1973
17. Separate is not equal
Bush v Gore 2000
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US v Nixon 1974
18. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Furman v Georgia 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
19. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
US v Nixon 1974
Weeks v US 1914
20. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Miller v California 1973
Schenck v US 1919
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
21. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Katz v US 1967
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
22. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
23. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
Marbury v Madison 1803
Schenck v US 1919
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
25. 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
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
26. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
27. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Olmstead v US 1928
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Fletcher v Peck 1810
28. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Dennis v US 1951
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
29. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Virginia v Black 2002
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Betts v Brady 1942
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
30. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
31. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Katz v US 1967
32. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Katz v US 1967
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
33. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Miller v California 1973
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
34. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
35. Established judicial review
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Marbury v Madison 1803
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
36. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Powell v Alabama 1932
Mapp v Ohio 1961
37. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US v Nixon 1974
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
38. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
US v Nixon 1974
39. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
United States v Lopez 1995
US v Eichman 1990
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
40. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Buckley v Baleo 1976
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Marbury v Madison 1803
41. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Schenck v US 1919
42. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Virginia v Black 2002
New York Times v US 1971
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
43. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Miller v California 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
44. Right to privacy
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
45. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Kelo v New London 2005
Gitlow v NY 1925
46. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
New York Times v US 1971
Olmstead v US 1928
Lawrence v Texas 2003
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
47. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Furman v Georgia 1972
48. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
49. Separate but equal for races
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
New York Times v US 1971
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
50. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Baker v Carr 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Escobedo v Illinois 1964