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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. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Texas v Johnson 1989
Near v Minnesota 1931
Gitlow v NY 1925
2. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
3. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Korematsu v US 1944
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Powell v Alabama 1932
4. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Furman v Georgia 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
5. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
United States v Lopez 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
6. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Betts v Brady 1942
Smith v Allwright 1944
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
7. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
US v Nixon 1974
8. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Furman v Georgia 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
9. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
10. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
11. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Baker v Carr 1962
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
South Dakota v Dole 1987
12. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Dennis v US 1951
Korematsu v US 1944
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
13. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Betts v Brady 1942
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
14. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Near v Minnesota 1931
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
15. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Virginia v Black 2002
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Roe v Wade 1973
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
16. 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
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Dennis v US 1951
United States v Lopez 1995
17. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Near v Minnesota 1931
United States v Lopez 1995
18. 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
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Barron v Baltimore 1819
19. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Near v Minnesota 1931
20. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Engel v Vitale 1962
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Smith v Allwright 1944
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
21. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Powell v Alabama 1932
US v Eichman 1990
22. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
New York Times v US 1971
23. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
US v Nixon 1974
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
24. You can burn the flag
Clinton v New York 1998
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Texas v Johnson 1989
Barron v Baltimore 1819
25. Right to privacy
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
26. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Texas v Johnson 1989
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Oregon v Elstad 1985
27. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Olmstead v US 1928
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Miller v California 1973
Virginia v Black 2002
28. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Gitlow v NY 1925
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Olmstead v US 1928
Oregon v Elstad 1985
29. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Kelo v New London 2005
Miller v California 1973
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
30. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
31. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Kelo v New London 2005
Smith v Allwright 1944
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
32. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Clinton v New York 1998
Olmstead v US 1928
Barron v Baltimore 1819
33. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Weeks v US 1914
United States v Lopez 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
34. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Dennis v US 1951
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
35. Established exclusionary rule
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Weeks v US 1914
Powell v Alabama 1932
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
36. Established judicial review
Weeks v US 1914
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Marbury v Madison 1803
37. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Olmstead v US 1928
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Baker v Carr 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
38. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Korematsu v US 1944
Weeks v US 1914
Bush v Gore 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
39. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Roe v Wade 1973
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
40. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Gitlow v NY 1925
Kelo v New London 2005
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
41. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Roe v Wade 1973
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Engel v Vitale 1962
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
42. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Dennis v US 1951
Engel v Vitale 1962
43. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Betts v Brady 1942
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Weeks v US 1914
44. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Korematsu v US 1944
45. 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
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Roe v Wade 1973
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
46. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Katz v US 1967
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
47. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Mapp v Ohio 1961
48. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
49. Separate is not equal
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
50. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Buckley v Baleo 1976