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1. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Kelo v New London 2005
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
2. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Miller v California 1973
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Smith v Allwright 1944
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
3. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
US v Nixon 1974
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Clinton v New York 1998
4. Established exclusionary rule
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
US v Nixon 1974
5. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Smith v Allwright 1944
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Dennis v US 1951
Near v Minnesota 1931
6. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
7. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Dennis v US 1951
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gitlow v NY 1925
8. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
9. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Lawrence v Texas 2003
10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
US v Nixon 1974
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Gregg v Georgia 1976
11. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Gitlow v NY 1925
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
12. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
13. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
14. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Dennis v US 1951
Katz v US 1967
Betts v Brady 1942
15. 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
Bush v Gore 2000
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 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
Virginia v Black 2002
Miller v California 1973
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
17. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Furman v Georgia 1972
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
18. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Miller v California 1973
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
19. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
20. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
US v Eichman 1990
21. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Kelo v New London 2005
22. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Olmstead v US 1928
Weeks v US 1914
23. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Engel v Vitale 1962
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Korematsu v US 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
24. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Engel v Vitale 1962
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
25. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Kelo v New London 2005
26. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Virginia v Black 2002
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
27. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Weeks v US 1914
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
28. Right to privacy
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Baker v Carr 1962
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Miranda v Arizona 1966
29. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Furman v Georgia 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
30. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Betts v Brady 1942
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Bush v Gore 2000
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
31. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Smith v Allwright 1944
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Schenck v US 1919
Mapp v Ohio 1961
32. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Kelo v New London 2005
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Furman v Georgia 1972
33. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Miranda v Arizona 1966
US v Eichman 1990
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Oregon v Elstad 1985
34. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
36. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Clinton v New York 1998
37. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Clinton v New York 1998
Furman v Georgia 1972
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
38. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Gitlow v NY 1925
39. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
40. 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
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US v Nixon 1974
Oregon v Elstad 1985
41. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v US 1971
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
42. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Virginia v Black 2002
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
43. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
44. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Bush v Gore 2000
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
45. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Smith v Allwright 1944
Kelo v New London 2005
Virginia v Black 2002
46. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
New York Times v US 1971
Katz v US 1967
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
47. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Gitlow v NY 1925
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
48. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gitlow v NY 1925
49. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
US v Nixon 1974
50. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Weeks v US 1914
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
United States v Lopez 1995
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