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1. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Roe v Wade 1973
Betts v Brady 1942
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Gitlow v NY 1925
2. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Furman v Georgia 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
3. 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
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
4. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Olmstead v US 1928
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
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Katz v US 1967
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
6. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Texas v Johnson 1989
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
7. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Smith v Allwright 1944
New York Times v US 1971
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
8. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
US v Nixon 1974
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
9. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Clinton v New York 1998
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
New York Times v US 1971
10. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Schenck v US 1919
11. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Bush v Gore 2000
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
12. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Smith v Allwright 1944
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
US v Nixon 1974
13. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Roe v Wade 1973
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
14. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Kelo v New London 2005
Virginia v Black 2002
Furman v Georgia 1972
15. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Dennis v US 1951
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Korematsu v US 1944
16. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
Dennis v US 1951
Roe v Wade 1973
17. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Smith v Allwright 1944
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Fletcher v Peck 1810
18. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Smith v Allwright 1944
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Weeks v US 1914
Olmstead v US 1928
19. Separate is not equal
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Baker v Carr 1962
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
20. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Schenck v US 1919
Korematsu v US 1944
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
US v Eichman 1990
21. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
United States v Lopez 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Powell v Alabama 1932
Weeks v US 1914
22. Established judicial review
Smith v Allwright 1944
Marbury v Madison 1803
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
23. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
US v Eichman 1990
Korematsu v US 1944
US v Nixon 1974
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
24. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
New York Times v US 1971
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
25. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Miller v California 1973
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
United States v Lopez 1995
26. You can burn the flag
US v Nixon 1974
Texas v Johnson 1989
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
South Dakota v Dole 1987
27. 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
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
28. Separate but equal for races
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
New York Times v US 1971
Kelo v New London 2005
29. Right to privacy
Katz v US 1967
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Korematsu v US 1944
30. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
31. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
32. Established exclusionary rule
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Weeks v US 1914
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
33. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Mapp v Ohio 1961
34. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Miller v California 1973
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Betts v Brady 1942
Katz v US 1967
35. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Smith v Allwright 1944
Kelo v New London 2005
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
36. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
US v Eichman 1990
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Roe v Wade 1973
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
37. 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
Near v Minnesota 1931
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
38. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Smith v Allwright 1944
39. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Smith v Allwright 1944
Miller v California 1973
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
40. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Lawrence v Texas 2003
41. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Weeks v US 1914
Betts v Brady 1942
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
42. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Olmstead v US 1928
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gregg v Georgia 1976
43. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Marbury v Madison 1803
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
44. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Baker v Carr 1962
Furman v Georgia 1972
Betts v Brady 1942
Clinton v New York 1998
45. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Katz v US 1967
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Near v Minnesota 1931
46. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Miller v California 1973
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
47. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Clinton v New York 1998
Near v Minnesota 1931
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
48. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Bush v Gore 2000
Dennis v US 1951
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
49. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
50. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Powell v Alabama 1932
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
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