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Important Court Cases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Olmstead v US 1928
Smith v Allwright 1944
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Korematsu v US 1944
2. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Dennis v US 1951
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Bush v Gore 2000
3. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
4. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Marbury v Madison 1803
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Bush v Gore 2000
5. Separate but equal for races
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
6. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Furman v Georgia 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
7. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Katz v US 1967
Engel v Vitale 1962
Barron v Baltimore 1819
8. 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
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Clinton v New York 1998
9. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
United States v Lopez 1995
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
US v Eichman 1990
Roe v Wade 1973
10. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Miller v California 1973
Gitlow v NY 1925
11. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Powell v Alabama 1932
Bush v Gore 2000
Furman v Georgia 1972
12. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Clinton v New York 1998
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
13. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Furman v Georgia 1972
Powell v Alabama 1932
Korematsu v US 1944
Betts v Brady 1942
14. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Miller v California 1973
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
15. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
US v Nixon 1974
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
16. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
17. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
United States v Lopez 1995
Weeks v US 1914
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katz v US 1967
18. 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
New York Times v US 1971
US v Eichman 1990
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
19. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Dennis v US 1951
Furman v Georgia 1972
US v Eichman 1990
20. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
21. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
New York Times v US 1971
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Katz v US 1967
22. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Kelo v New London 2005
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
23. 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
Bush v Gore 2000
Korematsu v US 1944
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
24. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Smith v Allwright 1944
Powell v Alabama 1932
New York Times v US 1971
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
25. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Gitlow v NY 1925
Baker v Carr 1962
26. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Betts v Brady 1942
Furman v Georgia 1972
Bush v Gore 2000
27. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Smith v Allwright 1944
US v Eichman 1990
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Weeks v US 1914
28. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
29. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Betts v Brady 1942
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Near v Minnesota 1931
30. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Clinton v New York 1998
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Schenck v US 1919
31. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Roe v Wade 1973
32. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Schenck v US 1919
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
33. Right to privacy
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
34. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
35. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Miller v California 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
36. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Mapp v Ohio 1961
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Bush v Gore 2000
37. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
US v Nixon 1974
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Furman v Georgia 1972
Miller v California 1973
38. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Marbury v Madison 1803
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Texas v Johnson 1989
39. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Clinton v New York 1998
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
40. Established exclusionary rule
Smith v Allwright 1944
Roe v Wade 1973
Weeks v US 1914
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
41. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
42. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Marbury v Madison 1803
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Oregon v Elstad 1985
43. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lawrence v Texas 2003
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
44. Separate is not equal
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
South Dakota v Dole 1987
45. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Weeks v US 1914
Lawrence v Texas 2003
46. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
United States v Lopez 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Furman v Georgia 1972
47. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Near v Minnesota 1931
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
South Dakota v Dole 1987
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
48. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
49. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Marbury v Madison 1803
50. Established judicial review
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Marbury v Madison 1803
Roe v Wade 1973
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995