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Important Supreme Court Cases
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1. Husband permission for abortion is unconstitutional (1992)
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Near v Minnesota
Wisconsin v Yoder
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
2. A 1973 Supreme Court decision that avoided defining obscenity by holding that community standards be used to determine whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to a 'prurient interest' and being 'patently offensive' and lacking in value.
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Barron v Baltimore
Miller v California
Adarand v Pena
3. Student led - student initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause
Employment Division v Smith
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Adarand v Pena
Schnek v United States
4. 1969 - The First Amendment - as applied through the Fourteenth - did not permit a public school to punish a student for wearing a black armband as an anti-war protest - absent any evidence that the rule was necessary to avoid substantial interference
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Reno v ACLU
Gideon v Wainwright
Gitlow v United States
5. Courts held while that affirmative action systems are constitutional - a quota system based on race is unconstitutional.
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Wisconsin v Yoder
United States v Eichman
6. The 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the bill of rights restrained only the national government - not the states and cities.
Employment Division v Smith
United States v Eichman
Barron v Baltimore
Near v Minnesota
7. Declared Flag Protection Act - which made flag-burning illegal - unconstitutional - 1990
Wolf v Colorado
Palko v Connecticut
Gregg v Georgia
United States v Eichman
8. Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Gregg v Georgia
Mapp v Ohio
Employment Division v Smith
9. A 1995 Supreme Court decision holding that federal programs that classify people by race - even for an ostensibly benign purpose such as expanding opportunities for minorities - should be presumed to be unconstitutional.
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Gregg v Georgia
Miranda v Arizona
Adarand v Pena
10. 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20 -000 to each survivor.
Grutter v Bollinger
Mapp v Ohio
New York Times v Sullivan
Korematsu v United States
11. First Amendment right of expressive association. BSA is allowed to dismiss gay leaders because it is a private institution
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Texas v Johnson
Engel v Vitale
Reno v ACLU
12. Established national abortion guidelines; trimester guidelines; no state interference in 1st; state may regulate to protect health of mother in 2nd; state may regulate to protect health or unborn child in 3rd. inferred from right of privacy establish
Katz v United States
Buckley v. Valeo
Gitlow v United States
Roe v Wade
13. The result of this trial was the Supreme Court ruling that Congress could limit free speech - particularly during wartime - if such speech presented 'a clear and present danger' to national interests
Schnek v United States
Harris v Forklift Service
Reno v ACLU
Baker v Car
14. 1925 court decision holding that freedoms of press and speech are 'fundamental personal rights protected by the due process clause of the 14Th amendment from impairment by the states as well as the federal government
Gitlow v United States
Bowers v Hardwick
NAACP v Alabama
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
15. Married couple wanted to get contraceptives; struck down a Connecticut law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives; established the right of privacy through the 4th and 9th amendment
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
United States v Eichman
Escobedo v Ilinois
Griswold v Connecticut
16. The Supreme Court held that the 1996 Communications Decency Act was unconstitutional - since it was overly broad and vague in its regulation of speech on the internet - and it attempted to regulate indecent speech - which is protected.
Grutter v Bollinger
Reno v ACLU
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Katz v United States
17. The 1931 Supreme Court decision holding that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
Near v Minnesota
Korematsu v United States
Texas v Johnson
Baker v Car
18. Affirmative action case (lost) ; race could be used as a factor in admissions as long as there was no point system and race was not a major factor; upheld Bakke case
Katz v United States
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Grutter v Bollinger
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
19. The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.
Engel v Vitale
Texas v Johnson
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Palko v Connecticut
20. A 1957 Supreme Court decision ruling that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Bowers v Hardwick
United States v Eichman
Roth v United States
21. The Fourteenth Amendment did not impose specific limitations on criminal justice in the states - and that illegally obtained evidence did not necessarily have to be excluded from trials in all cases.
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Schnek v United States
Wolf v Colorado
Gregg v Georgia
22. A case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld federal limits on campaign contributions and ruled that spending money to influence elections is a form of constitutionally protected free speech. The court also stated candidates can give
Buckley v. Valeo
Adarand v Pena
Escobedo v Ilinois
Wisconsin v Yoder
23. Expanded the protection of the Fourth Amendment to include conversations - not just things.
Katz v United States
Roe v Wade
Grutter v Bollinger
United States v Eichman
24. 1978 - Nazi group wanted to mark in neighborhood with high percentage of Jewish residents; village tried to prevent march by passing ordinances on parades that targeted the nazis; Illinois Supreme Court said march could not be forbidden because no on
Baker v Car
Plessy v Ferguson
Engel v Vitale
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
25. A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
Palko v Connecticut
Roe v Wade
Texas v Johnson
Near v Minnesota
26. In this case - a gay man from Georgia charged with committing sodomy in his own home with a consenting adult. The court ruled that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right for homosexuals to practice their lifestyle and that laws against
United States v Eichman
Harris v Forklift Service
Bowers v Hardwick
Wolf v Colorado
27. Sexual harassment not protected by First Amendment Rights
Harris v Forklift Service
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
NAACP v Alabama
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
28. Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
Adarand v Pena
Miranda v Arizona
Bush v Gore
United States v Eichman
29. Less blatant gerrymandering and redistricting was subject to judicial approval
Baker v Car
Bush v Gore
Bowers v Hardwick
Plessy v Ferguson
30. Right to Counsel during Interrogations
Employment Division v Smith
Escobedo v Ilinois
New York Times v Sullivan
Gregg v Georgia
31. Using the commerce clause as justification for this federal government ruling - aid that places of public acccommodation cannot pick and choose guests
Griswold v Connecticut
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
32. Upheld the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Gregg v Georgia
Plessy v Ferguson
Wisconsin v Yoder
Roe v Wade
33. This case ruled in favor of Bush by saying that recounting the votes in certain counties of Florida was unconstitutional because of equal protection of the law; Gore's wish to make the process as simple and painless as possible backfired
Buckley v. Valeo
Bush v Gore
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Barron v Baltimore
34. Busing Students to promote intergration is constitutional.
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Engel v Vitale
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Buckley v. Valeo
35. Free exercise of religion not violation of compulsory attendance laws; Amish children do not have to go to school until they are 16---they may stop after the 8th grade
Wisconsin v Yoder
Texas v Johnson
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Engel v Vitale
36. Court held that intentional infliction of emotional distress was permissible First Amendment free speech- so long as such speech was about a public official (figure) - and could not reasonably be construed to state actual facts about its subject
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
Bush v Gore
Wolf v Colorado
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
37. The supreme court protected the right to assemble peaceably in this 1958 case when it decided the NAACP did not have to reveal its membership list and thus subject its members to harassment.
United States v Eichman
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
NAACP v Alabama
38. A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Employment Division v Smith
New York Times v Sullivan
Plessy v Ferguson
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
39. 1964; established guidelines for determining whether public officials and public figures could win damage suits for libel. To do so - individuals must prove that the defamatory statements were made w/ 'actual malice' and reckless disregard for the tr
Roe v Wade
Buckley v. Valeo
Brown v Board of Education
New York Times v Sullivan
40. Law must be clearly secular - not prohibiting or inhibiting religion - and there should be no excessive entanglement
Schnek v United States
Lemon v Kurtzman
Brown v Board of Education
Buckley v. Valeo
41. Court found that segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection clause 'separate but equal' has no place
Brown v Board of Education
Wisconsin v Yoder
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
42. A landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In the case - the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to affor
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Gideon v Wainwright
Brown v Board of Education
Grutter v Bollinger
43. Said that protection against double jeopardy is not guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Barron v Baltimore
Palko v Connecticut
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
44. (1942) The Court ruled that the first amendment did not protect 'fighting words'
Lemon v Kurtzman
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Mapp v Ohio
Wolf v Colorado
45. Determined that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote - even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual. Although states have the power to accommodate otherw
Employment Division v Smith
Near v Minnesota
Palko v Connecticut
Griswold v Connecticut
46. The USSC uphold MO law and insists that women have a right to abortion but state should not pay 'elective surgery'
Lemon v Kurtzman
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Reno v ACLU