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Important Supreme Court Cases
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1. 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
Katz v United States
Gregg v Georgia
Bush v Gore
Wisconsin v Yoder
2. 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
Wisconsin v Yoder
Wolf v Colorado
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
3. The USSC uphold MO law and insists that women have a right to abortion but state should not pay 'elective surgery'
Gregg v Georgia
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Engel v Vitale
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
4. A 1957 Supreme Court decision ruling that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Wisconsin v Yoder
Roth v United States
5. Said that protection against double jeopardy is not guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Roe v Wade
Palko v Connecticut
Griswold v Connecticut
Bowers v Hardwick
6. 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
Gideon v Wainwright
Near v Minnesota
NAACP v Alabama
Tinker v Des Moines School District
7. Upheld the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Gregg v Georgia
Lemon v Kurtzman
Palko v Connecticut
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
8. 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.
Bush v Gore
United States v Eichman
NAACP v Alabama
Employment Division v Smith
9. 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
Brown v Board of Education
Mapp v Ohio
Bowers v Hardwick
Plessy v Ferguson
10. 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
Bowers v Hardwick
Tinker v Des Moines School District
NAACP v Alabama
Roe v Wade
11. The 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the bill of rights restrained only the national government - not the states and cities.
Miranda v Arizona
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Plessy v Ferguson
Barron v Baltimore
12. Courts held while that affirmative action systems are constitutional - a quota system based on race is unconstitutional.
Miller v California
Plessy v Ferguson
Engel v Vitale
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
13. 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.
Schnek v United States
Miranda v Arizona
Korematsu v United States
Harris v Forklift Service
14. The 1931 Supreme Court decision holding that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Wolf v Colorado
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Near v Minnesota
15. 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
Escobedo v Ilinois
Korematsu v United States
Bush v Gore
Grutter v Bollinger
16. 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
Bush v Gore
17. 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.
Reno v ACLU
Bowers v Hardwick
Mapp v Ohio
Roe v Wade
18. Busing Students to promote intergration is constitutional.
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Adarand v Pena
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
19. 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
New York Times v Sullivan
Roth v United States
Wisconsin v Yoder
Village of Skokie v National Socialist Party
20. Less blatant gerrymandering and redistricting was subject to judicial approval
Griswold v Connecticut
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Baker v Car
21. Student led - student initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause
Brown v Board of Education
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklingberg
Miller v California
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
22. 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
Korematsu v United States
Gitlow v United States
Wisconsin v Yoder
Katz v United States
23. Right to Counsel during Interrogations
Engel v Vitale
Korematsu v United States
Escobedo v Ilinois
Gregg v Georgia
24. 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
Adarand v Pena
Harris v Forklift Service
Grutter v Bollinger
Gitlow v United States
25. 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
Bush v Gore
Plessy v Ferguson
Santa Fe Independant School District v Doe
Gideon v Wainwright
26. First Amendment right of expressive association. BSA is allowed to dismiss gay leaders because it is a private institution
Korematsu v United States
Miranda v Arizona
Texas v Johnson
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
27. Expanded the protection of the Fourth Amendment to include conversations - not just things.
Near v Minnesota
Escobedo v Ilinois
Katz v United States
Miranda v Arizona
28. 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.
Brown v Board of Education
Palko v Connecticut
Korematsu v United States
Miller v California
29. Law must be clearly secular - not prohibiting or inhibiting religion - and there should be no excessive entanglement
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Lemon v Kurtzman
Miller v California
30. 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.
Grutter v Bollinger
Wisconsin v Yoder
Adarand v Pena
Palko v Connecticut
31. A 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Tinker v Des Moines School District
Brown v Board of Education
Gitlow v United States
Plessy v Ferguson
32. 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.
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Escobedo v Ilinois
Korematsu v United States
Bowers v Hardwick
33. 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
Adarand v Pena
Plessy v Ferguson
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Griswold v Connecticut
34. 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
Reno v ACLU
Texas v Johnson
Baker v Car
New York Times v Sullivan
35. 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.
Griswold v Connecticut
Texas v Johnson
Roe v Wade
Plessy v Ferguson
36. 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.
Korematsu v United States
Miranda v Arizona
NAACP v Alabama
Wolf v Colorado
37. Husband permission for abortion is unconstitutional (1992)
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
NAACP v Alabama
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
38. 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
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Engel v Vitale
39. Using the commerce clause as justification for this federal government ruling - aid that places of public acccommodation cannot pick and choose guests
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Miranda v Arizona
Casey v Planned Parenthood
Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States
40. Sexual harassment not protected by First Amendment Rights
Harris v Forklift Service
Miranda v Arizona
Baker v Car
NAACP v Alabama
41. 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
Bush v Gore
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Schnek v United States
Miller v California
42. Court found that segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection clause 'separate but equal' has no place
Brown v Board of Education
Webster v Health Reproductive Service
Plessy v Ferguson
NAACP v Alabama
43. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell
Employment Division v Smith
Katz v United States
Lemon v Kurtzman
44. (1942) The Court ruled that the first amendment did not protect 'fighting words'
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Lemon v Kurtzman
Engel v Vitale
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
45. Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Mapp v Ohio
Roth v United States
Escobedo v Ilinois
Reno v ACLU
46. Declared Flag Protection Act - which made flag-burning illegal - unconstitutional - 1990
Reno v ACLU
Adarand v Pena
Tinker v Des Moines School District
United States v Eichman