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