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