important cases to memorize
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| 370549350 | Barron v. Baltimore 1833 | decision tht limited the applicaiton of the bill of rights to the actions of congress alone | |
| 370549351 | Brown v. Board 1954 | school segregation in unconstitutional because violates 14th, marked end of legal separation; warren court | |
| 370549352 | Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 | us congress lacked constitutional authority to bar slavery, narrowed national power and widened state | |
| 370549353 | Furman v. GA 1972 | end capital punishment (death penalty), overturned by Gregg v. GA | |
| 370549354 | Gitlow v. NY 1925 | incorporated free speech clause (1st); states arent completely free to limit forms of political expression | |
| 370549355 | Mcculoch v. Maryland 1819 | court upheld national power, denied states the right to tax the bank | |
| 370549356 | Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 | Plessy challenged LA statute requiring separate accommodations on railroads; court found separate but = didnt violate 14th | |
| 370549358 | Chilsolm v. GA 1793 | court interpreted jurisdiction under article 3 section 2 to include right to hear suits by citizen of state v. state | |
| 370549359 | Marbury v. Madison 1803 | court 1st asserted power of judicial review** finding a congressional statute extending courts original jurisdiction was unconstitutional | |
| 384295424 | Abbington v. Schemmp 1963 | prohibited devotional bible reading in public schools by virtue of establishment clause and 14th amendments due process clause. warren courts judicial activism. | |
| 384295425 | Weeks v. US 1914 | est the exclusionary rule at the federal level; illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court | |
| 384295426 | Schenck v. US 1919 | oliver wendell holmes; clear and present danger test; shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater; limits on speech; esp in wartime | |
| 384295427 | Near v. Minnesota 1931 | held that the 1st amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint | |
| 384295428 | Palko v. Connecticut 1937 | provided test for determining which parts of the bill of rights should be federalized-those which are implicitly or explicitly necessary for liberty to exist | |
| 384295429 | Korematsu v. US 1944 | upheld as constitutional the internment of americans with japanese descent during ww2 | |
| 384295430 | Roth v. US 1957 | est that ;obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press' | |
| 384295431 | Mapp v. Ohio 1961 | est exclusionary rule; illegally obtained evidence cant be used in court; warren court | |
| 384295432 | Engel v. Vitale 1962 | prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools (1st amendment establishment clause and 14th due process clause); warren court | |
| 384295433 | Baker v. Carr 1962 | 'one man, one vote'; ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population; warren court | |
| 384295434 | Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 | ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceeding; warren court | |
| 384295435 | Wesberry v. Sanders 1963 | ordered house districts to be as near equal in population as possible | |
| 384295436 | NY Times v. Sullivan 1964 | held that statements about public figures are libelous only if made with malice and reckless disregard for the truth | |
| 384295437 | Griswald v. Connecticut 1965 | est right of privacy through 4th and 9th amendments. set precedent for roe v. wade | |
| 384295438 | Miller v. California 1973 | est that community standards be used in determining whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to 'prurient interest', being 'patently offensive', and lacking in value | |
| 384295439 | Lemon v. Kurtzman 1971 | established a 3-part test to determine if est clause is violated: non secular purpose, advances/inhibits religion, excessive entanglement with the government | |
| 384295440 | Miranda v. Arizona 1965 | established miranda warnings or counsel and silence mist be given before questioning, warren court | |
| 384295441 | Roe v. Wade 1973 | est 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 of unborn child in 3rd. inferred from right of privacy in Griswold v. Connecticut | |
| 384295442 | US v. Nixon 1974 | allowed for executive privilege, but not in criminal cases; 'even the president is not about the law', watergate | |
| 384295443 | Buckley v. Valeo 1976 | 1st amendment protects campaign SPENDING; legislatures cam limit CONTRIBUTIONS, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns. opened door for PACs to spend unlimited amount on campaigns so long as they're not directly coordinated with a particular campaign | |
| 384295444 | Gregg v. GA 1976 | upheld constitutionality of death penalty; not cruel and unusual punishment; overturned by Furman v. GA | |
| 384295445 | UC Regents v. Bakke 1978 | Bakke & UC Davis Med School; declared strict quotas unconstitutional but states may allow race to be taken into account as ONE factor in admissions decisions.Bakke was admitted; affirmative action | |
| 384295446 | Texas v. Johnson 1989 | struck down a law banning the burning of the american flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by 1st | |
| 384295447 | Planned Parenthood v. Casey 1992 | states can regulate abortion, but not with regulations that impose 'undue burden' upon women; did not overturn Roe, but gave state more leeway in regulating abortion | |
| 384295448 | Shaw v. Reno 1993 | no racial gerrymandering; face cannot be the Sole or Predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts | |
| 384295449 | US v. Lopez 1995 | gun free school zones act exceed congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce. the first case to begin reigning in congress' authority under commerce clause | |
| 384295450 | Clinton v. NY 1998 | banned presidential use of line-item veto | |
| 384295451 | Bush v. Gore 2000 | use of 14th's equal protection clause to stop the florida recount in 2000 election | |
| 384295452 | Zelman v. Simmons-Harris 2002 | public money can be used to send disadvantaged children to religious schools in tuition voucher programs | |
| 384295453 | Ashcroft v. ACLU 2002 | struck down a federal ban on 'virtual' child pornograpgy | |
| 384295454 | Lawrence v. Texas 2003 | using right of privacy, struck down Texas law banning sodomy | |
| 384295455 | Gratz v. Bollinger 2003 | struck down use of 'bonus points' for race in undergrad admissions at U of Michigan; affirmative action | |
| 384295456 | Grutter v. Bollinger 2003 | allowed the use of race as a general factor in law school admissions at U of Michigan; affirmative action |
