8927352307 | Plessy v. Ferguson | "Separate but Equal"- segregation in public places facilities were legal | ![]() | 0 |
8927352308 | Brown v. Board of Education | desegregated public schools, overturned Separate but Equal | ![]() | 1 |
8927352309 | New Jersey v. T.L.O. | a student may be searched if there is "reasonable suspicion", don't need a warrant in school | ![]() | 2 |
8927352310 | Miranda v. Arizona | suspects must be informed of their right to a lawyer and their right against self-incrimination, created the Miranda Rights | ![]() | 3 |
8927352311 | Gideon v. Wainwright | Courts are required to provide a lawyer in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys (even state courts) | ![]() | 4 |
8927352312 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Federal law was stronger than the state law. Supremacy Clause and Necessary & Proper Clause | ![]() | 5 |
8927352313 | Marbury v. Madison | established concept of judicial review, first time supreme court declared something 'unconstitutional' | ![]() | 6 |
8927352314 | Tinker v. Des Moines | Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive | ![]() | 7 |
8927360004 | Engle v. Vitale | A public school could not require a school prayer; guaranteed separation of church and state | 8 | |
8927377330 | Schenk v. US | There are limits on free speech if it posed a "clear and present danger" to the - You cannot yell "Fire" in a crowded room if it is not true | 9 | |
8927381432 | Texas v. Johnson | Legal to burn the flag in protest; Freedom of Speech | 10 | |
8927386224 | Roe v. Wade | Abortions legal in all 50 states; choice & Right to privacy | 11 | |
8927396262 | University of California Davis v. Bakke | Clarified affirmative action rules: outlawed quotas, but race and membership of disenfranchised groups is allowed to be used as a "plus factor" in admissions or job applications | 12 | |
8927413067 | Buckley v. Valeo | The government can set limits on campaign contributions to limit corruption in elections | 13 | |
8927473687 | Gitlow v. New York | The courts used the "dangerous tendency" test to convict, said that a state may forbid both speech and publication if they have a tendency to result in action dangerous to public security | 14 | |
8927485688 | Mapp v. Ohio | Evidence that is obtained illegally cannot be used in court | 15 | |
8927504424 | Baker v. Carr | "One man, one vote." Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population, enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide redistricting cases | 16 | |
8927514643 | US v. Lopez | 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act unconstitutional for overstepping the congressional boundaries of the Commerce Clause. While Congress has authority under the Commerce Clause, the power was limited, and did not extend so far to authorize the regulation of the carrying of handguns, especially when there was no evidence that carrying them affected the economy | 17 | |
8927614359 | Obergefell v. Hodges | Gay marriage was legalized in all 50 states. Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the right to marry as one of the fundamental liberties it protects, applies to same-sex couples the same as it does to opposite-sex couples | 18 | |
8927634159 | Gonzales v. Raich | The commerce clause gave Congress authority to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana, despite state law to the contrary | 19 |
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