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23758960Mardury v. Madison (1803)Established judicial review
23758961McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)Congress possesses "implied powers"<--which are those not listed in the Constitution
23758962Baker v. Carr (1961)The court can get involved in political issues
23758963US v. Nixon (1974)Executive privledge exists, except for national security
23758964Buckley v. Valeo (1976)Limit amount of $ you give to a candidate, but does not limit how much of their own $ a candidate can spend.
23758965Clinton v. City of NY (1998)*President doesn't have the power to make legislation. * line item veto for the president is unconstitutional.
23758966Jeb Bush v. Gore (2000)*all votes have to be counted equally. * there hase to be a set process for and to recount votes, which Fl. did not have.
23758967Barron v. Baltimore (1833)Bill of Rights is for National gov't, not State gov'ts.
23758968Gitlow v. NY (1925)1st amendment does apply to states
23758969Everson v. BOE (1941)It's okay for the gov't to provide general services to religious institutions
23758970Engle v. Vitale (1962)State cannot provide prayer in public schools
23758971Abbington School District v. Schempp (1963)No mandatory bible reading/ prayer
23758972Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)Can't forbid teaching evolution
23758973Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)Established Lemon test- law to be constitutional must have a "secular legislative purpose" and neither religious purpose and no exsessive gov't involvement.
23758974Wallace v. Jaffree (1984)Moment of silence is okay if not for a religious purpose
23758975Edwards v. Aguillard (1986)Can't be forced to teach creation
23758976County of Allegheny v. ACLU (1989)Can't have reliious view in courthouse/ gov't places
23758977Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)Schools cannot deny groups from meeting based on content of their speech.
23758978Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000)Can't say religious thing b/c gov't pays for stadium and announcer thing at a school sponsored event
23758979Reynolds v. US (1879)Gov't can limit what you practice--> Practice is differnt then belief. **can limit polygamy b/c it is a practice of beliefs
23758980Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)Wisconsin could not force kids to go back to school for 2 years b/c it violated free exercise of religion
23758981Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)Ligit. gov't reason to limit drug use
23758982Church of the Lukuani Babalu Ave., v. City of Hialeah, Fl. (1993)City cannot specifically target certain activity or certain religious behavior
23758983Schenck v. US (1919)Create clear and present danger test...things are okay in peace, are/may not be okay in wartime
23758984Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)Obscenity and fighting words are not protected by 1st amendment freedom of speech
23758985Tinker v. Des Moines (1968)Symbolic Speech is protected by freedom of speech in 1st amendment
23758986Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)*Can only limit speech when it is a direct incitement. *imminent lawless action
23758987Stanley v. Georgia (1969)Freedom of expression
23758988Miller v. California (1975)*Created Miller test to decide what is obscene. *Gov't can regulate how adult/obscene material is distributed
23758989Bethel School District v. Frasier (1988)You don't have freedom of speech in school
23758990Texas v. Johnson (1989)You cannot ban flag burning; its symbolic speech that is protected in the 1st amendment
23758991Near v. Minnesota (1931)*Established that there are no prior restraintd for newspapers *Gov't could not censor/prohibit a publication in advance
23758992NY Times v. Sullivan (1964)First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones, about the conduct of public officials except when statements are made with actual malice (with knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of their truth or falsity)
23758993NY Times Co. v. US (1971)Has to directly relate to national security...if it does you cannot publish it.
23758994Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir (1987)You don't have freedom of press in the schools
23758995NAACP v. Alabama (1958)You have the right of association--> gov't cannot keep a group from gathering
23758996Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)Groups have the right to choose who their members are
23758997Weeks v. US (1914)Created exclusionary rule--> obtain things against you illegally then they can't use it against them in court
23758998Mapp v. Ohio (1961)applies exclusionary law to states
23758999Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)*Gov't has to provide attorney to those who can't afford them.
23759000Miranda v. Arizona (1966)Miranda Rights
23759001Katz v. US (1968)4th amendment protects people, not places
23759002Furman v. Georgia (1972)said death punishment in unconstitutional--> cruel and unusual punishment
23759003Greggs v. Georgia (1976)death penalty made okay
23759004New Jersey v. TLO (1984)Reasonable suspicion (lower standard; not as much evidence needed to search) for you to search someone at a school.
23759005Nix v. Williams (1984)Created inevitable discovery doctrine
23759006Rasul v. Bush (2002)People in Guantonamo Bay have the same rights as people in US.
23759007Roper v. Simmons (2005)Juvenials cannot be sentenced to death
23759008Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006)*cannot deny rights to be at trial *people in Guantonamo Bay must be tried by a civil court
23759009Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)established the right to privacy
23759010Roe v. Wade (1973)A woman's right to an abortion falls within the right to privacy
23759011Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)States/gov't can put limits on abortions
23759012Kelo v. City of New London, CT (2005)With just compensation and for public use, gov't can take private property
23759013Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)Says slaves were not citizens, so they had no standing to sue
23759014Civil Rights Cases (1883)Moral reinforcement of Jim Crow Laws-- Shut down advancements from 13th, 14th, 15th amendments
23759015Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Seperate but equal is okay--> Segregation is okay, didn't count as discrimination.
23759016Korematsu v. US (1944)Right to protect against espionage-->could put them in camps b/c of this
23759017Brown v. BOE (1954)Cannot be seperate, but equal facilities (only applied to public schools)
23759018Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US (1964)Gov't can regulate public accomodations b/c it relates to interstate commerce
23759019Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)Use race for concideration, but cannot save spots
23759020Lawrence v. Texas (2003)What you do in the privacy of you home is okay as long as the people in your home are okay with it too.

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