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64735810Marbury v. MadisonJudicial review created: courts can void unconstitional laws
64735811McCulloch v. MarylandNational govt can est. a bank (Congress has implied powers) Maryland cannot tax the bank (supremacy clause)
64735812Gibbons v. OgdenStates cannot regulate interstate commerce (steamboat case)
64735813Dred Scot v. SandfordCongress cannot limit slavery in federal territories Struck down MO Compromise (overturned by 14th Am.)
64735814Reynolds v. U.S.States bans on polygamy does not violate free exercise clause
64735815Plessy v. FergusonUpheld segregation if seperate facilities available (railroads)
64735816Schenk v. U.S.Est. clear + present danger test for speech (anti-war leaflets)
64735817Gitlow v. New York1st incorporation doctrine case, applied free speech to states
64735818NLRB v. JonesBroadly interpreted Congress' commerce power to apply to activities that could effect interstate commerce
64735819Brown v. Board of Education, TopekaSeperate educational facilities are inherently unequal, overturned Plessy, catalyst for civil rights movement
64735820Mapp v. OhioExclusionary rule (re: tainted evidence) applied to state courts
64735821Engle v. VitalePublic school-sponsored prayer violates establishment clause
64735822Baker v. CarrSet "one person, one vote" rule (districts of=population)
64735823Gideon v. WainwrightPoor defendants must be provided an attorney in state trials
64735824Griswald v. ConnecticutEstablished the right to privacy, struck down state anti-contraceptive law
64735825Miranda v. ArizonaSuspects must be read rights prior to interrogation
64735826Tinker v. Des MoinesStudents have some constitutional rights, black arm bands to protest the war protected as symbolic speech
64735827NY Times v. USStruck down prior restraint on "Pentagon Papers" (freed press)
64735828Lemon v. KurtzmanSet up a 3 part test for govt aid to religion 1) secular purpose 2) neutrality 3) no excessive govt entanglement with religion
64735829Roe v. WadeStruck down a Texas abortion ban, set up a trimester approach allowing more govt reg. of abortion as pregnancy advances
64735830U.S. v. NixonRuled Nixon's claim of executive privilege was outweighed by a criminal investigation; Watergate tapes released
64735831Buckley v. ValeoStruck down portios of the Federal Election Campaign Act such as a limit on self-financing of a campaign due to 1st Am.
64735832Gregg v. GeorgiaStates could resume capital punishment if states had checks on its use (automatic appeals, two phase trials, etc.)
64735833U. California v. BakkeStruck down a med schools race-based admissions quota but upheld aff action programs that use race as a plus factor
64735834Texas v. JohnsonRuled flag burning was protected as symbolic speech
64735835Oregon v. SmithFree exercise of religion does not block general laws (such as a ban on peyote) that incidentally limit those practices
64735836Planned Parenthood v. CaseyState regulation of abortion (ex: waiting periods) can be const'l if it does not pose an "undue burden" on woman
64735837U.S. v. LopezStruck down the federal Gun Free Schools Act as exceeding Congress' commerce powers
64735838Bush v. GoreEnded the recount process in Florida, inconsistant recount procedures among counties violated equal protection
64735839Lawrence v. TexasStruck down state sodomy laws as a violation of privacy rts

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