Controversial
this case involved Japanese internment camps during WW2
Korematsu v. United States
Wanted workers’ safety, restriction on child labor, environmental conservation
Geographically they were heavy in the Midwest and west with small town origins (they were suspicious of the big-city)
Very liberal movement within the Republican party, not socialist
Very little interest in improving black status and believed in racial superiority—considered to be very racist
Unreceptive to labor unions
Overwhelmingly white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Also included women for suffrage movement
Peaceful oriented—organized in peace movements
Believed in expertise and scientific advancement
Progressives
this amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
T/F: The labor movement in the U.S. is political
False
this president resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal, sent troops to Vietnam without congressional permission which led to limitations on the Executive Branch
Richard Nixon
the response by some states to the passage of Brown v. Board, claiming the decision poisoned the soul of the U.S.
the Southern Manifesto
the first time due process protected non-economic liberties
Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)
the switch in time that saved nine
Beginning in March of 1937, the Court handed down a string of decisions which validated New Deal legislation.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.
NLRB v. Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co.
Stewart Machine Co. v. Davis
West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish
one of the greatest lawyers and justices who was a pioneer in progressivism in the 1920s on the Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
this person led the United States through World War II, established New Deal programs, was elected four times, and is the reason for presidential term limits
FDR
the ONLY cases restricting powers under the nondelegation doctrine. Never used since, never overturned.
Schechter v. United States (1935)
Panama Refining Company v. Ryan (1935)
DAILY DOUBLE: The 3 R's that make up FDR's goals of the New Deal program
relief, recovery and reform
in this case, the Court upheld the AAA measure regulating the amount of wheat that individual farmer’s could grow, even for personal use, stating that the “aggregate effects” of such wheat growing could result in interstate commerce matters
This case gave the “aggregate effects test” and was the apogee of the expansive commerce power.
wickard v. filburn (1942)
Wilson’s progressive agenda was focused on individual freedoms and states’ rights, attempting to “open up” the system to provide greater freedom with less regulation, or to make competition easier. US needs to respond to disparities caused by Industrial Revolution.
New Freedom Movement
this person was a military general during the war of 1812, was president in 1829-1837, and is controversial due to indian removal, being a slave owner, abolishing the national bank, and the nullification crisis
Andrew Jackson
the Court held that private racial covenants were in themselves valid, but the state could not enforce the racial covenants because such sanctioning by the states violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Breaking down residential property barriers based on race.
Shelley v. Kramer (1948)
the Court upheld a state statute regulating grain elevators, stating that property which is affected with a public interest may be regulated
Munn v. Illinois (1877)
here, the Court held that there is a constitutional right to privacy and the marital chamber is protected from intrusion by this right
The Court resurrected the concept of substantive due process to create the constitutional right to privacy stating that the Ninth Amendment reserves to the people all unenumerated rights and the right to privacy is one of those. cited Meyer and Pierce
This case established the basis for Roe v. Wade
griswold v. connecticut (1965)
the Court struck down a gerrymandering scheme of changing district lines into abnormal 28 shape so that the white residents could vote but disenfranchised black voters in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)
the three presidents that have been impeached
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump
the Court stated the “one man, one vote” standard for reapportionment cases.
Gray v. Sanders (1963)
Alabama lawyer, who became one of the great civil libertarians on the Court. supported new deal, only justice saying that corporations should not be deemed people under 13th amendment. One of most liberal justices. Turned conservative later. Favored total incorporation of bill of rights.
Hugo Black
the only amendment to ever be repealed
18th amendment (prohibition), repealed by the 21st amendment
the Court held that legislative representation was a justiciable issue and citizens had standing to bring suit in federal court
Warren said that this was the most important decision of his time on the Court.
Previously, in Colegrove v. Green (1946), the Court had held that a challenge to Illinois apportionment was a political question and therefore non-justiciable.
Justice Warren stated this was his most important decision
Baker v. Carr (1962)
this President led the U.S. during World War I, was a university president, and established the League of Nations and Treaty of Versailles but were never ratified by the U.S. Senate
Woodrow Wilson