Bill of rights cases
In this case, the First Amendment did not protect burning draft cards in protest of the Vietnam War as a form of symbolic speech.
The United States vs. O'Brien
This case dealt with the 6th amendment in Kentucky.
Batson v. Kentucky.
Freedom of assembly allows you to do what?
Protest.
This limits the government to fair and equal punishment for crimes. (8th amendment)
No cruel and unusual punishment
Several states that had ratified the amendment had constitutions that prohibited women from voting, rendering them unable to ratify an amendment to the contrary. Which amendment is this?
The 19th
In this case, Jack Miller and one other person were indicted for transporting an unregistered sawed-off shotgun across state lines in violation of the National Firearms Act of 1934.
The United States vs. Miller
This was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that if there is to be an award of statutory damages in a copyright infringement case, then the opposing party has the right to demand a jury trial.
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television.
The right to bear arms allows you to own what?
Firearms.
The police are not allowed to do what without a warrant?
Search and seize
In 1970, Jane Roe (a fictional name used in court documents to protect the plaintiff’s identity) filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, where she resided, challenging a Texas law making abortion illegal except by a doctor’s orders to save a woman’s life.
Roe v. Wade.
This case is notable for being one of the few significant court decisions to interpret the Third Amendment prohibition of quartering soldiers in homes during peacetime without the owner's consent.
Engblom v. Carey
In this case, William Furman was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of murder while he was attempting to burglarize a house. Furman appealed before the court. According to Justice Potter Stewart, the death penalty was clearly handed out to Furman mainly because he was a black man. Thus, it violated the Eighth Amendment.
Furman v. Georgia
This phrase means that you cannot be tried twice in a court of law for the same offense.
No double Jeopardy.
Any criminal offense along with an attorney is also given this right to a..
Speedy and public trial
This limited presidential term
The 22nd amendment.
In this case, Dollree Mapp was convicted of possessing obscene materials after an admittedly illegal police search of her home for a fugitive. She appealed her conviction on the basis of freedom of expression.
Mapp v. Ohio.
This case involved a group of federal employees accused of violating the then-recently passed Hatch Act, which prohibits most employees of the executive branch of the federal government from engaging certain political activities.
U.S. Public Workers v. Mitchell
Slavery
What is the controversial value necessary for a civil case to be heard by a jury?
$20
This 5th amendment court case became an issue
After four Black men were held under dangerous circumstances and forced to confess to murder charges under duress, they were convicted and sentenced to death.
Chambers v. Florida
In this case, Carol Anne Bond was found guilty of trying to poison her husband's mistress, Myrlinda Haynes, with toxic chemicals at least 24 times over the course of several months. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charged Bond with two counts of possessing and using a chemical weapon
Bond v. United States
This phrase is used when being asked to incriminate yourself.
I plead the fifth.
Name one right that is unenumerated in the constitution.
Innocent until proven guilty
Right to privacy
right to travel
This was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag, which at the time were enforced in 48 of the 50 states
Texas v. Johnson.