1798 to 1914
1925 to 1960
1961 to 1965
1970 to 1998
Do you feel Lucky?
100
The case that established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v Madison?
100
Claimed that newspapers were free from prior restraint.
What is Near v Minnesota?
100
Extended the 6th Amendment right to counsel to the states, later made into awesome movie!
What is Gideon v Wainwright?
100
Established three prong test to measure establishment clause issues
What is Lemon v Kurtzman?
100
Stuck down state laws that banned sodomy.
What is Lawrence v Texas?
200
This case defined commerce and allowed for Federal government involvement in nearly every transaction that crosses state lines.
What is Gibbons v Ogden?
200
Declared that schools should be desegregated "with all due and deliberate speed."
What is Brown v Board 2?
200
Extended to exclusionary rule to the states.
What is Mapp v Ohio?
200
Campaign Finance case that stated contributions could be limited but not spending.
What is Buckley v Valeo?
200
Corporate funding of independent political expenditures can't be limited
What is Citizens United v FEC.
300
Created the "Separate but equal" standard.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
300
This case ruled the WWII Japanese internment was constitutional.
What is Korematsu v US?
300
This case established the right to privacy.
What is Griswald v Connecticut?
300
Established that race could be taken into account as one of the factors to be considered for admissions.
What is U.C. Regents v Bakke?
300
Death Penalty does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
What is Gregg v Georgia?
400
Established the Clear and Present Danger Test that allows congress to restrain speech that may be deemed as a threat to the government.
What is Schenck v US?
400
Established the idea that obscenity is not protected speech
What is Roth V US?
400
These two cases dealing with school prayer stated that schools could not have teacher led school prayer or Bible readings as part of a religious exercise.
What is Engel v Vitale and Abbington v Schempp?
400
Banned the line item veto?
What is Clinton v NY?
400
States can regulate abortion if the restrictions do not constitute an undue burden.
What is Planned Parenthood v Casey?
500
Created the exclusionary rule on the Federal level.
What is Weeks v U.S.?
500
Created standard in deciding which parts of Bill of Rights should be extended to the states.
What is Palko v Connecticut?
500
These three cases dealing with Gerrymandering and the drawing of congressional districts stated that districts had to be drawn to include the same number of people, and should not be drawn on racial lines alone.
What is Baker v Carr, Westberry v Sanders and Reno v Shaw?
500
Gun Free School Zones deemed unconstitutional due to the fact that the national congress had exceeded the commerce power.
What is U.S. V Lopez?
500
Public School money can be used to fund disadvantaged students at religious schools using vouchers.
What is Zelman v Simmons-Harris?
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