The 1st Amendment
This clause prevents the government from sponsoring religious beliefs or practices.
What is the establishment clause.
This case ruled that separate educational facilities for racial groups are not and cannot be equal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?
This case requires that the states provide legal counsel to those who cannot afford it.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This document contains the phrase, "an injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere".
What is "Letter from a Birmingham Jail?"
This doctrine contends that some, but not all, of the Bill of Rights protections applies to state governments.
What is selective incorporation?
This doctrine, articulated in Schenck v. United States, places limits on freedom of speech.
What is clear and present danger?
In this case, the Court ruled that students retain their 1st Amendment free speech rights on campus.
What is Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community School District?
This rule prevents evidence obtained illegal from being used against suspects in court.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This law outlawed a number of racially discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
This case incorporates the 2nd Amendment to state and local governments.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
This clause protects the right to protest against the government.
What is the freedom to assemble clause?
The Court has upheld this practice, as long as it is part of a holistic review of applicants.
What is affirmative action?
This amendment includes the right to a speedy and public trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This idea requires that laws that discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin require a "compelling government interest" and be "narrowly tailored."
What is strict scrutiny?
This religious minority filed suit about compulsory school attendance, leading to the Court's decision in Wisconsin v. Yoder.
Who are the Amish?
This practice refers to the government suppressing information that would be published on the grounds that it would be harmful.
What is prior restraint?
This idea derives fundamental rights from the 14th Amendment's Due Process clause.
What is substantive due process?
This amendment prohibits excessive bail.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This amendment guarantees women's suffrage.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This form of segregation is the product of social and economic patterns rather than legally enforced.
What is de facto segregation?
This type of speech has been held to be unconstitutional, because it directly causes harm.
What are fighting words?
This section of the Civil Rights Act is the subject of the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College
What is Title VI?
This SCOTUS case incorporates the 4th Amendment to the states.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This case established the "undue burdens" test for restrictions on abortion.
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey?