Unanimous
1963
Sixth amendment requires that if a defendant cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to them
Gideon vs. Wainwright
A reporter reported on some things that the KKK was doing at rallies and the state of Ohio said the things they were saying were harmful
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
9-0
Sixth amendment requires that if a defendant cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to them
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Dred Scott was a slave trying for freedom
John emerson owned him
Dred Scott vs. Stanford
Equal protection includes people who aren’t white men
Single mother whose child died when the abusive dad shot him
They were fighting over his stuff and Idaho said women don’t get rights
Reed v Reed
1971
1824
Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce
Gibbons v. Ogden
Students wore black armbands to protest the vietnam war and the school wasn’t havin it
Tinker v. des moines 1969
Defined Miranda Laws and people must be read their constitutional rights when they're arrested
Miranda v Arizona
They were angry that they had to go super far to go to black schools
Thurgood marshall won the case and continued helping the NAACP until school were unsegregated
Brown v Board of Education
Abortion should fall under right to privacy
Roe v Wade
1919
The government can limit your first amendment if it presents clear and present threat to the security of our nation
Schenck v US
Prior restraint is against the first amendment
Limited restricting public speech
Jay near published a scandal sheet
Near vs Minnesota 1931
Any info found in a manner that is unconstitutional is not usable in court
Mapp v. Ohio
The president wanted japanese people out of our army during WW2
Korematsu v US
Greg was burning a flag outside of a republican convention
Texas v Johnson
1954
Unsegregated schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Free speech during times of war
He didn’t want people to accept the draft and he got arrested for that during ww1
Schenck v US
1919
Prior restraint is against the first amendment
Limited restricting public speech
Jay near published a scandal sheet
Near vs Minnesota
Interracial marriage
They got married and then came back and were in trouble
Loving v Virginia
5 guys broke into watergate
They had ties to Nixon
Didn’t wanna share the tapes
US v Nixon
1969
They sided with the racist because first amendment exists and they should stand by that
Brandenburg v Ohio
School led prayer vs separation of church and state
Ny state’s board of regents
Steven Engel jewish parent
William Vitale school board president got sued
Engel v. Vitale
1962
MLK was having his protests and Sullivan didn’t want riots to get out of hand cuz it made him look bad
So he sued the New York Times
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
1964
Motel owner refused to give rooms to African Americans
Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc v US
Only 1/8th black and got kicked off an all white train car
Plessy v Ferguson
1896