SCOTUS
This case was for Hispanics what Brown v. Board was for Blacks
Hernandez v. TX
This was undertaken as a way to promote ratification of the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
Evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court.
The Exclusionary Rule
The Elastic Clause is another name for this.
The Necessary and Proper Clause
Does a law limiting a company's spending in an election violate 1st amendment protections?
Citizens United v. FEC
Prior Restraint case from the Vietnam War
NYT v. U.S.
It mostly documented the abuses of colonial rights.
Declaration of Independence
A false written statement that defames a person's character and reputation.
Libel
Laws that gave legal standing to racism and segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Does the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Students in pubic schools don't abandon all their rights when they come to a public school.
Tinker v. Des Moines
A 1963 example of civil disobedience
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King, Jr.
The incorporation of the Bill of Rights is explained largely by this.
The 14th Amendment
Because it ratified the Constitution before the other states, DE is somtimes called this.
The First State
Did Congress have the power to pass the Gun-Free School Zones Act?
U.S. v. Lopez
Burning a U.S. flag is protected by the 1st Amendment
Texas v. Johnson
It was ratified in 1781, a form of government of the new United States.
Articles of Confederation
The vast majority of criminal cases in the U.S. are resolved by these.
Plea Bargains
The federalism in which the states and federal government have independent spheres is called this.
Layer-Cake Federalism
Did Congress have the authority under the Constitution to commission a national bank?
McCulloch v. MD
An expansive definition of the Commerce Clause is a hallmark of this case.
Gibbons v. Ogden
It was used as a means of persuading New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution
The Federalist Papers
Returning a person charged with a crime to the state of trial or imprisonment is called this.
Extradition
Because they are places where local laws are tested before becoming national laws, these are sometimes called the "laboratory of democracy."
The States
Under what conditions does the state’s interest in promoting compulsory education override parents’ First Amendment right to free exercise of religion?
Wisconsin v. Yoder