AMENDMENTS
SUPREME COURT CASES
INTERPRETATION OF AMENDMENTS
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100

The provisions of the First Amendment (3)

-freedom of religion

-freedom of speech

-freedom of assembly and petition

100

The Court case which implemented the exclusionary rule

Mapp v Ohio

100

Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments

Eight amendment

100

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

Ninth Amendment

100

"I plead the Fifth"

right to remain silent

200

The amendment that guarantees the right to privacy

Ninth Amendment

200

The case that outlawed the use of school prayers

Engel v Vitale

200

extends the right to an attorney to the states

Sixth Amendment

200

"In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."

Seventh Amendment

200
these laws give reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources or reveal other confidential information (armor)
shield laws
300

The Amendment that guarantees the right to an impartial jury

Sixth Amendment

300

The Supreme Court case that outlawed polygamy

Reynolds v US

300

guarantee against double jeopardy

Fifth Amendment

300

"i]f there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable."

Texas v Johnson

300

a judge or court may compel those holding a prisoner to produce the prisoner and prove that they have legally incarcerated the individual

writ of habeas corpus

400

The Amendment that contains the first due process clause

Fifth Amendment

400

The case where the Court ruled that police did not need a warrant when evidence was in "plain sight"

Minnesota v Carter

400

The Smith Act of 1940

Second Amendment

400
"...various guarantees (of the Constitution) create zones of privacy...would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of bedrooms?..."
Griswold v Connecticut
400

"a symbolic expression of support" for candidates is not unconstitutional

Buckley v Valeo

500

The Amendment that prevents the use of writs of assistance

Fourth Amendment

500

The Court case which laid down the idea that a confession cannot be used against a defendant if it was obtained illegally (not allowing the suspect to consult an attorney)

Escobedo v Illinois

500

Three provisions not incorporated into the 14th amendment's due process clause

-Right to keep/bear arms


-grand jury


-trial by jury


-quartering of troops

500

"[n]ervous, evasive behavior is a pertinent factor in determining reasonable suspicion...flight is the consummate act of evasion"

Illinois v Wardlow

500

affirmed the constitutionality of a buffer zone

Madsen v Woman's Health Services