1st
Amendment
Amendment
Flag burning is officially protected under the 1st amendment due to this Supreme Court case.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
Even if the state doesn’t like a verdict, this protects individuals from being tried more than once.
What is double jeopardy?
The “selective” in selective incorporation comes from the fact that not all liberties/amendments have been incorporated. This is one such amendment.
What is the 3rd, 5th, 10th or 7th?
This case determined the police have a responsibility to read suspects their rights before questioning.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This law outlawed literacy tests in the U.S. and led to a huge boost in African American voter registration.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
These are two forms of speech NOT protected by the 1st amendment.
What are libel, slander, obscenity, hate speech, fighting words, etc.?
The Supreme Court has deemed that state sponsored school prayer is a violation of this 1st amendment clause.
What is the Establishment Clause?
McDonald v. Chicago recently incorporated this amendment to the states
What is the 2nd?
This case proved students still have some free speech rights in school, as the majority opinion wrote, “students do not shed their constitutional rights to free speech at the schoolhouse gate.”
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This law eliminated segregation in public accommodations
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This form of speech is communicated by conduct. For example, wearing certain articles of clothing or conducting a sit-in.
What is symbolic speech?
While both are false and malicious, this is the difference between libel and slander.
What is libel is written and slander is spoken?
This was the first major incorporation case regarding free speech
What is Gitlow v. New York?
This was the key clause at issue in the landmark case, Wisconsin v. Yoder.
What is the free exercise clause?
This landmark Supreme Court case added to the 6th amendment by guaranteeing an attorney regardless of income.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
In order for speech to be punished as libel, it must meet these two criteria.
What is it must be knowingly false and malicious?
According to this principle, the accused have the right to be presented before a judge and given just cause as to why they are being held.
What is habeas corpus?
This 14th amendment clause has primarily been used to selectively incorporate civil liberties.
What is the Due Process Clause?
This 90s case upheld a woman’s right to abortion, but also stated restrictions may be applied as long as they do not cause an undue burden on the mother.
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey?
Segregation by law is referred to by this name
De jure segregation
This case determined that speech causing a public danger is not protected. For example: yelling “fire” in a movie theater is not a protected form of speech.
What is Schenck v. U.S.?
The right to privacy was initially established in this 1965 case. Hint: SC: G V C
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
Civil rights cases like Brown v. Board have used this 14th amendment clause to apply rights evenly to all.
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
The Pro-Life, Pro-Choice debate has been raging ever since this landmark case in 1973.
What is Roe v. Wade?
Those who believe in the principle of “equality of result” support this program which aims to diversify public universities and work places.
What is affirmative action?