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Constitution 2
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Prayer In public school prohibited by First Amendment
What is Engle v. Vitale
100
Guaranty Clause does not prevent courts from having the right to determine whether state legislative apportionment violates citizens 14th A. rights
What is Baker v. Carr
100
Certain state criminal abortion law involve the Due Process clause of the 14th A. which protects against state action the right to privacy in the Bill of Rights
What is Roe v. Wade
100
California was right to intern Japanese-Americans in Camps during crisis of World War 2
What is Korematsu v. US
100
Line Item Veto declared unconstitutional on the bounds that ir gave legislative powers to the president
What is Clinton v. City of New York
200
Freedom of the press is different for students. Principles can censor school newspapers
What is Halzewood School District v. Kuhlmeier
200
Supreme Court held that freedom of speech and of the press were amount the fundamental personal rights protected by the due-process clause of the 14th A. from infringements by state action.
What is Gitlow v. New York
200
Flag burning case. State statutes against flag desecration are unconstitutional limits on freedom of speech. Symbolic speech is protected by the constitution.
What is Texas v. Johnson
200
Concerns arid to sectarian schools; Lemon test created to interpret the establishment clause
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman
200
Exclusionary rule case. Courts can't use evidence obtained from a suspect who has been denied opportunity to consult with counsel and has not been warned of his constitutional right to keep silent, because his 5th, 6th, and 14th A. rights have been violated
What is Escovedo v. Illinois
300
The failure of San Francisco schools to provide English- language instruction for students of chinese ancestry who do not speak english.
What is Lau v. Nichols
300
A Connecticut statute forbidding use of contraceptives violates the right of marital pricey which is within the penumbra of specific guarantees of the Bill of Rights
What is Griswold v. Connecticut
300
Bill of Rights does not apply to the states.
What is Barron v. Baltimore
300
Criminal suspect's rights include being informed of rights to counsel and to remain silent
What is Miranda v. Arizona
300
Steamboats on the Hudson River. The constitution give the Federal Government power to regulate commerce. Opened door to the use of the commerce clause to control states
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
400
Government's fundamental, overriding interest in eradicating racial discrimination in education substantially outweighs whatever burden denial of tax benefits places on the exercise of religious beliefs
What is Bob Jones University v. US
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! Name the war in which the children in the case Tinker v. Desmoines protested with their black arm bands
What is Vietnam
400
Speech that does not call for illegal action is protected, and even speech that does call for illegal action is protected i the action isn not "imminent" or there is reason to believe that the listeners will not take action
What is Brandenburg v. Ohio
400
Court would not allow prior restraint on the press
What is near v. Minnesota
400
The state's refusal to appoint counsel for an indigent accused of non-capital felony violated due process clause
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
500
Freedom of speech held to include students wearing black arm bands at school to protest the Vietnam War
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Community School District
500
Congress has the right to prohibit racial discrimination in places of public accommodation through the Commerce Clause because the interstate movement of people is "commerce".
What is Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US
500
Upheld FECA's limitations placed on campaign contributions but protected independent political expenditures as free speech.
What is Buckley v. Valeo
500
Upheld racial discrimination: "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
500
The legislative veto is unconstitutional
What is INS v. Chadha