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1964--Ruled that a defendant must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning by police.
What is Escobedo v. Illinois?
100
established the principle of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison 1803 ?
100
ruling that decriminalized abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade 1973?
100
1st Amendment protects campaign spending; legislatures can limit contributions, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)?
100
A New Jersey law allowing reimbursements of money to parents who sent their children to school (public and private) on buses operated by the public transportation system did not violate the establishment clause or the 1st and 14th Amendments.
What is Everson v Board of Education (1942)
200
1976 ruling that classification of individuals based on gender must be related to an important government objective; replaced minimum rationality standard.
What is Carig v. Boren?
200
1824--Clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power over interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
200
Flag-burning is symbolic speech with a political purpose and is protected by 1st Amendment.
What is Texas v. Johnson (1989)?
200
1963 ruling that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
200
1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
The court upheld the constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World War 2
What is Korematsu v. U. S. (1941)?
300
More leeway for states in regulation abortion, though no overturning of Roe v. Wade. Upholds MO law prohibiting abortion in public hospitals; shift in composition of court. (Later cases allow 24-hour waiting periods, parental consent for minors, etc.)
What is Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1987)?
300
1919--Case involving limits on free speech. Established the "clear and present danger" principle.
What is Schenck v. United States?
300
The guarantee in the 5th Amendment that private property shall not be taken "for public use, without just compensation" is not applicable to state governments as well as the federal government.
What is Barron v Baltimore (1833)?
300
Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
400
1978--Ambiguous ruling by a badly divided court that dealt with affirmative action programs that used race as a basis of selecting participants. The court general upheld affirmative action, but with a 4/4/1 split, it was a very weak decision.
What is Bakke v. Regents of the University of California?
400
Prohibited states from banning the teaching of evolution.
What is Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)?
400
Anarchist calling for overthrow of the government. Established precedent of federalizing Bill of Rights (applying them to States); States cannot deny freedom of speech - protected through due process clause of Amendment 14
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
400
1965 decision that the Constitution implicitily guarantees citizens' right to privacy.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
400
Guaranteed a student's right to protest (wearing armbands).
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
500
1969--Determined that a law that proscribes advocacy of violence for political reform is constitutional if applied to speech that is not directed toward producing imminent lawlessness and is not likely to produce such action is not constitutional.
What is Brandenburg v. Ohio?
500
1819--The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
500
1973 ruling that determined the obscenity clause to related to works that lack literary, artisitic, political or scientific value. (LAPS test)
What is Miler v. California?
500
guarantees the right to a trial by jury where a sentence of at least two years is involved
What is Duncan v. Louisiana 1968?
500
1819--New Hampshire had attempted to take over Dartmouth College by revising its colonial charter. The Court ruled that the charter was protected under the contract clause of the U. S. Constitution; upholds the sanctity of contracts.
What is Dartmouth College v. Woodward?