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This latin term is the judicial policy of deciding cases according to past precedent.
What is stare decisis?
100
Griswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey all dealt with this right, not specifically stated in the Constitution.
What is the right to privacy?
100
This case ruled that the government may not censor speech except in the cases of national security.
What is New York Times v. US (Pentagon Papers case)?
100
These Amendments dealt with rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
100
This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
200
These are the briefs written to the Supreme Court by "friends of the court."
What are amicus curiae briefs?
200
This case ruled that police must read a suspect his rights before questioning him (if they want to use that testimony in court).
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
200
This case banned school-led prayer.
What is Engle v. Vitale?
200
This prohibited discrimination in public places on the basis of race, religion, or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
200
This Amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
300
When the Supreme Court decides to hear a case, it issues this.
What is a writ of certiorari?
300
This case ruled that evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment may not be used in court.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
300
This case allowed black armbands as a form of symbolic speech.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
300
This case held up affirmative action, but struct down affirmative action based on quotas.
What is Regents v. Bakke?
300
Women and minorities are protected against workplace discrimination and sexual harassment by this part of the Civil Rights Act.
What is Title VII?
400
This way the piecemeal process of applying the Bill of Rights to the states.
What is selective incorporation?
400
This case ruled that all criminal defendants must be provided with a lawyer if they cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
400
This case created the "clear and present danger" test.
What is Schenck v. US?
400
This case created the "separate but equal" standard.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
This Amendment was to ensure equality for women, but was never ratified by the states.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
500
This is the method of interpreting the Constitution based on what the founding fathers believed they were writing.
What is "original intent?"
500
These are the two types of segregation, one by law and one "in fact"
What is "de jure" and "de facto"?
500
This was the first case that applied the First Amendment to the states (selective incorporation).
What is Gitlow v. New York?
500
When the Court is deciding whether a practice discriminates on the basis of race, they use this "suspect classification" or standard.
What is strict scrutiny?