20.4 - The Supreme Court and Protection of Rights - Key cases Flashcards
Supreme Court and the protection of rights - key cases
Supreme Court and the protection of rights - key cases
What are rights protected in the Constitution known as?
Constitutional rights
What Supreme Court case in 2014 upheld the first amendment in regards to religion and healthcare?
‘Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores’
How did the Supreme Court uphold the first amendment in the ‘Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores’ case in 2014?
The Court ruled that the government (Obamacare) cannot require employers to provide insurance cover for birth control if it conflicts with the religious beliefs of the employers
Whose free speech was protected in the ‘Snyder v Phelps’ case of 2011 and who was the only justice to dissent?
The free speech of the Westboro’ Baptist Church - Alito only justice to dissent - said free speech didn’t allow for verbal assault
In what case did the Court rule that there is a right to individual gun ownership without connection to a militia?
‘D.C. v Heller’ - 2008
What did the Court rule in regards to the 2nd amendment in the ‘Caetano v Massachusetts’ case in 2016?
That the 2nd amendment extends to all instruments that constitute bearable arms even if they were not in existence at the time of the founding - happened after Caetano was arrested for possessing a stun gun
What does the 4th amendment protect people from?
Unreasonable searches and seizures by the government
What did the Court rule in regards to cell phone location data and the 4th amendment in ‘Carpenter v U.S. (2018)?
To acquire cell phone location data amounts to a 4th Amendment search and therefore requires a warrant
What is the 5th Amendment?
The right to remain silent
What did the Supreme Court rule in the ‘Berghuis v Thompkins’ case in 2010 regarding the 5th amendment?
A suspect simply remaining silent in an interrogation does not invoke their 5th amendment right to silence
What did the Court ruling in the ‘Berghuis v Thompkins’ case challenge?
The Court’s rulings in the 1966 ‘Miranda v Arizona’ case, from which the ‘Miranda rights’ come
What is the 14th amendment?
That all people in the United States have equal protection under the law
In what case did the Supreme Court rule that Texas law requirements on abortion centres were unconstitutional?
‘Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt’ 2016
In what case did the Supreme Court allow same-sex marriage in all 50 states?
Obergefell v Hodges - 2015
