Case Quiz (Class) Flashcards
Brown vs. Board of Education
Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson
“Separate but equal” is unconstitutional
Plessy vs. Ferguson
“Separate but equal”
Roe vs. Wade
Pro-choice
Trimester framework
Dobbs vs. Jackson
Overturned Roe vs. Wade
States can make abortion laws
Griswold vs. CT
Right to privacy created
Penumbra theory
Texas vs. Johnson
Flag burning = free speech
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Black arm bands (Vietnam war) = free speech
Furman vs. Georgia
Death penalty stopped
Gregg vs. Georgia
Death penalty allowed
Reynolds vs. U.S.
Polygamy banned
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Right to lawyer in felony cases
Mapp vs. Ohio
Exclusionary rule created
(gov’t can’t use evidence that’s procured unlawfully)
Miranda vs. Arizona
Miranda warnings
Rights are read when arrested
Argersinger vs. Hamlin
Right to lawyer if jail time is possible
Near vs. Minnesota
Incorporated freedom of the press
No prior restraint (aka no censorship)