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Ch. 5-6 Court Cases Flashcards

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Palko v. Connecticut

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States must observe all “fundamental” liberties

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Gitlow v. New York

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1st Amend. applies to states

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McDonald v. Chicago

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2nd Amend. allows people to keep and bear arms applies to state gov. as well as the federal one.

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Schenck v. United States

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Speech may be punished if it creates a clear and present danger test of illegal acts

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Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire

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“Fighting words” are not protected by 1st Amend.

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New York v. Sullivan

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To libel a public figure, there must be actual malice

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Tinker v. Dos Moines

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Public school students may wear armbands to class protesting against Ame. war in Vietnam as long as it doesn’t disrupt class.

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Miller v. California

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Obscenity defined as appealing to prurient interests of an average person with materials that lack literary, artistic, political or scientific value

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Texas v. Johnson

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There may not be a law to ban flag burning

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Reno v. ACLU

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A law that band sending “indecent” material to minors over the internet is unconstitutional because “indecent” is too vague and broad.

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FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life

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Prohibits campaign finance reform law from banning political advocacy

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Citizens United v. FEC

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Part of the McCain- Feingold campaign finance reform law that prevents corporations and labor unions from spending money on advertisements independent of political candidates or parties, in political campaigns is unconstitutional.

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Pierce v. Society of Sisters

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States may not require that students attend only public schools

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Everson v. Board of Edu.

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The wall-of-separation principle is announced

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Zorauch v. Clauson

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States may not allow students to be released from public schools to attend religious instruction

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Engel v. Vitale

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There may not be a prayer, even a nondenominational one, in public schools

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Lemon v. Kurtzman

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3 tests are described for deciding whether the gov. is improperly involved with religion

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Lee v. Weisman

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Public schools may not have clergy lead prayers at graduation ceremonies

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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe

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Students may not lead prayers before the start of a football game at a public school

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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

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Voucher plans to pay school bills is upheld

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Mapp v. Ohio

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Evidence illegally gathers by the police may not be used in a criminal trial

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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Persons charged with a crime have a right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Court describes warning that police must give to arrested persons

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United States v. Leon

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Illegally obtained evidence nah not be used in a trial if it was gathered in good faith without violating the principles of the Mapp decision

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Dickerson v. United States

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The Mapp decision is based on the Constitution and cannot be altered by Congress passing a law

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Rasul v. Bush and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

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Terrorist detainees must have access to a neutral court to decide if they are legally held

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Dred Scott case, Scott v. Sanford

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Congress had no authority to ban slavery in a territory. A slave was considered a piece of property.

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Upheld separate by equal facilities for white and black people on railroad cars

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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Said separate public schools are inherently unequal, thus starting racial desegregation

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Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

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Banned a freedom of choice plan for integrating schools, suggesting blacks and whites must actually attend racially mixed schools

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Edu.

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Approved busing and redrawing district lines as ways of integrating public schools

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Reed v. Reed

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Gender discrimination violates the equal protection clause of the Const.

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Craig v. Brown

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Gender discrimination can be justified only if it serves “important governmental objectives” and is “substantially related to those objectives”

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Rostker v. Goldberg

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Congress can draft men without drafting women

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United States v. Virginia

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State may not finance an all-male military school

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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Found a “right to privacy” in the Const. that would ban any state law against selling contraceptives

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Roe v. Wade

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States laws against abortion were unconstitutional

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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

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Allowed states to ban abortions from public hospitals and permitted doctors to test to see if fetuses were viable

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Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Reaffirmed Roe v. Wade but upheld certain limits on its use

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Gonzales v. Carhart

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Federal law may ban certain forms of partial birth abortion

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

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A quota like ban on Bakke’s admission was unconstitutional but that “diversity” was a legitimate goal that could be pursued by taking race into account

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United Steelworkers v. Weber

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Upheld the use of race in an employment agreement between the steelworkers union and steel plant

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Richmond v. Croson

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Affirmative action plans just be judged by the struck scrutiny standard that requires any race-conscious plan to be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest

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Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger

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Numerical benefits cannot be used to admit minorities into college, but rage can be a “plus factor” in making those decisions

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Parents v. Seattle School District

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Race cannot be used to decide which students may attend especially popular high schools because this was not “narrowly tailored” to achieve a “compelling” goal

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Lawrence v. Texas

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State law may not ban sexual relations between same sex partners

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Boy Scouts of America v. Fake

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A private organization may ban gays from it’s membership

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