Civics Honors Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
Plessy v Ferguson
separate but equal allows Jim Crow Laws; is constitutional
Guinn v US
end the grandfather clause in literacy test laws
Korematsu v US
Japanese camps are legal
Smith v Allwright
end all white primaries
Hernandez v Texas
14th amendment to Hispanics
Brown v Topeka
school segregation illegal; not constitutional
Loving v Virgina
inter-racial marriage can’t be banned by a state
Craig v Boren
gender discrimination for different drinking ages
Obergefell v Hodges
same sex marriage legal
Powell v Alabama
lawyer for capital cases
Gideon v Wainright
lawyer for felony cases
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
fighting words is not protected free speech
Brandenburg v Ohio
fighting words must directly incite a riot
Miranda v Arizona
you must read your rights
Barren v Baltimore
BOR does not apply to the states
NAACP v Alabama
freedom of assembly; private group’s member list
Gitlow v New York
incorporation begins with free speech
Near v Minnesota
prior restraint is incorporated
Boy Scouts v Dale
freedom of assemply; private groups can choose their own members
Mapp v Ohio
exclusionary rule incorporated
McDonald v Chicago
2nd amendment incorporated
Reynolds v US
polygamy not free exercise
Wisconsin v Yoder
Amish free exercise
Abington v Schempp
establishment clause ends school Bible reading
EU v Smith
peyote not free exercise
Engel v Vitale
establishment clause ends school prayer
Abington v Schempp
establishment clause ends mandatory Bible reading
Lemon v Kurtzman
tax money to religious schools must have a secular purpose
Roth v US
obscenity is not protected free speech
Miller v California
obscenity is a local issue
Texas v Johnson
flag burning
Tinker v Des Moines
arm bands protest of war in school
McCullough v Maryland
national bank is an implied power
Lopez v US
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is legal
Clinton v New York
line-item veto
Griswold v Connecticut
right to birth control, privacy rights
Roe v Wade
right to abortion
Vernona v Acton
random drug testing of athletes at schools
Furman v Georgia
ends death penalty
Gregg v Georgia
death penalty allowed
