Civil Rights and Liberties Court Cases Flashcards
Gitlow v New York
nationalized BoR; freedom of speech
Palko v Connecticut
reversed nationalization of due processq
Near v Minnesota
freedom of press
Powell v Alabama
Access to a lawyer in capital cases
De Jonge v Oregon
freedom of assembly
Cantwell v Connecticut
freedom of religion
Wolf v Colorado
Unreasonable search and seizure
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants illegal
Civil Rights Act of 1968
made illegal the practice of selling real estate based on race, color, religion, national origin, or sex
California Board of Regents v Bakke
No discrimination by quota but affirmative action was okay
Richmond v Corson
- scrutiny test
- congress can enforce equal protection provisions
- no affirmative action without past discrimination
- AA must apply to past injustices
- States may develop AA programs
Gratz v Bollinger; Grutter v Bollinger
affirmed teh Bakke case
Ledbetter v Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
“Comparable worth” (equal sex pay) Goodyear won
Reed v Reed
made a state law that favored men over women in estate’s executor unconstitutional
Craig v Boren
“medium scrutiny” standard for sexes
Lawrence v Texas
sodomy law unconstitutional
Defense of Marriage Act
Allowed states not to recognize gay marriage
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
defined power of various components of government
Barron v Baltimore
BoR only applied to national gov
Engle v Vitale
nondenominational prayers not allowed in gov
Lemon v Kurtzman
The Lemon Test
Lee v Weisman
clergy cannot recite prayers at graduation ceremonies
Schenck v United States
Clear and present danger
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire
Defined “fighting words”
New York Times v Sullivan
base definition of libel
Tinker v Des Moines
Students rights are not shed at the schoolhouse gates
New York Times v United States
Pentagon Papers case
Texas v Johnson
burning flag case (symbolic speech so it was okay)
McConnell v Federal Election Commission
restrictions placed on television advertising does not violate free speech
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission
corporations can run political advertisements w/o restrictions
DeJonge v Oregon
Fourteenth Amendment’s due process applies to freedom of assembly
United States v Miller
crime to ship some weapons across state lines w/o registrations
District of Columbia v Heller
People can bear arms
McDonald v Chicago
right to bear arms applies to the states
Mapp v Ohio
exclusionary rule for states
Griswold v Connecticut
right to privacy in area of sexual relations
Roe v Wade
abortions are constitutionally protected
United States v Leon
“good faith” exception to the exlcusionary rule
Panned Parenthood v Casey
Restrictions on abortions constitutional
Gideon v Wainright
right to a lawyer
Miranda v Arizona
self incriminization
New York v Quarles
exception to Miranda rights when public safety is threatened
Hamdi v Rumsfeld
Enemy combatants held in the US have due process rights
Gregg v Georgia
Death penalty okay
