Court Cases

Question 1

Marburg v. Madison

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1803: John Marshall: established judicial review and the power of the Supreme Court

Question 2

McCulloch v. Maryland

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1819: John Marshall: established national supremacy, the implied powers, the elastic clause and the state is unable to tax the federal government

Question 3

Reynolds v. U.S.

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1879: religious duty (polygamy) was not a suitable def nose to a criminal indictment

Question 4

Please v. Ferguson

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1896: established separate but equal

Question 5

Schenck v. U.S.

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1919: limits on speech, especially in war time (shouting fire in a crowded theater)

Question 6

Gitlow v. New York

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1925: established precedent of federalizing Bill of Rights: states cannot deny freedom of speech

Question 7

Palko v. Connecticut

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1937: provided test for determining which parts of Bill of Rights should be federalize - those which are implicitly or explicitly necessary for liberty to exist

Question 8

Brown v. Board of Education 1

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1954: school segregation is unconstitutional, overturned separate but equal

Question 9

Brown v. Board of Education 2

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Ordered schools to desegregate

Question 10

Mapp v. Ohio

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1961: illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court

Question 11

Engel v. Vitale

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1962: prohibited state sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools

Question 12

Baker v. Carr

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1962: state legislative districts must be as near equal as possible in population

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Abbington v. Schempp

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1963: prohibited devotional Bible reading in public schools

Question 14

Gideon v. Wainwright

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1963: ordered states to find lawyers for those unable to afford the, in criminal cases

Question 15

Wesberry v. Sanders

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1963: ordered house districts to be as near equal as possible

Question 16

Griswold v. Connecticut

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1965: established right of privacy

Question 17

Miranda v. Arizona

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1966: established Miranda rights

Question 18

Lemon v. Kurtzman

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1971: established 3-part test to determine if establishment clause is violated

Question 19

Roe v. Wade

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1973: established abortion guidelines

Question 20

U.S. v. Nixon

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1974: allowed for executive privilege but not in criminal cases

Question 21

Buckley v. Valeo

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1976: 1st amendment protects campaign spending

Question 22

U.C. Regents v. Bakke

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1978: states may allow race to be taken into account as one factor in admissions decisions

Question 23

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

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1987: more leeway for states in regulating abortion

Question 24

Texas v. Johnson

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1989: flag burning is protected by 1st amendment

Question 25

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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1992: more abortion rights for states

Question 26

Shaw v. Reno

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1993: no racial gerrymandering

Question 27

U.S. v. Lopez

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1995: gun free school zones act exceeded congress’ authority to regulate interstate commerce

Question 28

Clinton v. NY

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Banned presidential use of line item veto

Question 29

Bush v. Gore

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2000: use of 14th amendment equal protection clause to stop the Florida recount in the election of 2000

Question 30

Zelma v. Simmons-Harris

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2002: public money can be used to send disadvantaged kids to religious schools

Question 31

Ashcroft v. ACLU

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2002: struck down a federal ban on virtual child porn

Question 32

Lawrence v. Texas

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2003: struck down use of bonus points for race in undergrad admissions at U of Michigan

Question 33

Grutter v. Bollinger

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2003: allowed use of rac as a general factor in law school admissions to U of Michigan