exam 2 court cases Flashcards
1984, congress enacted legislation ordering the Secretary of transportation to withhold five percent of federal highway funds from states that did not adopt a 21 year old minimum drinking age
South Dakota v. Dole
1942, court ruled that students cannot be compelled to salute the flag or recite the pledge of allegiance for religious reasons
west virginia board of education v barnett
you can burn a flag in protest
texas v johnson
cannot advocate illegal drug use at a school sponsored event (re: the bong hits for jesus case)
morse v frederick
no unreasonable search and seizures
mapp v ohio
right to a speedy trial and right to counsel
gideon v wainwright
no cruel or unusual punishment
gregg v georgia
right to privacy
griswold v connecticut
segregation didn’t violate the fourteenth amendment unless the separate facilities provided were unequal
plessy v ferguson
outlawed segregation in public schools, overturned plessy
brown v board of education
legalized interracial marriages
loving v virginia
strikes down a federal statute that automatically grants male members of the uniformed forces housing and benefits for their wives but requires female members to demonstrate the “actual dependency” of their husbands to qualify for the same benefits
frontiero v richardson
a provision of the social security act providing for sex based distinctions in the award of social security benefits is unconstitutional
weinberger v weisenfeld
VMI’s discriminatory admissions policy violates women’s equal protection rights; a parallel program the state had established at Mary Baldwin College did not remedy the constitutional violation because it failed to provide an equal opportunity for women
united states v virginia
a sole female supervisor at a tire plant alleged that she was paid less than her male counterparts. obama signed the lilly ledbetter fair pay restoration act in response
ledbetter v goodyear tire and rubber
