most important to me

Question 1

Lemon v. Kurtzman/Lemon Test

Answer 1

-secular purpose
-Can’t help/hinder religion
-entanglement

Question 2

Freedom of Speech

Answer 2

-independent press
-limit govt. corruption
-no precedent of censorship
-protection of truth

Question 3

Symbolic Expression

Answer 3

-allowed but may receive less protection from the court
-ex: burned flag but political expression so it’s OK (Texas v. Johnson)

Question 4

Near v. Minnesota

Answer 4

-prior restraint
-all past events are allowed

Question 5

Miller v. California (Miller Test)

Answer 5

-Average joe thinks “Yeah that’s some porn”
-State law MUST specify obscenity
-lacks serious values

Question 6

McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)

Answer 6

2nd Amendment applies to state/local govts. through the 14th (Due Process)
-partially established by DC v. Heller

Question 7

Minnesota v. Carter

Answer 7

-cop on tip can peer through windows/gap in blinds

Question 8

Miranda v. Arizona

Answer 8

-Miranda rights to be read
-average citizen don’t know!

Question 9

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 9

-State must supply a lawyer to poor accused

Question 10

Furman v. Georgia

Answer 10

-capital punishment is “cruel n unusual punishment”
-overturned by GREG v. Georgia

Question 11

Griswold v. Connecticut

Answer 11

-right to privacy!

Question 12

Lawrence v. Texas

Answer 12

-Same-sex sex is OK in U.S.A.

Question 13

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 13

-legalized segregation