Outcome 3 court cases

Question 1

New York Times v. Sullivan

Answer 1

Libel

Question 2

Miller v. California

Answer 2

Standards that determine whether material is obscene

Question 3

Barron v. Baltimore

Answer 3

The Bill of Rights restrained ONLY national government

Question 4

Zurcher v. Stanford Daily

Answer 4

Search warrants can be applied to a newspaper w/out violating the first amendment

Question 5

Schneck v. US

Answer 5

Speech limited if provokes a “clear and present danger” of substantive evils

Question 6

Near v. Minnesota

Answer 6

First amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint

Question 7

Engel v. Vitale

Answer 7

Public schools cannot require a prayer be recited

Question 8

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Answer 8

Set guidelines for aid to church-related schools
- have a secular legislative purpose
- have a primary effect that neither advances/inhibits religion
-Not foster an excessive gov “entanglement” w/ religion

Question 9

Gitlow v. New York

Answer 9

Freedoms of press and speech are fundamental personal rights/liberties protected by the due process clause (14th) from impairment by the states + federal gov

Question 10

Adrand Constructors v. Pena

Answer 10

Federal programs that classify people by race, even for benign reasons like expanding opportunities to minorities, should be presumed unconstiutional

Question 11

University of California v. Bakke

Answer 11

A state uni can weigh race/ethnic background as an element in admissions, but can’t be the only factor

Question 12

Korematsu v. US

Answer 12

Upheld the internment of over 100k Japanese Americans in encampments during WWII

Question 13

Hernandez v. Texas

Answer 13

Extended protection against discrimination to Hispanic people

Question 14

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 14

Ended legal segregation in the US. School segregation violated equal protection from the 14th amendment.

Question 15

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 15

Provided constitutional justification for segregation. “Separate but equal”

Question 16

Dred Scott v. Stanford

Answer 16

Ruling that a slave who escaped to a free state enjoyed no rights as a citizen. Congress had no authority to ban slavery in the territories.

Question 17

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Answer 17

Standard for evaluation restrictions on abortion was loosened to one where regulations not impose an “undue burden” on women

Question 18

Roe v. Wade

Answer 18

Forbade state control over abortions in first trimester, permitted states to limit abortions to protect a mother’s health in second trimester, permitted states to ban abortion during third trimester

Question 19

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 19

Right to a lawyer. Gov will provide if one can’t be afforded.

Question 20

Miranda v. Arizona

Answer 20

Police questioning guidelines. Protects against self-incrimination

Question 21

Mapp v. Ohio

Answer 21

4th amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures must be extended to states.

Question 22

Texas v. Johnson

Answer 22

Burning the American flag was symbolic speech protected by the first amendment