Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
DC v Heller (2008)/McDonald v Chicago
2010
Gun control, 2nd amendment gives all citizens the right to bear arms, whether part of a militia or not.
Citizens United v FEC (2010)
Can spending in elections be restricted?
Answer = No.
Overturned Act of Congress
NFIB v Sebelius (2012)
Is Obamacare constitutional?
Answer = Yes
Arizona v US (2012)
‘Show me your Papers’ Law. Immigration
Shelby County v Holder (2013)
Should the Voting Act be removed? Race, minorities.
Obergefell v Hodges (2015)
Can Ohio ban gay marriage?
Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt (2016)
Abortion
US v Alvarez (2012)
Free Speech - Stolen Valor Act found unconstitutional
Riley v California (2015)
4th amendment - warrant needed to search cell phones
Moore v Texas (2017)
8th amendment - execution of someone with a mental disability is unconstitutional
Boumedine v Bush (2008)
5th/6th amendment - Non-US detainees in Guantanamo are entitled to a hearing in court.
Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
LGBT
Hollingsworth v Perry (2013)
States Rights -
NIFLA v Becerra (2018)
Abortion
US v Windsor
LGBT - overturns part of DoMA which prevents tax exemptions for married same-sex couples.
Schuette v Coalition to defend (2014)
Affirmative Action
US v Texas (2016)
Immigration - 4-4 decision so went back down to lower courts.
Harris v Quinn (2014)
Unions - challenge from caregivers who do not wish to contribute to the union
Abbott v Perez (2018)
Elections - upheld Texas’s redrawn electoral districts against charges of racial gerrymandering.
Burwell v Hobby Lobby (2014)
Religious Freedom - regarding contraception being covered in health insurance of employees.
Trump v Hawaii (2018)
Presidential Power - ‘Travel Ban’
Hudson v Michigan (2006)
4th amendment - rules ‘no knock’ searches are permissable
