Bill of Rights Test
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moecrusader on October 21, 2012
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Test on the Bill of Rights, and major supreme court cases
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Schenck v. the United States | WWI protest speech Supreme court decided Schenck was not allowed free speech during the time of war his actions had the same affect as "yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater" |
| Garrison v. Louisiana | Garrison publicly criticized judges and called then inept and incompetent Justices said freedom of speech regarding public affairs was ok |
| Tinker v Des Moines | Brother and sister wear black wristbands with peace symbols suspended from school supreme court ruled freedom of speech and political expression |
| Brandenburg v Ohio | KKK Rally Supreme court defended a speakers right to speak on violence, but not act on the thought |
| Edwards v South Carolina | Blacks were arrested for a non violent protest police arrested them for trespassing supreme court decided the cops were wrong |
| Village of Skokiev v. Nazi Nationalist Party | Nazi Nationalists wanted to march in the highly populated Jewish Populated village supreme court ruled the party was protected under the first amendment |
| Hurley v. Irish American Club | bisexual and lesbian group wanted to march with veterans veterans said they didn't want them federal court said they don't have to include them they had to get their own parade with their own permit |
| Texas v. Johnson | Burned an American flag in front of the Dallas city hall fined 2000 and given 1 year in jail texas has state law against flag desecration supreme court ruled law was unconstitutional |
| Cohen v. California | Wearing a jacket that said "F the draft, End the War" arrested and charged appealed it "ones man vulgarity is another mans lyric" |
| 1996 Communications Decency Act | Banned obscene materials and criminalizing the transmission of indecent speech or images to anyone under 18. |
| ACLU v Reno | Ruled parts of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) were unconstitutional because they restricted freedom of speech. Exception: Obscenity and Child pornography |
| Lucas v. South Carolina | got permits to build beach front property 2 years later, Carolina passes a law banning building on the beach he was given compensation because the law rendered his property economically a failure |
| Dolan v. City of Tigard, Oregon | wanted to expand hardware store city agreed if they were allowed to put a bike trail and water drainage ditch in the back |
| Griswold v. Connecticut | married couple wanted to get contraceptives; struck down a Connecticut law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives; established the right of privacy through the 4th and 9th amendment |
| Roe v. Wade | (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy |
| Panned Parenthood v. Casey | (1992) Right of Privacy- States can regulate abortion with limited constitutional restrictions on the right to an abortion |
| Washington v. Glucksberg | 14th amendment does allow a state to ban physician assisted suicide; supreme court split 5-4 |
| Bowers v. Hardwick | Court ruled that the constitution did not protect the practice of sodomy between homosexuals, and that the states could ban sodomy. |
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