govt ch 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Barron v. Baltimore | Supreme Court considered whether the individual freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights were restrictions on state government as well as the national government |
| Gitlow v. New York | reconsidered the meaning of the 14th Amendment & its relationship to the Bill of Rights |
| Slaughterhouse cases | COURT RULING: protecting individual rights against state laws was a state responsibility and outside the power of the national government |
| Texas v. Johnson | Court ruled that Gregory Lee Johnson's act of burning the flag protected symbolic speech |
| US v. O'Brien | Symbolic speech was outlawed in this case |
| Tinker v. Des Moines | Symbolic speech was ruled in favor in this case |
| Schenck v. United States | Case involved with "clear and present danger" |
| Gitlow v. New York | ยง Court ruled that his speech could be resisted if it had the "TENDENCY" to lead to illegal action |
| New York v. Sullivan | Court ruled that public officials can't damage for remarks made against them unless they can prove statements with reckless disregard for accuracy |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire | fighting words were defined |
| Allen and Sedition Acts | made it a crime to utter false or malicious statements against the government |
| the Espionage Act | made it a crime to write or say anything negative about the government |
| Smith Act | outlawed the teaching of or advocating the forceful overthrow of the government or even organizing or joining a group with such a goal in mind |
| Dennis v. United States | upheld convictions of several leaders of the Communist party |
| Yates v. United States | Court said that the Smith Act could be applied only to those who teach an ACTION to overthrow government |
| Near v. Minnesota | Court ruled unconstitutional a Minnesota law that prohibited the publication of "malicious and defamatory" magazines |
| New York Times v. United States | Published secret government documents revealing details of the US involvement in the Vietnam War |
| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier | Court gave public school administrators wide authority go censor school newspapers |
| Gannett Co. Inc v. De Pasquale | Press and public COULD be barred from pretrial hearings IF the trial judge strongly believed that publicity would HURT the defendant |
| Richmond Newspapers Inc v. Virginia | Court held that criminal trials are public event and MUST be open the public and press |
| Burstyn v. Wilson | Court ruled that films were protected from censorship by 1st and 14th Amendments |
| Miller v. California | Court did try to set guidelines for judging whether works are obscene |
| Cox v. New Hampshire | Court upheld a local ordinance requiring a permit for a parade on public streets |
| Feiner v. New York | Irving Feiner was arrested after his remarks criticizing public officials incensed a crowd ALMOST to the point of rioting. |
| Feiner v. New York | Court set precedent that the police may break up assemblies to preserve the peace |
| Edwards v. South Carolina | Court overturned the conviction of 150 black students |
| Everson v. Board of Education | Court upheld a New Jersey law that allowed that state to provide busing for students attending church-related schools. |
| Everson v. Board of Education | first ruling by Supreme Court on the ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE |
| McCollum v. Board of Education | S. Court ruled that public that public classrooms and facilities could NOT be used for religious instruction |
| Zorach v. Clauson | Court approved a similar program |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman | Court developed a three-part test to determine whether a particular state law violated the Establishment Clause |
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