US Supreme Court Cases (landmark)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Marbury v Madison | Judicial Review |
| McCulloch v Maryland | Supremacy Clause |
| Gibbons v Ogden | Congress can regulate interstate commerce |
| Dred Scott v Sanford | African Americans could nto bring cases to court because they were property |
| Reynolds v US | You can't use Religion to escape from laws that apply to everyone; Constitution protects Religions, not their practices |
| Plessy v Ferguson | Seperate but equal |
| Schenk v US | Government can prosecute people who through expressive or symbolic speech present a "clear and present danger" |
| Gitlow v New York | First Ammendment applied to the states (selective incorporation) |
| Powell v Alabama | The defendant must be given legal counsel if requested as part of Due Process |
| Korematsu v US | Legal to intern Japanese Americans due to possible espionage |
| West Virginia v Barnett | Not required to say the Pledge of Allegiance |
| Everson v Board of Education | Transportation is secular |
| Brown v Board of Education | Seperate is unequal in schools (desegregates schools) |
| Mapp v Ohio | Exclusionary Rule |
| Engel v Vitale | Unconstitutional to have a mandated school prayer |
| Baker v Carr | One man one vote |
| Gideon v Wainwright | every person is gauranteed a lawyer; informa pauperis |
| New York Times v Sullivan | Established bounds of Freedom of Speech; No libel; Public figures must prove malice |
| Escobedo v Illinois | You have the right to a lawyer; created an extension of the sixth amendment |
| Griswold v Connecticut | Privacy |
| In re Gault | Due Process extends to Juveniles |
| Miranda v Arizona | As you're arrested, your "Miranda" rights must be read to you |
| Loving v Virginia | Interracial Marriage is allowed |
| Epperson v Arkansas | You are allowed to teach evolution (violates free speech) |
| Brandenburg v Ohio | "imminent lawless action" is a standard, one must be "likely to produce such action" |
| Tinker v Des Moines | If student speech does not cause a substantial disruption to a learning environment, it is protected speech |
| New York Times v US | Pentagon Papers; there is no prior restraint |
| Lemon v Kurtzman | Lemon Test; 1, Secular purpose 2, neither advancement nor inhibition of Religion 3, no excessive government entanglement |
| Wisconsin v Yoder | Amish children can't be forced to go to school past eigth grade as it violates their Religous freedom |
| Miller v California | Defines Obscenity; Establishes Slaps test |
| Roe v Wade | Right to abortion |
| US v Nixon | The Presidents executive privelige is not complete |
| Goss v Lopez | Kids can't be suspended without Due Process |
| Buckley v Valeo | Campaign Funding is a form of protected speech; there is still a limit on campaign money |
| Bakke v University of California | Quotas are illegal |
| Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier | Schools can censor speech if not in accordance with the school's beliefs/ education goals |
| Wallace v Jaffree | Intended Religous activity in schools is UnConstitutional |
| New Jersey v TLO | Can conduct school searches of students if there is reasonable suspicion |
| Allegheny County v Greater Pittsburgh ACLU | Placing a cresse inside a public building violates the Establishment Clause; how religous is the symbol, where is it placed |
| Texas v Johnson | Flag burning is protected; draft card burning is not protected |
| Oregon v Smith / Employment Division v Smith | Everybody is held to the same drug restriction standard |
| Westside Community Schools v Mergens | Students can organize religous clubs as long school administration takes no part in it |
| Casey v Planned Parenthood | A wife does not need a husbands consent to get a abortion, minors however need parent consent |
| Lee v Weisman | Inviting Religous officials to make speeches (eg. graduation) is UnConstitutional |
| Shaw v Reno | Gerrymandering can't be based on race |
| Vernonia School District v Acton | Random drug testing of athletes by a school is protected |
| US v Virginia | No gender based discrimination during the admissions process at the VMI |
| Reno v ACLU | Established communications decency act (banned later) |
| Bush v Gore | Florida recount after Presidential election |
| Boy Scout of America v Dale | Freedom of Association |
| US v Morrison | Can't sue for sexual assault in a Federal Court |
| Kyllo v US | Searching for something from the outside of someones house in order to gain evidence to obtain a warrat is UnConstitutional |
| Board of Education v Earls | Schools have a right to drug test their students |
| Lawrence v Texas | Consenting adults have a right to sexual behaviour in their home |
| Grutter v Bollinger | Affirmative action is still needed today |
| Gratz v Bollinger | Affirmative action is still needed today |
| Van Order v Perry | A display of the Ten Commandments outside of a Texas Court house is legal |
| Gonzalez v Raich | Home-grown drugs can be banned under the commerce clause |
| Kelo v City of New London | The government can take private property and give it to developers |
| Roper v Simmons | Minors can't be executed |
| Hamdan v Rumsfeld | Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have rights |
| DC v Heller | you can own a gun in DC |
| Citizens United v FEC | The corporate funding of independent public broadcasts cannot be limited (under the First Amendment) |
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