Walsh Supreme Court Cases
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Griswold v. Connecticut | Established that there is an implied right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution |
| south dakota vs. Dole | This case was a loss for state power when the Supreme Court upheld a law that withheld Federal Highway funds to states that did not have a 21 year old drinking age. |
| Powell v. McCormack | congress cannot alter constitution qualifications |
| Cruzan v. Missouri | finding it was acceptable to require "clear and convincing evidence" for removal of life support |
| Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US | Congress has the right to regulate interstate commerce of a private business; private business could not prevent people based on race from staying in their hotel. |
| Rasul vs. Bush | Guantanamo detainees should get habeus corpus |
| Boy Scouts vs. Dale | permits private organizations to exclude homosexual members |
| Webster v. Reproductive Health | cant use state funds/facilites for abortion |
| Stanford v. Kentucky | Death penalty OK for 16-17year olds |
| Univ. of California v. Bakke | Affirmative action is bad |
| Bush v. Gore | Bush wins! |
| Lawrence v. Texas | homo at home ok- privacy |
| Planned Parenthood v. Casey | states may regulate abortion as long as there is "no undue burden" on the mother; did not overturn Roe v. Wade but gave states more leeway |
| Gratz v. Bollinger | Affermative Action is bad |
| Printz v. US | state gov cannot administer federal programs (gun background checks) |
| Furman vs. Georgia | , death penalty case; ended capital punishment at federal level |
| Bob Jones University v. US | IRS can deny tax exemption status to an institution that parctices racial discrimination |
| Marbury vs. Madison | Established Judicial Review |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Fed gov (implied powers) > State Gov |
| Gibbons vs. Ogden | Gave control of interstate commerce to U.S. Congress--ferryboats |
| US vs. Lopez | Gun Free School Zone--> Not commerce, police powers are reserved (10th Amend) for the states |
| US v. Morrison | attacks against women are not, and do not substantially affect, interstate commerce, and hence congress cannot constitutionally pass such a law. |
| Buckley v. Valeo | Candidates can use as much of their own money on their own campaigns. |
| Clinton v. NYC | no line-item veto |
| Shaw v. Reno | no racy gerrymandering |
| Baker vs. Carr | judicial review of redistricting process- courts have final say |
| Wesberry vs. Sanders | court decision saying districts must reflect population. 1 person = 1 vote |
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