Cases
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awaandrews on February 2, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Griswold v. Connecticut | Established that there is an implied right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government |
| Gideon v. Wainright | Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them |
| Engle v. Vitale | Mandatory prayer in schools is a violation of the establishment clause |
| Shenk v. U.S. | Ok to prohibit speech that causes a "clear and present danger." |
| McCullough v. Maryland | In establishing a national bank, Congress was legally exercising its enumerated powers not sepcifically mentioned in the Constitution. |
| Mapp v. Ohio | Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court) |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | separate but equal |
| Marbury v. Madison | This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review |
| Miranda v. Arizona | The accused must be notified of their rights before being questioned by the police |
| Brown v. Board | Ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional |
| Dred Scott | slaves were property not people |
| Clinton v. New York City | line item veto unconstitutional |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman | religion in schools, "no excessive entanglement." |
| Regents of California v. Bakke | race cannot be only factor in college admissions |
| Roe v. Wade | (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy |
| Gregg v. Georgia | Upheld the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment |
| Near v. Minnesota | protection from prior restraint |
| U.S. v. Lopez | Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce. |
| Miller v. California | obscenity lacks literacy, artistic, or scientific value, it can be regulated. |
| Prinz v. U.S. | unfunded mandates not ok, handgun checks |
| New York Times v. Sullivan | Public figures have fewer privacy rights |
| Tinker | students do not leave their rights at eh schoolhouse door |
| Korematsu v. U.S. | internment of Japanese Americans constitutional |
| Barron v. Baltimore | Bill of Tights restrains only national government |
| Gitlow v. New York | due process of the 14th amendment, starts the nationalization of the Bill of Rights |
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