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Notable Supreme Court Cases for AP GOVERNMENT EXAM

Terms in this set (26)

Marbury v. Madison
Established judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland
Established federal supremacy over states
Gibbons v. Ogden
Commerce clause gives congress broad regulatory powers (steamboat monopoly)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Slaves are property
Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but equal
Schenk v. USA
Government can limit speech- clear and present danger test
Gitlow v. NY
Limits on speech if it threatens government
Korematsu v. USA
Government can detain citizens in emergencies
Brown v. BOE
Separate but equal is inherently unequal
Mapp v. Ohio
Establishes exclusionary rule
Baker v. Carr
Apportionment of districts must be as fair as possible
Engel v. Vitale
No school-led daily prayer
Gideon v. Wainwright
States must provide attorneys to defendants
Griswold v. CT
Information about birth control is protected under the right to privacy
Miranda v. AZ
Police must inform suspects of their Miranda Rights
Terry v. Ohio
Police can search and seize with probable cause
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Some government aid to church schools is acceptable as long as they pass the lemon test
NY Times v. USA
Pentagon papers; executive privilege is not unlimited
Miller v. CA
Obscenity is not protected under freedom of speech
Roe v. Wade
Abortions are legal
US v. Nixon
Executive privilege is not unlimited
Gregg v. Georgia
Death penalty is ok
Buckley v. Valeo
Candidate can spend unlimited amounts of their own money
Texas v. Johnson
Flag burning is ok
Allegany v. ACLU
Courts cannot prominently display religious symbols
Loving v. VA
Bi-racial marriage permitted
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