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Married couples have a right to privacy regarding birth control & related issues.
Baker v. Carr, 1962
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
United States v. O’Brien, 1968
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Abortions: Waiting periods & parental consent NOT an "undue burden"; Spousal consent IS.
US v. Nixon, 1974
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Hustler v. Falwell, 1988
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1992
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States do not have to protect rights granted by the Bill of Rights (later overturned; 14th amd)
Gitlow v. New York, 1925
Barron v. Baltimore, 1833
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
Roth v. US, 1957
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Established that "separate but equal" facilities for blacks/whites were Constitutionally OK
Weeks v. US, 1914
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
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Symbolic speech - even if offensive & disagreeable - is still protected under the 1st amendment
United States v. O’Brien, 1968
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
Miller v. California, 1973
Texas v. Johnson, 1989
6
Getting caught smoking in the school bathroom gives school officials probable cause to search.
Hazlewood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
Wesberry v. Sanders, 1963
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
New Jersey v. TLO, 1985
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Police must "read your rights" out loud when you are arrested.
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 1971
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 1985
Miranda v. Arizona, 1965
8
Guantanamo detainees still have 5th amendment rights to due process/habeas corpus
District of Columbia (DC) v. Heller, 2008
Boumediene v. Bush, 2008
Romer v. Evans, 1995
Bush v. Gore, 2000
9
Evidence obtained without a warrant cannot be used in court (1st use of exclusionary rule)
Schenck v. US, 1919
Korematsu v. US, 1944
Near v. Minnesota, 1930
Weeks v. US, 1914
10
Public figures cannot sue for libel unless false statements intended "actual malice"
US v. Morrison, 2000
Baker v. Carr, 1962
Hustler v. Falwell, 1988
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
11
In some situations, the death penalty is NOT considered cruel and unusual punishment
Wesberry v. Sanders, 1963
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963
12
In "times of peril" the government CAN restrict rights more than usual. (WWII)
UC Regents v. Bakke, 1978
NY Times v. Sullivan, 1964
Korematsu v. US, 1944
Buckley v. Valeo, 1976
13
Corporate spending on elections is unlimited; considered free speech
Ashcroft v. ACLU, 2002
Safford USD v. Redding, 2008
Citizens United v. FEC, 2010
Snyder v. Phelps, 2011
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Based on Texas v. Johnson; 1990 Flag Protection Act found unconstitutional
Oregon v. Smith, 1988
US v. Morrison, 2000
US v. Eichman, 1990
Snyder v. Phelps, 2011
15
Slaves aren't citizens; Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
Baker v. Carr, 1962
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
16
Struck down FEDERALLY mandated background checks for buying guns. States still can
Buckley v. Valeo, 1976
Oregon v. Smith, 1988
Printz v. US, 1997
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
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Protection against double jeopardy NOT a fundamental right. Later overturned by Benton v. MD
NY Times v. Sullivan, 1964
Palko v. Connecticut, 1937
Weeks v. US, 1914
Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
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Tax-payer funded "vouchers" for religious school tuition do NOT violate establishment clause
Lawrence v. Texas, 2003
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 2002
Ashcroft v. ACLU, 2002
US v. Lopez, 1995
19
SCOTUS prevented manual recount of votes in Florida - no way to ensure fairness.
Ashcroft v. ACLU, 2002
District of Columbia (DC) v. Heller, 2008
Bush v. Gore, 2000
NY Times v. Sullivan, 1964
20
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (Separate was no longer equal)
Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette, 1943
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Palko v. Connecticut, 1937
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Illegally obtained evidence is considered inadmissible in court.
Near v. Minnesota, 1930
United States v. O’Brien, 1968
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
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A woman's right an abortion falls within the Constitutional bounds of her right to privacy
Romer v. Evans, 1995
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
Baker v. Carr, 1962
Roe v. Wade, 1973
23
Decided that the Child Online Protection Act did not adequately define what was inappropriate
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
Ashcroft v. ACLU, 2002
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 2002
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1992
24
School officials CAN restrict/censor student articles in a school newspaper
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 1971
Hustler v. Falwell, 1988
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
elman v. Simmons-Harris, 2002
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"Clear & present danger" test; Speech that encourages dangerous action not protected
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
US v. Nixon, 1974
Gitlow v. New York, 1925
Schenck v. US, 1919
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Modified the "Roth" test for determining if obscenity is/is not protected by the 1st amendment
Oregon v. Smith, 1988
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
Buckley v. Valeo, 1976
Miller v. California, 1973
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States CAN limit free speech under certain circumstances (i.e. "dangerous tendencies")
Miller v. California, 1973
Korematsu v. US, 1944
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
Gitlow v. New York, 1925
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Protects students from strip-searches unless "related and appropriate" based on the situatoin
UC Regents v. Bakke, 1978
Safford USD v. Redding, 2008
Printz v. US, 1997
Snyder v. Phelps, 2011
29
Punishing students for not saluting the U.S. flag is a violation of their 1st amendment rights
Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 1971
Palko v. Connecticut, 1937
West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette, 1943
30
Three-pronged test for deciding if the establishment clause has been violated.
Miller v. California, 1973
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 1971
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Roth v. US, 1957
31
Law restricting partial-birth abortions places undue burden on mother & doctor
Safford USD v. Redding, 2008
Stenberg v. Carhart, 2000
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
Buckley v. Valeo, 1976
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Unconstitutional for states to prevent the protection of homosexuals from discrimination
Romer v. Evans, 1995
Lawrence v. Texas, 2003
Ashcroft v. ACLU, 2002
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
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Declared the "Line Item Veto Act" unconstitutional b/c it expanded POTUS power too much.
Clinton v. City of NY, 1998
Romer v. Evans, 1995
Stenberg v. Carhart, 2000
Bush v. Gore, 2000
34
State reimbursement for bussing to private schools OK because $$ goes to PARENTS, not school
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Engel v. Vitale, 1962
Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette, 1943
35
Laws that prohibit drug use are not a violation of the free exercise clause of the 1st amd.
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
Stenberg v. Carhart, 2000
US v. Lopez, 1995
Oregon v. Smith, 1988
36
Allowing parental note to excuse from school prayer still doesn't make school prayer ok.
West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette, 1943
Abingdon School District v. Schempp, 1963
Miller v. California, 1973
Engel v. Vitale, 1962
37
Overly restrictive rules regarding handgun ownership are a violation of 2nd amendment rights
Stenberg v. Carhart, 2000
Snyder v. Phelps, 2011
Safford USD v. Redding, 2008
District of Columbia (DC) v. Heller, 2008
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Protects freedom of the press by requiring "proof of harm" from people suing for libel.
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 1985
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963
Korematsu v. US, 1944
NY Times v. Sullivan, 1964
39
Established the power of SCOTUS to declare a law unconstitutional (Judicial Review)
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857
Schenck v. US, 1919
Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
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Racially gerrymandered congressional districts must be re-drawn
US v. Eichman, 1990
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 2002
US v. Morrison, 2000
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
41
Obscenity is NOT protected under the 1st amendment, est. test to decide if material is obscene
NY Times v. Sullivan, 1964
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
Roth v. US, 1957
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963
42
Congress has no right to regulate guns in school zones. States do though.
US v. Lopez, 1995
Stenberg v. Carhart, 2000
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
Romer v. Evans, 1995
43
States DO NOT have the power to tax the federal government (supremacy clause)
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
Schenck v. US, 1919
Barron v. Baltimore, 1833
McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
44
The "executive privilege" of the president is not completely immune from due process of law
Texas v. Johnson, 1989
US v. Nixon, 1974
US v. Eichman, 1990
Gregg v. Georgia, 1976
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"Official" school prayer, though voluntary & non-denominational, is still unconstitutional
UC Regents v. Bakke, 1978
Miller v. California, 1973
Engel v. Vitale, 1962
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 1985
46
Burning your draft card is NOT a protected form of free speech.
United States v. O’Brien, 1968
Miller v. California, 1973
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 1971
47
Limited individual contributions to campaigns; No limit on cont. to your own campaign though
Oregon v. Smith, 1988
Buckley v. Valeo, 1976
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1992
Romer v. Evans, 1995
48
Established that SCOTUS has jurisdiction over redistricting and legislative apportionment
Baker v. Carr, 1962
Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
US v. Lopez, 1995
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
49
Found that the Westboro Baptist Church funeral protestors were protected by the 1st amendment
US v. Morrison, 2000
Snyder v. Phelps, 2011
Oregon v. Smith, 1988
Romer v. Evans, 1995
50
Restricting consenting adults from privately engaging in certain activities = unconstitutional
District of Columbia (DC) v. Heller, 2008
Texas v. Johnson, 1989
Romer v. Evans, 1995
Lawrence v. Texas, 2003
51
Congress, not the states, regulates trade between the states. (Steamboats)
Barron v. Baltimore, 1833
Gitlow v. New York, 1925
Weeks v. US, 1914
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
52
Incorporated the right to an attorney under the 6th & 14th amendments
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965
Roth v. US, 1957
53
College admissions: Quota system is illegal; using racial criteria is ok though.
Romer v. Evans, 1995
UC Regents v. Bakke, 1978
Printz v. US, 1997
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
54
Violence Against Women Act in relation to the commerce clause ruled unconstitutional
Printz v. US, 1997
US v. Morrison, 2000
Boumediene v. Bush, 2008
Texas v. Johnson, 1989
55
No right is more precious than the right to vote; Voting districts, discrimination
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
US v. Lopez, 1995
Abingdon School District v. Schempp, 1963
Wesberry v. Sanders, 1963
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"Gag laws" that censor the press are unconstitutional - Freedom of the Press
Near v. Minnesota, 1930
United States v. O’Brien, 1968
Wesberry v. Sanders, 1963
Abingdon School District v. Schempp, 1963
