Duplicate of 30 Important AP Gov. Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

Extended the exclusionary rule to the states through the Due Process clause of the 14th Amend.

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Mapp v. Ohio

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Established judicial review & gave the SC the ability to rule acts of congress unconstitutional

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Marbury v. Madison

Question 3

Protected forms of symbolic speech; "don't shed their constitution rights...at the schoolhouse"

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Tinker v. Des Moines

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struck down state-sponsored prayer in school;unconstitutional violation of establishment clause

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Engel v. Vitale

Question 5

Upheld Jim Crow segregation by approving separate but equal public facilities

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 6

Flag burning is a form of symbolic speech protected by the 1st Amendment

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Texas v. Johnson

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Established the clear and present danger rule to which public authorities can limit free speech

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Schenck v. US

Question 8

Reversed separate but equal laws through the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

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Brown v. Board of Ed

Question 9

Struck down state funding for private religious schools unless it passes the three pronged test

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Lemon v. Kurtzman

Question 10

Ruled that spending money on one's own campaign is a form one protected free speech

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Buckley v. Valeo

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Ruled that there is no constitutional guarantee of unqualified executive privilege

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Nixon v. US

Question 12

Police must inform suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning after arrest

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Established the supremacy clause, that the national government's laws were superior to states

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McCulloch v. Maryland

Question 14

Decision to get an abortion is protected by the right to privacy implied by the bill of rights

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Roe v. Wade

Question 15

Strict quota systems in college admissions are not allowed

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

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Established "one person, one vote" in drawing congressional districts

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Wesbarry v. Sanders

Question 17

Established the commerce clause & gave power to the government to regulate interstate commerce

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Gibbons v. Ogden

Question 18

Ruled that obscenity is not constitutionally protected free speech

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Roth v. US

Question 19

Ruled that 6th amendment right-to-counsel provision applies to those accused of state crimes

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Gideon v. Wainwright

Question 20

Race could be a consideration in admissions policies but quotas are illegal

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Grutter v. Bollinger

Question 21

Used the principle of "one person, one vote" state legislatures had to be as equal as possible

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Baker v. Carr

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