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Supreme Court cases
Question | Answer |
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Grutter v. Bollinger (2003); Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) | “Reverse Discrimination” |
California v. Bakke (1978) | “Reverse Discrimination” |
Dennis v. United States (1951) | Smith Act, “clear and present danger”, 1st amendment–free speech |
National Workers’ Party v. Skokie (1977) | First Amendment “Right to Assembly” |
Abbington Township v. Schempp (1963) | First Amendment “Freedom of Religion”; Establishment clause; required Bible readings and prayer |
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) | Libel case, 1st amendment-Freedom of speech and press |
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) | Abortion, “informed spouses”, underage abortion, 14th amendment due process |
Wallace v. Jaffree (1985) | Violation of Establishment Clause (Congress cannot establish a religion), voluntary prayer in school, 1st amendment- religion |
Buckley v. Valeo (1976) | Financial political campaign contribution limits |
U.S. v. Lopez (1995) | Commerce Clause: Art I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 |
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) | 1st Amendment: religion, public funds can be used in private schools but not for religious purposes. Establishment Clause |
Baker v. Carr (1962) | 14th amendment, equal protection, apportionment |
Texas v. Johnson (1984) | Flag burning, 1st amendment, speech, press, and assembly |
Tinker v Des Moines (1969) | Wearing armbands to school as protest– 1st amendment right to speech |
Gitlow v. New York (1925) | Violent overthrow of the U.S. Government is prohibited, 1st amendment–free speech. |
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989) | Abortion rights |
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) | Segregation of public schools |
Shelley v. Kramer (1948) | Segregation, 14th amendment–equal protection clause, racially restrictive covenants are not allowed |
New York Times v. U.S. (1971) | “Pentagon Papers” case, 1st amendment–free speech and press |
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) | KKK; 1st amendment- free speech, 14th amendment- due process |
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) | Creationism, 1st Amendent–religion and Establishment Clause |
Clinton v. New York (1998) | Line-item veto: Art. I Sec. 7 Clause 2-3 |
Griswald v. Connecticut (1965) | Right to privacy |
U.S. Term limits v. Thornton (1995) | State law term limits |
Abrams v. U.S. (1919) | Espionage; 1st Amendment-free speech |
U.S. v. Nixon (1974) | Executive privilege, president is not above the law. |