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Supreme Court Cases
Term | Definition |
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Barron v. Baltimore | Bill of rights only applied to the federal government. |
McCulloch v. Maryland | Dealt with the supremacy clause and the necessary and proper clause. |
Marbury v. Madison | Dealt with judicial review. |
Gibbons v. Ogden | Dealt with the commerce clause and the supremacy clause. |
U.S. v. Lopez | Dealt with guns in school zones. Commerce has nothing to do with bring a gun into school. |
Fletcher v. Peck | Deals with ex post fact.Property rights. |
South Dakota v. Dole | Conditions of aid. Drinking age 21. |
Gideon v. Wainwright | Selectively incorporated the sixth amendment. Right to a lawyer even if you can not afford one. |
Gitlow v. New York | Selectively incorporated the bill of rights for the first time. 1st amendment. |
Palko v. Connecticut | Dealt with double jeopardy under the fifth amendment. |
D.C. v. Heller | Deals with federal regulations on guns. |
Pollock v. Farmers (loan and trust) | Deals with income tax. THe sixteenth amendment gives congress the right to levy an income tax. |
Printz v. U.S. | Deals with the brady bill. The federal government trying to regulate guns. |
U.S. v. Schenck | Clear and present danger is not under free speech. |
Cherokee (worchester) v. Georgia | The federal government is the only government that has the right to deal with native americans. |
Thorton v. US term limits | States can limit the terms of states level senators but not national level. |
Cedar Rapids v. Garret | The individuals with disabilities education act was a federal funded mandate. If the child needs the service to attend school then the school needs to help. |
Baker v. Carr | Census every ten years. Make sure votes are properly distributed. |
Clinton v. New tork | The line item veto act is unconstitutional. |
Dred Scott v. Sanford | Amendments can overrule a supreme court decision. |
Goss v. Lopez | Students have a right to the 14th amendment due process of law. |
Reynolds v. US | Your freedom of religion is not a valid reason to break federal law. Polygamy- multiple wives. |
New Jersey v. TLO | The constitutional rights no not stop at the school door. Fourt |
Tinker v. Desmoines | Students wore black armbands to protest vietnam war. Symbolic speech. |
Oregon v. Smith | Freedom of religion is not the freedom to break the law. Drugs. |
McDonald v. Chicago | Cant ban hand guns. Violates the second amendment. (state) |
Texas v. Johnson | Flag burning, symbolic speech. |
Miller v. California | Porn, miller test (prurient in nature (fetishes) offensive, lack artistic quality) |
Mapp v. Ohio | Illegal search and seizure. Selectively incorporated the fourth amendment to the state. |
Katz v US | Need a warrant for a wire tap. |
Engel v. Vitale | Prayer in school. Freedom of religion. |
Lemon v. Kurtzman | Freedom of religion, lemon test ( money to schools cannot be given for religious reasons) |
Bethel v. Fraser | Schools can limit free speech in school if it is inappropriate. |
Brown v. Board of Education | Unsegregated schools. Overturned plessy v. ferguson. |
Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate but equal overturned by brown v. board. |
Roe v. Wade | Abortion. 1-3 month women's choice, 4-6 if the women's health is at risk, 7-9 forbidden. |
California v. Greenwood | Search trash, the garbage on the curb is not protected by the fourth amendment. |
Wisconsin v. Yoder | Freedom of religion should be aloud to homeschool for religious reasons. |
Minersville v. Gobitis | Forced students to salute the flag even if it violated their religion. |
WV v. Barnette | You cannot force the students of faculty to pledge and salute to the flag. |
Bakke v. University of Calidornia | Cannot have a quota as to how many minority students you let it. |
Grutter v. Bollinger | Can use race when choosing law students. THe law needs to be diverse. |
Gratz v. Bollinger | Cannot sue race to determine things with school. |
Cantwell v. Connecticut | States can not make laws restricting religion. |
Sheppard v. Maxwell | You can change what court you are in in order to have and unbiased jury and court. |
US v. Leon | Can keep evidence if obtained with good faith. |
Reno v. ACLU | Porn on the internet is under free speech. |
Wesberry v. Sanders | Reapportionment is no longer a political question. |
Muller v. Oregon | Men and women treated differently. Women could only work 10 hours a day. |
Furman v. Georgia | Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment? |
Lochner v. New York | IF the workers agree they can work as many hours a week as the employer wants them to. |
Virginia v. Black | Symbolic speech, cross burning is illegal if it is done to intimidate a person or group. |