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AP American Government Court Cases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Marbury v. Madison | Judicial Review established. +Judicial branch gave itself this power |
| McCullough v. Maryland | National Supremacy is confirmed. +Nat. govt. > State govt. |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | National supremacy over interstate commerce. |
| Barron v. Baltimore | Constitution does not apply to state level. +5th Amend.: When nat. seizes private property, nat. must compensate the owner. |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | Slaves taken north are still slaves. +declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate yet equal. |
| Korematsu v. United States | Since U.S. is at war, justified. +circumstances of "emergency and peril" |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | Separate is inherently unequal. Overturns Dred Scott decision. |
| Mapp v. Ohio | Illegally obtained evidence may not be used. +4th Amend. says no search & seizure +Woman with pornography +1960 |
| Buckley v. Valeo | Restrictions for donating to a campaign are constitutional unless granted by family/personal sources. +Questioned the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | Bakke was let into the college. SC made no majority opinion. +Powell says racial quotas violate 14th Amend. +other 4 assenting say racial quota OK +4 dissenting say racial quota violates Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | State must provide an attourney if asked. +14th Amend. due process |
| Miranda v. Arizona | Began reading Miranda Rights to those arrested. +Miranda won for not being told his right to a lawyer, and thus the evidence gained through interrogation was invalid. |
| Griswold v. Connecticut | New right to privacy in martial relations. +combo of 1st, 3rd, 4th, 9th Amend.s |
| Roe v. Wade | Right to abortion included in right to privacy. |
| Baker v. Carr | SC may rule over questions of state legislative appointment; when 14th Amend. equal protection issue. |
| Gitlow v. New York | Made "dangerous tendency" test. May outlaw dangerous speech even if it does not create danger. |
| New York Times v. Sullivan | Libel only when false & w/ malice. |
| Engel v. Vitale | State cannot support religion. +Unpopular decision. +no school prayer. |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman | State religion support must... +"secular legislative purpose" +no help/hinder relig. +no entangle govt. and relig. |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | School searches do not require "probable cause" for suspicion, and "reasonableness" is less strict. |
| Gregg v. Georgia | Death penalty does not violate 8 & 14 Amend. +used for extreme circumstances +carefully determined |
| U.S. v. Nixon | Executive privilege is for limited military & diplomacy. +fundamental due process of law > ex. privilege |
| Bush v. Gore | 14th Amend. violated by recount, because limited time remaining. +ruling only applicable to this case |
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