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Supreme Court Case Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Marbury v. Madison | (1803) Formed the basis of judicial review in the United States. |
| McCullough v. Maryland | (1819) Established that states action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government. |
| Gibbons v. Odgen | (1824) Court ruled that the power to regulate commerce was granted to Congress by the Constitution. |
| Barron v. Baltimore | (1833) Raised the question if the Bill of Rights in the Constitution had to be followed by state governments. Court ruled that state governments are not restricted by the Bill of Rights. |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | (1857) Dred Scott attempts to legally gain freedom for himself and family after many opportunities to do so. Court stated that slaves and their decedents were not U.S. citizens and not protected by the Constitution. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | (1896) Raises the question if segregation is legal or not. Legalized separate but equal. |
| Schneck v. US | (1919) Raised the question if the first amendment allowed protest against the draft. Court ruled that freedom of speech did not allow the right to protest against the draft, supporting the Espionage Act of 1917. |
| Korematsu v. United States | (1944) This case questioned if it was constitutional or not to place Japanese Americans into internment camps during WWII. The court ruled that "protection against espionage outweighed individual rights." |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | (1954) Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. Declared that segregation was inherently unequal and was therefore unconstitutional. |
| Mapp v. Ohio | (1961) Raised the question if evidence for a criminal trial that was gathered without a warrant or gathered illegally could be used or not. Court ruled that evidence gathered in violation of the 4th Amendment could not be used in state and federal courts. |
| Buckley v. Valeo | (1976) Raised the question if it was a form of free speech to spend money to influence elections. Court ruled that contributions to campaigns was a form of constitutional free speech but did uphold a federal law which placed limits on contributions. |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | (1978) Challenged a medical school's program to admit a certain, specific number of students from minority groups. Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to recruit a specific number of students based on race which in effect would exclude other races. |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | (1963) Raised the question if it was required that defendants who are unable to afford a lawyer be given one. Court ruled that it was required under the 6th Amendment. |
| Miranda v. Arizona | (1966) Court ruled that the accused are to be made aware of and reminded of their rights when brought into custody before questioning/interrogation. |
| Griswold v. Connecticut | (1965) Raised the question if a "right to privacy" was protected by the Constitution after Connecticut passed a law which outlawed contraceptives. Court ruled that various statements in the Bill of Rights established a right to privacy. |
| Roe v. Wade | (1973) A Texas female citizen challenged the constitutionality of a Texas law against abortion. Court ruled that the right to privacy protected a women's right to have an abortion or not. |
| Baker v. Carr | (1962) The Court ruled that federal courts could intervene in drawing voting districts. |
| Gitlow v. New York | (1925) Court ruled that the 14th Amendment required the state governments to follow the provisions of the 1st Amendment. |
| New York Times v. Sullivan | (1964) This case established the actual malice standard which defines the requirements for defamation or libel against public officials. This was a landmark decision surrounding freedom in the press. |
| Engel v. Vitale | (1962) This case outlawed prayer in public schools. The court ruled that prayer in public schools violated the Establishment Clause in the Constitution. |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman | (1971) The court ruled that states could reimburse private schools when secular subjects were taught. Established the three part "Lemon Test" for determining if a government's actions are against the Establishment Clause or not. |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | (1985) The case was brought up when school officials searched a student and found drugs. The student claimed it violated her 4th Amendment rights. The Court upheld the search and claimed the search was reasonable because the evidence was in plain view. |
| Gregg v. Georgia | (1976) This case reaffirmed the constitutionality of the death penalty. |
| U.S. v. Nixon | (1974) Brought up during and after the Watergate scandal. Set the precedent to limit the power of the president. |
| Bush v. Gore | (2000) Resolved 2000 presidential election after a vote dispute developed in Florida. Declared that the recount method used by the Florida Supreme Court violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 1st Amendment. |
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