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American Gov't Court Cases
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15
Law
10th Grade
05/04/2008

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Term
Schenck v. US
Definition

First Amendment free speech

 (Convicted)

"clear and present danger"

 

speak out against draft

Term
Tinker v. Des Moines
Definition

First Amendment protection

of students' free speech

guaranteed

Term
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Definition

Slaves "property": therefore, had no

right to sue (were not citizens)

 

 Declared parts of Missouri Compromise

unconstitutional

Term
Engle v. Vitale
Definition
Banned Organized Prayer
Term
New York Times v. Sullivan
Definition

 

Shielded press from

vindictive libel suits

(even if got minor details wrong)

Term
Roe v. Wade
Definition

overturned many anti-abortion laws

 

reference to due process of the law:

protection of privacy

Term

Gitlow v. New York

Definition

Selective incorporation

 

Protections of free speech/press

apply to statesby due process

clause of 14th amendment

Term

Palko v. Connecticut

Definition

Selective incorporation

 

Certain protections from Bill of rights

absorbed into due process

as provided in 14th Amendment

(so fundamental that cannot be denied)

Term
Baker v. Carr
Definition

"one person, one vote"

 

(reapportionment of state legislatures)

 

=citizens equal votes, no matter where

they lived

Term
Gibbons v. Ogden
Definition

Federal gov't supreme power

to regulate interstate

comerce

Term

Regents of the Univ. of Cal.

v.

Bakke

Definition

Affirmative Action

 

declared racial quotas illegal

race still legal factor in acceptance

Term
Miranda v. Arizona
Definition

Requirement of police to inform

suspects of rights

 

Term
Plessy v. Ferguson
Definition

Doctrine of "separate but equal"

 

(constitutionality of segregation)

Term
Mapp v. Ohio
Definition

4th Amendment protections applied to states

 

evidence attained unconstitutionally/illegaly

unable to be used in trial

Term
Brown v. Board of Education
Definition

Segregation in public schools

unconstitutional

(violates equal protection clause of 14th amendment)

 

(overturn plessy v ferguson)

 

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