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Court Cases
Court Cases regarding Constitution and Civil Rights
23
History
12th Grade
02/01/2012

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Baron v. Baltimore
Definition
The Bill of Rights do not apply to the state govs.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Definition
Instituting seperate but equal.
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Schenck v. United States
Definition
Upheld the Epionage Act which stopped free speech during world war 1
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Gitlow v. Free Speech
Definition
Extended the First Amendment to the states
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Korematsu v. United States
Definition
Upheld Japanese internment camps during WWII
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Everson v. Board of Education
Definition
Applied the Religious Clauses to the states.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Definition
Overturned separate but equal, (Plessy v. Furgeson)
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Mapp. v. Ohio
Definition
moved the 4th amendments search and seizure to states
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Baker v. Carr
Definition
Allowed courts to step in considering reaportionment
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Engel v. Vitale
Definition
Outlawed official prayer in schools
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Gideon v. Wainwright
Definition
applied the 6th amendments representation clause to the states
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Employment Division of Ohio v. Smith
Definition
States can deny unemployment to those fired, even for those using peyote.
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Griswold v. Conn.
Definition
Right to privacy
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Miranda v. Arizona
Definition
Miranda Rights
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Definition
Denied public schools the right to infinge on 1st amendment rights
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
Definition
Limited public funding to schools only non-church related.
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Swann v. Mecklenburg
Definition
forced inconvenient integration of schools through bussing
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Miller v. California
Definition
obscenity unprotected by 1st amendment
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Roe v. Wade
Definition
Legalized Abortion and gave women choice
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US v. Nixon
Definition
Limited the power of the president
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University of California Regents v. Bakke
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Affirmitive Action
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Texas v. Johnson
Definition
Flag burning protected under symbolic speech
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Definition
Upheld the right to an abortion.
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