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Court Cases
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35
Court Reporting
12th Grade
04/02/2013

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Schenck V. US
Definition
Cear and preset dager for 1st amendment speech.
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Griswold V. CT
Definition
implied right to privacy (about contraceptives)
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Mapp v. Ohio
Definition
exclusionary rule (no improperly obtained evidence)
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Smith v. Allwright
Definition
African Americans must be allowed to vote in primary
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Wesberry v. Sanders
Definition
One man one vote doctrine about district lines (for congress)
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Buckley v. Valeo
Definition
campaign donations are a form a free speech (case that weakened FECA)
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Reynolds v. Sims
Definition
voting districts must be roughly equal in population (for state bicameral legislatures)
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Shaw v. Reno; Miller v. Johnson
Definition
can't use race to draw district lines
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Marbury v. Madison
Definition
established judicial review (about madision putting in midnight judges right before he left office)
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Fletcher v. Peck
Definition
judicial review for states
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McCulloch v. MD
Definition
states can't tax national banks; congress can charter a bank
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Gibbons v. Ogden
Definition
states can't tax national banks; congress can charter a bank
Gibbons v. Ogden - NY can't control interstate waterway; interstate commerce
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Gideon v. Wainwright
Definition
incorporated the right to counsel (have a lawyer)
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Gitlow v. New York
Definition
freedom of speech limited with bad tendency rule
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Definition
students have freedom of speech in schools; clothing is freedom of speech as well
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Texas v. Johnson
Definition
flag burning is protected speech
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Miller v. CA
Definition
3 Part Obscenity Test: 1. normal person would think it's very sexual 2. how much artisitc value it has 3. has offensive sexual depictions
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New York Times v. US
Definition
limited government's ability/reasons to keep the press from printing information (over the Pentagon Papers)
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Boyscouts v. Dale
Definition
since it's private group, membership can be discriminated based on sexual orientation
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Engel v. Vitale
Definition
no state-sanctioned prayer in schools
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Epperson v. AR
Definition
no banning schools from teaching evolution (religious endorsement/entanglement)
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
Definition
Lemon Test: 1. action has secular purpose 2. no effect for or against a certain religion 3. no excessive government entanglement
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Miranda v. AZ
Definition
inform suspect of their rights before arresting them (or else there is self-incrimination, something protected against in the constitution)
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Furman v. GA
Definition
- temporarily suspended all death penalties until a less arbitrary policy was presented
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Gregg v. GA
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- presented a specific system for deciding on death penalty as a sentence so death penalty sentencing resumed
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Atkins v. VA
Definition
no capital punishment for the mentally retarded
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Roe v. Wade
Definition
choice for abortion protected as right to privacy; banned any extreme limits that place undue difficulty to get abortion
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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
Definition
allows stricter abortion limitations
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Definition
woman doesn't have to tell husband first but the other 2 parts of the law--24 hour wiating period and parental consent for minors--upheld
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Lawrence v. TX
Definition
struck down law criminalizing sodomy
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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. US
Definition
hotels and etc. count as public accomodation and can't discriminate
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University of California Regents v. Bakke
Definition
can't have affirmative action plan based on quotas
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Korematsu v. US
Definition
upheld executive orders for internment camps
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US v. Nixon
Definition
executive priviledge does not apply to criminal cases
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Clinton v. NY
Definition
no line-item vetoes
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