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72 Cards in this Set

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established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
“A law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” Supreme Ct. Justice John Marshall
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Necessary & Proper and Supremacy Clauses
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Court upheld Congress’ power to create a national bank.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
When a federal and state law are in conflict, the federal law is supreme.
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Charles River Bridge (1837)
Property Rights
The responsibility of government is to “sacredly guard” the rights of property for the prosperity of the community.
Charles River Bridge (1837)
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Equal Protection
“The Constitution does not consider slaves to be U.S. citizens. Rather, they are constitutionally protected property of their masters.”
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Munn v. Illinois (1877)
Federalism/State Power to Regulate
Businesses that serve the public interest are subject to regulation by state government.
Munn v. Illinois (1877)
Equal Protection "Separate but Equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Jim Crow laws are constitutional under the doctrine of ‘Separate but Equal.’
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
The Constitution bars a state from interfering with an employee’s right to contract with an employer.
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Speech
Speech that presents a “clear and present danger” to the security of the United States is in violation of the principle of free speech as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
Press Freedom
“The liberty of the press … is safeguarded from invasion by state action.”
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
“The switch in time that saved nine.” FDR's new deal...government could regulate commerce
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Equal Protection
“In the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.”
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Criminal Procedure/Due Process
Evidence that is illegally obtained by the state may not be used against a defendant in court.
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Political Question
“One person, one vote.”
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Religious Freedom/Establishment Clause
Public institutions (i.e., a school system) cannot require prayer.
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Criminal Procedure/Due Process
Defendants in criminal cases have an absolute right to counsel.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
Press Freedom
To win a libel case, public figures must prove “actual malice” on the part of the writer.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Personal Liberty/Privacy
The Constitution implies a right to privacy in matters of contraception between married people.
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Criminal Procedure/Due Process
“You have the right to remain silent …”
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Speech
School dress codes are not in violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of the freedom of expression.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)
Fundamental Rights
The Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to education.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Personal Liberty/Privacy
The Constitutionally implied right to privacy protects a woman’s choice in matters of abortion.
Roe v. Wade (1973)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Separation of Powers

“Neither separation of powers, nor the need for confidentiality can sustain unqualified Presidential immunity from the judicial process.”
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Speech
The Constitution protects desecration of the flag as a form of symbolic speech.
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Cruzan v. Missouri Dept. of Health (1990)
Personal Liberty/Privacy
While the Constitution protects a person’s right to reject life-preserving medical treatment (their “right to die”), states can regulate that interest if the regulation is reasonable.
Cruzan v. Missouri Dept. of Health (1990)
Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) - Led to 11th Amendment
Federalism/Commerce Clause
Wickard v. Filburn (1942)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
Perez v. United States (1971)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
United States v. Lopez (1995)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
United States v. Morrison (2000)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Federalism/Commerce Clause
New York Times v. United States [Pentagon Papers] (1971)
Speech/Press
Miller v. California (1973)
Speech/Press
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
Speech/Press
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
Freedom of Association
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Religious Liberty
Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v Amos (1987)
Religious Liberty
Reynolds v. United States (1879)
Religious Liberty
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (2010)
Religious Liberty
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Equal Protection
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Equal Protection
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
Second Amendment
McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)
Second Amendment
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Personal Liberty/ Private Property
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)
Criminal Procedure/Due Process
Boumediene v. Bush (2008)
Criminal Procedure/Due Process