Ap Gov Unit 6 Sc Cases

Front 1

Barron v. Baltimore

Back 1

~The Bill of Rights only applies t othe federal government, not the state governments.
~Deals with CIVIL LIBERTIES.

Front 2

Engle v. Vitale

Back 2

~1st amendment/religion case
~requiring prayer in public schools is unconstitutional

Front 3

New York Times v. Sullivan

Back 3

~1st amendment
~if the press publicizes a falsehood with actual malice, then they are in trouble
~if the falsehood was an accident, the press is not in trouble

Front 4

Roe v. Wade

Back 4

~4th, 5th, and 9th amendments
~women have the right to an abortion during the first trimester
~changed the laws of 46 states

Front 5

Gregory v. Chicago

Back 5

~1st amendment, due process clause of the 14th amendment
~police must protect peaceful protestors, not the people who attack them

Front 6

Miranda v. Arizona

Back 6

~criminal defendants' rights and the due process clause of the 14th amendment
~police must inform people accused of a crime of their rights before interrogation, otherwise the interrogation cannot be used in court
~establishes procedural due process of law

Front 7

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Back 7

~1st amendment/religion
~the government cannot advance or inhibit a religion
~established the Lemon Test:
1. Is there a secular purpose?
2. Is a religion advanced or inhibited?
3. Is there excessive government entanglement with religion?

Front 8

Gideon v. Wainwright

Back 8

~criminal defendants' rights
~6th and 14th amendments
~everybody is entitled to an attorney even if they cannot afford one

Front 9

Mapp v. Ohio

Back 9

~police need a search warrant to go into somebody's house and collect evidence for a trial
~exclusionary rule - illegally obtained evidence is excluded from the court

Front 10

Baker v. Carr

Back 10

~equal protection clause
~"one man, one vote"
~the Supreme Court has the power to force a state legislature to redistrict itself

Front 11

UC Regents v. Bakke

Back 11

~government subsidized universities can use affirmative action as a tie breaker between candidates, but it cannot have racial quotas, which violate the equal protection clause

Front 12

In Re Gault

Back 12

~due process clase of the 14th amendment
~established procedural due process for juvenile courts

Front 13

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

Back 13

~equal protection clause
~"separate but equal" doctrine is not equal, violated the 14th amendment
~schools ordered to desegregate

Front 14

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Back 14

~slaves who escaped to free states are still slaves
~says the Missouri Compromise violated the equal protection clause

Front 15

Plessy v. Ferguson

Back 15

~established the "separate but equal" doctrine

Front 16

Reed v. Reed

Back 16

~equal protection clause
~sexual discrimination violates the equal protection clause

Front 17

Gitlow v. New York

Back 17

~free speech clause/civil rights
~starts selective incorporation
~1st amendment protections apply to the state governments as well as the national government

Front 18

Bowers v. Hardwick

Back 18

~equal protection clause
~upheld Georgia's laws banning homosexual relations

Front 19

Griswold v. Connecticut

Back 19

~abortion
~established privacy rights for married couples and the right to counsel on birth control

Front 20

Schenck v. United States

Back 20

~1st amendment
~clear and present danger voids 1st amendment protections
~advocating avoiding the draft during a war is not protected by the 1st amendment

Front 21

Miller v. California

Back 21

~established guidelines for determining of material is obscene
1. Does the material violate state obscenity laws?
2. Does it offend the average person?
3. Does it conform to local standards?

Front 22

Texas v. Johnson

Back 22

~1st amendment
~flag burning is symbolic speech and is protected by the 1st amendment

Front 23

Tinkers v. Des Moines

Back 23

~students wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War is symbolic speech protected by the 1st amendment

Front 24

Everson v. The Board of Education

Back 24

~students can get reimbursment for busing to school
~does not violate the establishment clause of the 1st amendment because busing is a purely secular activity

Front 25

Abbington v. Schempp

Back 25

~requiring Bible-reading in public schools violates the 1st and 14th amendments

Front 26

Epperson v. Arkansas

Back 26

~1st amendment's free speech and establishment clauses
~prohibiting a teacher from teaching evolution violates the 1st amendment

Front 27

Shaw v. Reno

Back 27

~racial gerrymandering violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment