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26 Cards in this Set
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Olmstead v. United States
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The Fourth Amendment's proscription on unreasonable search and seizure did not apply to wiretaps.
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Katz v. United States
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Katz’s conviction for illegal gambling is overturned because the Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures
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Terry v. Ohio
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Terry’s conviction is upheld because police officers may ‘stop and frisk’ (also nicknamed a ‘Terry pat-down’) individuals suspected of crimes (or imminent criminal activity) without a search warrant
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Mapp v. Ohio
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Mapp’s conviction is overturned because the exclusionary rule now applies to state officials
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Herring v. United States
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Herring’s conviction is upheld because police acted in good faith while conducting search
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Miranda v. Arizona
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Miranda’s conviction for rape is overturned because police did not inform him of the right to remain silent during the interrogation
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Powell v. Alabama
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Powell’s conviction (along with other individuals) is overturned because he was not afforded the assistance of counsel
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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Gideon’s conviction is overturned because he was not afforded the right to counsel in a non-capital crime
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Gregg v. Georgia
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Gregg’s sentence of death for crime of murder is upheld because two-stage process for imposing death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment
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Scott v. Sanford
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Federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear Scott’s lawsuit because he is not a citizen of the United States.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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The state law is upheld because separate but equal is constitutional
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Brown v. Board of Education I
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State law promoting racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional because it violates equal protection
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Brown v. Board of Education II
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Schools must integrate with “all deliberate speed” and federal district courts will monitor progress of local school boards
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Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
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The admissions policy in Jefferson County is declared unconstitutional because public schools cannot assign students based on racial criteria
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Bradwell v. Illinois
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Denial of license to practice law is not a violation of the Constitution because women are not automatically entitled to seek employment
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Frontiero v. Richardson
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Air Force policy of benefit levels is unconstitutional because gender is a suspect class and therefore protected by the 5th Amendment
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Craig v. Boren
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State law establishing separate drinking ages for men and women is unconstitutional Law does not pass under intermediate scrutiny
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United States v. Virginia
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Virginia’s policy of all male admissions at VMI is unconstitutional because it discriminates based on gender
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UC-Davis v. Bakke
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The racial set-aside admissions program at UC Davis is declared unconstitutional because it impermissibly classifies individuals based on race
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City of Richmond v. Croson
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Richmond’s program using racial set-asides for government contracts is unconstitutional because it impermissibly classifies based on race
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Adarand v. Pena
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Case is remanded to federal district court to determine if the federal program can survive analysis under strict scrutiny
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Grutter v. Bollinger
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Law School admissions policy that race as one of several factors is constitutional
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Reynolds v. Sims
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Alabama system of apportionment is unconstitutional because it is not based on population
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Bush v, Gore
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The order issued by the Florida Supreme Court for a manual recount is unconstitutional because such a process violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
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South Carolina v. Katzenbach
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The Voting Rights Act is upheld because it constitutionally enforces the 15th Amendment
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Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission
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Government may regulate corporate political speech through disclaimer and disclosure requirements but cannot limit campaign contributions (soft money) Declared that corporations are equivalent to persons in terms of electoral participation Thus corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to endorse political candidates Portions of McConnell v. FEC (2003) overturned and overturns Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce (1990)
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