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59 Cards in this Set
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Escobo v Illnois
1964 |
Earl Warren
You have the right to counsel when being questioned by the police |
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US v Kahriger
1952 |
Fredrick Vinson
Gov, has right to tax legal and illegal gambiling |
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Miranda v Arizona
1966 |
Restrains self incrimination and forces the police to read you your rights
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Calder v Bull
1798 |
Oliver Elsworth
Supreme Court defined expost facto law |
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US v Nixon
1974 |
Warren Burger
Supreme Court ordered president to give up taped conversations denying his claim of executive privilage |
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US v Santana
1976 |
Warren Burger
No warrant is necessary when an officer is in "hot pursuit" |
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Dartmouth College v Woodward
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John Marshall
Charters are protected |
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California v Acevedo
1991 |
William Rehnquist
When the police stop a car, they do not need a warrent to search the vehical, if they have probable cause that there is something illegal in the car |
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California v Greenwood
1988 |
William Rehquist
Upheld the search of garbage bags left in the streets arre accessible to criminals, children and scavengers, and other members of the public; police too are entitled to this access |
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Endo v US
1944 |
Harlan F. Stone
Japanese in US could not be held in a relocation center (WWII after Pearl Harbor) |
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Rochin v California
1952 |
Fredrick Vinson
Pumping out supects stomach in order to get evidence (gross-roaches are gross-Rochin) |
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Vernonia School Ditrict v Acton
1995 |
William Renhquist
Court upheld mandatory suspicionless drug tests for all students participating in interscholastic athletics |
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Myers v US
1926 |
William H. Taft
Pres. has power to remove exec. officers w/o the consent of congress |
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In re Gault
1967 |
Earl Warren
Juvi are gurenteed most of the protections guaranteeed to adults, including right to notification of charges, legal counsel, cross examination, and must be advised of their rights |
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Goss v Lopez
1975 |
Warren Burger
Students have the right to due process when facing disiplinary action in schools |
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Powell v Alabama
1932 |
Charles Evan Hughes
Right to counsel was fundamental to a fair trial when the death penalty might be imposed |
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Westbury v Sanders
1964 |
Earl Warren
One man equals one vote |
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Betts v Brady
1942 |
Harlan Stone
Special circumstances such as illiteracy or very complex facts would require counsel be provided by the state |
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Colegrove v Greene
1946 |
Harlan F. Stone
State is responsible for drawing it's own electoral districts (gerrymandering) |
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Gideon v Wainwright
1963 |
Earl Warren
The right to counsel is absolute and applies to the state adn federal courts |
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Palko v Connecticut
1937 |
Charles Even Hughes
Double Jeopardy immunity is not applicable in cases of appeal |
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US v Curtis Wright Export Corp.
1936 |
Charles Hughes
In conducting foreign policy, pres. has broad discretion |
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Sheppard v Maxwell
1966 |
Earl Warren
Made it clear that a criminal def. 6th amendment. right to a fair trial can justify restrictions on the press's 1st amendment rights |
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Baker v Carr
1962 |
Earl Warren
Reversed Colegrove decison |
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Fuman v Georgia
1972 |
Warren Burger
Abolished capitol punishment as it was then being applied |
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Gregg v Georgia
1976 |
Warren Burger
Re-established death penalty |
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Slaughter House Cases
1873 |
Salmon Portland chase
The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment aimed against anti-negro discriminatory laws is not applicable to the power of the states to legislate freely |
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Civil Rights Cases of 1883
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Morrison Waite
Segrigation by race was illegal for the govt., but the court ruled it in the private sector to be permissble. |
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West Coast Hotel Company v Parrish
1937 |
Charles E. Hughes
Minimum wage laws are legal |
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Mapp v Ohio
1962 |
Earl Warren
Extended the exclusionary rule to the states, illegally obtained evidence is not admissiable to the court |
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Kelly v Johnson
1976 |
Warren Burger
Employers can require a dress code and haircuts for their employees |
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Roe v Wade
1973 |
Warren Burger
Court upheld women's right of choice in the 1st trimester. Made abortions legal in the U.S. |
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Cruzan v Director, Missouri Dept. of Health
1990 |
William Rehnquist
Family members do not have the right to act on the behalf of a [atient and end their life sustaining medical treatment |
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New York Times v Sullivan
1964 |
Earl Warren
Political ads in newspapers unless specifically libelous, are protected by the freedoms guarenteed by the 1st and 14th amendment |
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New York Times v U.S.
1971 |
Warren Burger
Pentagon Papers Case |
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Near v Minnesota
1931 |
Charles E. Hughes
1st case in which a state law was unconstitutional for violating freedom of press |
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Schenck v U.S.
1919 |
Edward D White
Free speech can be restrained if there is a clear and present danger to the country or its citizens |
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Dennis v U.S.
1951 |
Fred M. Vinson
1st amendment does not allow a person to cteate a riot, disorders, interference with traffic on public streets, or threaten public safety |
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Yates v US
1957 |
Earl Warren
Urging ppl to believe something is not illegal, but urging ppl to do something illegal is |
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US v O'Brian
1968 |
Earl Warren
Freedom of speech does not constitute freedom of action |
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TX v Johnson
1989 |
William Rehnquist
Court held that flag burning was protected by symbolic speech |
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Bethel School District v Fraser
1986 |
Warren Burger
School officials do not offend the 1st amendment bu exercising editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school newspapers |
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Reynolds v US
1879 |
Morrsion White
Religious beliefs could not be interfered with, but religious practices could be regulated. Prohibits haveing more than one wife |
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Minersville School DIstrict v Gobotis
1940 |
Charles Hughes
Schools could make children salute the flag |
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West Virginia Board of Education
v Barnette 1943 |
Harlan Fiske Stone
Reversed the Minersville decision. You can not make children salute the flag |
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Engel v Vitale
1962 |
Earl Warren
Struck down the recitation of prayer in public schools |
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Abbington Township v Schempp
1963 |
Earl Warren
Court forbade bible reading during the school day |
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Stone v Graham
1980 |
Warren Burger
Can not have any religious information posted in a school room |
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Wallace v Jaffree
1985 |
warren burger
struck down the moment of silence laws, saying even voluntary prayer in unacceptable |
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Santa Fe ISD v Doe
2000 |
William Rehnquist
Court ruled that public school districts can not let students lead stadium crowds in prayers before football games |
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Wisconson v Yoder
1972 |
Warren Burger
States have the right to restrict on age requirements for schools; however, they gave an exception for amish children - they must go thru the 8th grade |
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Weeks v US
1914 |
Edward D White
This ruling established the wxclusionary rule - illegally obtained evidence can not be used in court |
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Olmstead v US
1928 |
William H Taft
Wire tap evidence was admissible w/o a warrent, if the tap could be set with no physical trespass in the dwelling of the suspect |
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Katz v US
1967 |
Earl Warren
Overturned Olmstead |
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Miranda v Arizona
1966 |
Earl Warren
Restrains self incrimination and guarentees rights |
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Morrison Waite
seperate but equal |
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brown v board of ed of topeka kansas
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Earl Warren
overturned plessy, proclaimed that segregation in public schools has no place |
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cooper v aaron
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Earl warren
integration of all public schools |
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Heart of atlanta motel v us
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Earl warren
Civil rights act of 1964, banned dicrimination in public places |
