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35 Cards in this Set
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Marbury v. Madison
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Established judicial review
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Fletcher v. Peck
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Upholds sanctity of contracts -- land cases
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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States cannot tax the federal government; confirmed constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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Upholds sancitity of contracts -- college charter
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Congressional power over interstate commerce
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Johnson v. McIntosh
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Indian tribes have rights to tribal lands; only federal government can take land from tribes
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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Indians are a domestic dependent nation -- established a trust relationship with the tribes directly under federal authority
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Tribal autonomy
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Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
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Supremacy of society's interest of private interest
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Commonwealth v. Hunt
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Labor unions and strikes unlawful
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Scott v. Sandford
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Congress can't prohibit slavery in a territory; slaves = property
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Ex parte Willigan
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Civilian cannot be tried in military courts while civil courts are available
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Civil Rights Cases of 1883
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Legalized segregation with regard to private property
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Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v. Illionois
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Declared state-passed Granger laws that regulated interestate commerce unconstitutional
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Co. v. Minnesota
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Found that Granger law regulations were violations of the 5th Amendment right to property
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Pollock v. The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co.
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Declared the income tax unconstitutional
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U.S. v. E. C. Knight Co.
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Undermined the authority of the federal government to act against monopolies
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Legalized segregation on the basis of "separate but equal"
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"Insular Cases" / Downes v. Bidwell
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Confirmed right of federal government to place tariffs on goods coming into the country from territories; constitution doesn't follow flag
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Northern Securities Co. v. U.S.
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Re-established authority of federal government to fight monopolies
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Lochner v. New York
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New York act limiting working hours of bakers unconstitutional because of 14th Amendment
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Muller v. Oregon
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Recognized a 10-hour work day for women laundry workers
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Hammer v. Dagenhart
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Declared Keating-Owen Act (child labor act) unconstitutional -- invasion of state authority
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Schenck v. U.S.
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Upheld Espionage Act of 1917 -- right to freedom of speech is not absolute and could be limited if it presented a "clear and present danger"
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Adkins v. Childrens Hospital
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Minimum wage for women law unconstitutional -- denies women freedom of contract
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Schechter v. U.S.
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National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional - 1) delegated legislative power to the executive, 2) no constitutional authority, 3) regulated intrastate business
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Korematsu v. U.S.
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Upheld constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII
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Ex parte Endo
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Forbade the internment of Japanese-Americans born in the U.S.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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Separate but equal = unconstitutional
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Gideon v. Wainright
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Extends to the defendant the right of counsel regardless of ability to pay
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Escobedo v. Illionois
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Defendant must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning by police
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Miranda v. Arizona
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Those subjected to in-custody interrogation are advised of contitutional right to attorny and right to remain silent
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Roe v. Wade
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Court legalized abortion -- based on 4th Amendment
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U.S. v. Richard Nixon
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Rejected Nixon's claim to privilege against any judicial process
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Bakke v. Regents of the University of California
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Upheld affirmative action
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