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45 Cards in this Set
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Marbury v's madison (1803) |
Established the supreme courts power to strike down acts of Congress that were in conflict with the constitution; i.e from this case came to the high courts most Important power judicial review |
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United States vs Caroline products company |
Dealt with a federal law that prohibited filled milk |
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Lochner V's New York 1905 |
Case that held the liberty of contract was implicit in the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. Limited the number of hours a baker could work each week to 60 |
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Dred Scott v Sanford 1857 |
Blacks whether free or slaves, could not be u.s citizens and could not sue in federal courts . And slavery cannot be outlawed in the western territories before they access statehood voided by the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment after the civil war |
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Plessy v Ferguson 1896 |
Segregated facilities for blacks and whites were held to be constitutional under the doctrine of separate but equal, held for 60 years |
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Korematsu v. United States (1944) |
During ww2 this case held that American citizens of Japanese descent can be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights |
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Brown vs board of education 1954 |
Segregated schools in the several states are unconstitutional in violation of the 14th amendment. This case held that the separate but equal doctrine of plessy "has no place in the field of public education" |
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Loving v's Virginia (1967) |
laws that prohibit marriage between two people of different races miscenenigation statutes) are constitutional |
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Griswold v Connecticut 1965 |
Even though not found In the language of the document this case held that embodied within the constitution is a right to privacy. Thus specifically married people are entitled to use contraception;making it a crime to sell contraceptives to them is unconstitutional |
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Row vs wade 1973 |
Struck down laws restricting abortion prior to viability as unconstitutional prohibiting most restrictions in the first trimester and permitting only health-related restrictions in the second |
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Mapp vs Ohio 1961 |
Applied the exclusionary rule of weeks (above) to state criminal procedures as well |
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Miranda v's Arizona 1966 |
Police must advise criminal suspects of their rights under the constitution to remain silent, to consult with a lawyer and to have one appointed if necessary. Any interrogation must stop if the suspect he or she wishes to remain silent. |
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Tinker v's des Moines independent community school district 1969 |
Wearing armbands is a legitimate (a thus constitutionally protected) form of protest under the first amendment even by students on public school grounds. |
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Citizens united v's federal election commission 2010 |
Limits on corporate and union political expenditures during an election cycle violate the first amendment. This case cleared the path for the birth of super pacs |
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Reynolds v's slim 1964 |
Mandated that state legislatures be organized by population. Rather than by county. Previously about 50% of California legislative power had been held by about 10% of the state's population simply due to the fact of smaller countries in certain areas. |
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Obergefell v's hodges 2015 |
Fundamental right to marry is Guranteed to same sex couples by both the due process clause and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the us constitution. Legalizing same sex marriage in the us |
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Gideon v's wainwright 1963 |
anyone charged with a serious criminal offense has the right to an attorney and the state must provide one if defendant is unable to afford a private legal counsel |
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Kelo v's city of new London 2005 |
Upheld the power of local government to seize property for economic development purposes. Known as eminent domain |
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Burwell v's hobby lobby 2014 |
Allowed closely held for profit corporations to be exempt from a law it's owners religiously object to If there is a less restrictive means of furthering the laws interest |
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Mculloch v's Maryland 1819 |
The federal and government may use any means the constitution may not forbid |
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Gibbons v's ogden |
Provides an extensive definition of the term commerce allowing the national government a justification of regulation in all economic areas |
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Gibbons v's ogden |
Provides an extensive definition of the term commerce allowing the national government a justification of regulation in all economic areas |
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West coast hotel vs parish 1937 |
Upholding the constitutionality of minimum wage |
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Regents of the universe of cal v's bake (1978) |
Race based set opportunities violate the equal protection close but still leaves door open to be taken in consideration for admission |
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Bowers v's Hardwick 1986 |
Sodomy is illegal and criminalized not constitutional |
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Lawrence v's Texas 2003 |
You have the right to Sodomize in private |
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Gonzales v's carhart 2007 |
Congress can prohibit dilation and extraction |
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Miller v's california 1973 |
Came up with a three part test to determine if material is legally obscene and not constitutionally protect |
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Texas v's Johnson 1989 |
Prohibiting burning the American flag is unconstitutional |
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Barnes v's Glen theater 1991 |
Nude dancing is not protected by the first amendment |
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McCutcheon v's federal election commission |
No restraints on Donor limits "aggregate" |
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Brown vs entertainment merchants association 2011 |
Video games are a protected form of media speech and states may not prohibit or ban the sale of them |
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Sony Corp v's universal studios 1984 |
Making individual copies of TV shows is not copyright infringement |
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Brown vs Mississippi 1936 |
A defandants confession cannot be extracted by police violence |
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Escobedo v's Illinois 1964 |
A person has the right to speak to an attorney while in custody |
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Near v's Minnesota 1931 |
Freedom of press censorship unconstitutional |
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Roth v's united states 1957 |
Obscene material is not protected by the first amendment |
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Engal v's vitale 1962 |
Prayer in school violates the establishment clause of the first amendment |
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New York times v's Sullivan 1964 |
Public officials to prove they were libel ed must show that a statement was false and was published with malicious intent |
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Brandenburg v's Ohio 1969 |
Advocacy of force is protected by the first amendment |
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Lemon v's Kurtz man 1971 |
Guidelines for the funding of pariochal schools |
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Us vs nixon 1974 |
President cannot invoke executive privilege in criminal cases to withhold evidence |
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Us term limits v's Thornton 1995 |
No term limits on congress |
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Gonzales v's raich 2005 |
Congress may ban the use of marijuana even if states approve |
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Weeks v's united states 1914 |
You need a search warrant other wise evidence won't hold in court |
