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Rigths
Rights of
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Accused
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First Amendment
Symbolic speech is protected by the First Amendment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
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400
First Amendment
Limits school sponsored prayer.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
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600
First Amendment
Outlaws school sponsored Bible readings.
What is Abington School District v. Schemp?
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800
First Amendment
Protects flag burning as an expression of free speech.
What is Texas v. Johnson or Eichman v. U.S.?
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1000
First Amendment
Limits free speech when there is a “clear and present
danger.”
What is Schenck v. U.S.?
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200
Free Speech & Press
Schools can limit the printing of articles in school
sponsored newspapers that are found to be inappropriate.
What is Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier?
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400
Free Speech & Press
Establishes the “clear and present danger” doctrine.
What is Schenck v. U.S.?
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600
Free Speech and Press
Texas v. Johnson protects flag burning as this type of
speech.
What is symbolic speech?
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800
Free Speech & Press
Clothing worn by students that was identified as a form
of free expression or symbolic speech in Tinker v. Des
Moines.
What are black arm bands?
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1000
Free Speech & Press
Speech such as yelling “FIRE” in a crowded theater is
not protected in accordance Schenck v. U.S.
What is a “clear and present danger?”
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200
Civil Rights
Ruled that blacks were not citizens and therefore could
not sue.
What is Scott v. Sanford?
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400
Civil Rights
Established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
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600
Civil Rights
The implied powers under the commerce clause
permitted Congress to ban discrimination in places like
hotels.
What is Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States?
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800
Civil Rights
Allowed the busing of students to promote integration of
schools.
What is Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education?
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1000
Civil Rights
Race could not be used as the sole criterion for
determining admission in higher education, limits
affirmative action.
What is Regents of the University of California v.
Bakke?
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200
Rights of the Accused
Ruled that the accused has the right to a lawyer even if
he/she can’t afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
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400
Rights of the Accused
The accused must be informed of his/her rights before
questioning.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
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600
Rights of the Accused
Established that evidence obtained illegally can’t be used
in a federal or state trial.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
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800
Rights of the Accused
Ruled that the death penalty as then applied was
unconstitutional.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
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1000
Rights of the Accused
Established the doctrine of the “exclusionary rule.”
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
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200
Federal Issues
Established that the president does have limited
executive privilege in areas of military or diplomatic
affairs, but does not place him above the rule of law.
What is U.S. v. Nixon?
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400
Federal Issues
Established that voting districts should be equally
apportioned, “one person, one vote.”
What is Reynolds v. Sims?
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600
Federal Issues
Established the doctrine that evidenced obtained illegally
can be prohibited in state and federal trials.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
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800
Federal Issues
Established that the placing of Japanese-Americans in
internment camps was justified for the security of
America during World War II.
What is Korematsu v. U.S.?
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1000
Federal Issues
Established that the Federal government is superior to
state governments.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
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200
Other Key Supreme Court Cases
Established the doctrine of “judicial review.”
What is Marbury v. Madison?
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400
Other Key Supreme Court Cases
Established that states cannot ban a woman’s right to an
abortion during the early part of her pregnancy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
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600
Other Key Supreme Court Cases
Established that Congress has the power to regulate
interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
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800
Other Key Supreme Court Issues
Marked the beginning of the end of segregated schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
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1000
Other Key Supreme Court Cases
Established that schools have the right to conduct
searches and seizures without warrants if conditions are
present for cause.
What is New Jersey v. T.L.O.?
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