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Landmark Cases
US Landmark Cases
29
History
12th Grade
12/10/2014

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Marbury v Madison (1803)
Definition
establishes judicial review
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McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
Definition
implied powers, govt can do things as needed, elastic clause
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Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
Definition
interstate commerce clause, govt can regulate state commerce
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Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)
Definition
private schools do not receive state funding
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Engel v Vitale (1962)
Definition
public institutions cannot favor or promote a religion
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Oregon V Smith (1990)
Definition
religious beliefs do not give people the right to break the law
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Schenck v United States (1919)
Definition
govt can suppress freedom of speech when necessary
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Brandenburg v Ohio (1969)
Definition
freedom of speech can be suppressed if it violates a law
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Tinker v Des Moines (1969)
Definition
rights cannot be taken away while at school
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Texas v Johnson (1989)
Definition
can burn flag because freedom of speech
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Near v Minnesota (1931)
Definition
govt cannot tell newspapers what they can and cannot publish, can restrict after published
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New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
Definition
libel cases have to prove damages, malice, and libeler lied
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Miller v US (1939)
Definition
govt is allowed to restrict but not ban guns
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McDonald v Chicago (2010)
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the 2nd amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self defense
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Mapp v Ohio (1961)
Definition
police must obtain a warrant before they search or any evidence will be suppressed in court
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Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
Definition
all defendants must be provided an attorney
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Miranda v Arizona (1966)
Definition
Miranda rights, right to an attorney, remain silent etc
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Terry v Ohio (1968)
Definition
police are allowed to search for weapons on people without probable cause
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Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
Definition
racial segregation laws in states constitutional as long as they follow the doctrine of separate but equal
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Brown v Board (1954)
Definition
outlawed segregation of public schools
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Regents of the University of California v Bakke (1978)
Definition
no quota system for races at universities or other public institutions
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Grutter v Bollinger (2003)
Definition
point system for minorities legal, no quota system
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Griswold v Connecticut (1965)
Definition
unconstitutional for states to deny people contraception
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Roe v Wade (1973)
Definition
no state can make abortion illegal, states can restrict abortion after first trimester of pregnancy
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US v Windsor (2013)
Definition
struck down DOMA, federal govt has to recognize same sex marrige
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Gregg v Georgia (1976)
Definition
death penalty legal for serious cases, states do not have to use death penalty
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Roper v Simmons (2005)
Definition
minors cannot receive the death penalty, they can still be charged as adults
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Barron v Baltimore (1833)
Definition
fifth amendment does not apple to states, state govt can seize private property for public use
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Gitlow v New York (1925)
Definition
told the states they were in violation of fourteenth amendment
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