Civil Rights and Liberties Court Cases

Question 1

Gitlow v New York

Answer 1

nationalized BoR; freedom of speech

Question 2

Palko v Connecticut

Answer 2

reversed nationalization of due processq

Question 3

Near v Minnesota

Answer 3

freedom of press

Question 4

Powell v Alabama

Answer 4

Access to a lawyer in capital cases

Question 5

De Jonge v Oregon

Answer 5

freedom of assembly

Question 6

Cantwell v Connecticut

Answer 6

freedom of religion

Question 7

Wolf v Colorado

Answer 7

Unreasonable search and seizure

Question 8

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 8

Made discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants illegal

Question 9

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Answer 9

made illegal the practice of selling real estate based on race, color, religion, national origin, or sex

Question 10

California Board of Regents v Bakke

Answer 10

No discrimination by quota but affirmative action was okay

Question 11

Richmond v Corson

Answer 11

1. scrutiny test
2. congress can enforce equal protection provisions
3. no affirmative action without past discrimination
4. AA must apply to past injustices
5. States may develop AA programs

Question 12

Gratz v Bollinger; Grutter v Bollinger

Answer 12

affirmed teh Bakke case

Question 13

Ledbetter v Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Answer 13

“Comparable worth” (equal sex pay) Goodyear won

Question 14

Reed v Reed

Answer 14

made a state law that favored men over women in estate’s executor unconstitutional

Question 15

Craig v Boren

Answer 15

“medium scrutiny” standard for sexes

Question 16

Lawrence v Texas

Answer 16

sodomy law unconstitutional

Question 17

Defense of Marriage Act

Answer 17

Allowed states not to recognize gay marriage

Question 18

Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden

Answer 18

defined power of various components of government

Question 19

Barron v Baltimore

Answer 19

BoR only applied to national gov

Question 20

Engle v Vitale

Answer 20

nondenominational prayers not allowed in gov

Question 21

Lemon v Kurtzman

Answer 21

The Lemon Test

Question 22

Lee v Weisman

Answer 22

clergy cannot recite prayers at graduation ceremonies

Question 23

Schenck v United States

Answer 23

Clear and present danger

Question 24

Chaplinsky v New Hampshire

Answer 24

Defined “fighting words”

Question 25

New York Times v Sullivan

Answer 25

base definition of libel

Question 26

Tinker v Des Moines

Answer 26

Students rights are not shed at the schoolhouse gates

Question 27

New York Times v United States

Answer 27

Pentagon Papers case

Question 28

Texas v Johnson

Answer 28

burning flag case (symbolic speech so it was okay)

Question 29

McConnell v Federal Election Commission

Answer 29

restrictions placed on television advertising does not violate free speech

Question 30

Citizens United v Federal Election Commission

Answer 30

corporations can run political advertisements w/o restrictions

Question 31

DeJonge v Oregon

Answer 31

Fourteenth Amendment's due process applies to freedom of assembly

Question 32

United States v Miller

Answer 32

crime to ship some weapons across state lines w/o registrations

Question 33

District of Columbia v Heller

Answer 33

People can bear arms

Question 34

McDonald v Chicago

Answer 34

right to bear arms applies to the states

Question 35

Mapp v Ohio

Answer 35

exclusionary rule for states

Question 36

Griswold v Connecticut

Answer 36

right to privacy in area of sexual relations

Question 37

Roe v Wade

Answer 37

abortions are constitutionally protected

Question 38

United States v Leon

Answer 38

"good faith" exception to the exlcusionary rule

Question 39

Panned Parenthood v Casey

Answer 39

Restrictions on abortions constitutional

Question 40

Gideon v Wainright

Answer 40

right to a lawyer

Question 41

Miranda v Arizona

Answer 41

self incriminization

Question 42

New York v Quarles

Answer 42

exception to Miranda rights when public safety is threatened

Question 43

Hamdi v Rumsfeld

Answer 43

Enemy combatants held in the US have due process rights

Question 44

Gregg v Georgia

Answer 44

Death penalty okay