SCOTUS cases civil rights

Question 1

Burwell v Hobby Lobby 2014 outcome

Answer 1

5/4 split, ruled that that forcing the store to pay for health insurance (contraception) as it went against 1st amendment right

Question 2

Burwelll v Hobby Lobby
R/A, limits on other branches.

Answer 2

active didnt defer to congress
limited congress and obama as it weakened ACA

Question 3

Snyder v Phelps outcome 2011

Answer 3

8-1 that WBC picketing of a funeral was protected by 1st amendment even if the speech was offensive

Question 4

Snyder v Phelps 2011 r/a

Answer 4

restraint defer to 1st amendment

Question 6

Carson v makin 2022 outcome

Answer 6

6/3 desicion that restrictions on school vouchers against religious private school was discriminatory

Question 7

Carson v makin 2022 activism vs restraint

Answer 7

Court was active, ruled again against Maine

Question 8

Kennedy v bremerton school district 2022 outcome

Answer 8

court ruled it was wrong for a teachers contract to be ended over him praying during game time as it went against free speech and distrcit had no righ to limit religious oractises

Question 9

kennedy v bremerton a/r

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active as ruled against the lower courts decision to support the court

Question 10

creative llc v elenis 2021 outcome

Answer 10

court ruled 6-3 that a graphic designer had the irghts to explicitly not offer services to gay couples on religious grounds

Question 11

creative llc v elenis 2021 r/a, changes to rights

Answer 11

active, ruled against stae court of colarado and upheld the designers rights.

Question 12

mc donald v chicago 2010 outcome

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following dc v heller case court ruled 5-4 that the =right to bear arms is fundamentally protected and cant be infringed by the state

Question 13

mc donald v chigaco 2010 r/a and rights

Answer 13

restraint deferred to past precedent dc vheller and protected right to bear arms against state infringemnt

Question 14

bruen case 2022 outcome

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ruled it was a 2nd amendement right to carry a concealed and loaded handgun in public.

Question 15

bruen cas 2022 a/r

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active as it removed parts of bidens bipartisan gun bill

Question 16

miranda v arizona 1966 outcome

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court ruled 5-4 that miranda had been denied the right to remain silnce when he confessed to rape

Question 18

Bucklew v precythe case 2019 outcome

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Man ooh death row argued a condition would make lethal injection tortuous court ruled 5-4 that execution would go ahead as death sentence isn’t guaranteed to be painless

Question 19

Dobbs v jackson 2022 outcome

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6-3 ruled that abortion isn’t a constitutional right and reversed lower court rulings and repealed roe v wade

Question 20

Dobbs v jackson 2022 active / restraint

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Acted in quasi legislative way and went against presidents wishes. Limited right abortion but upheld federalism

Question 21

Percentage that disapproved of dobbs v Jackson

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60% in polling and a majority in every state disapproved

Question 22

Shelby county v holder 2013 outcome

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5-4 to remove the coverage formula to VRA which required states with history of racism to get federal clearance to implement voting laws

Question 23

Shelby counter v holder activism activism / restraint

Answer 23

Active went against precedent
Removed parts of VRA
Resulted in many being removed from voting

Question 24

Allen v Milligan 2023 outcome

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5-4 desicion that Alabama redistricting that led to one remaining black majority district and was accused of gerrymandering.
Sc rule this did not violate section 2 VRA

Question 25

Gratz v Bollinger 2003 outcome

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6-3 struck down a points based system that automatically awarded points to minority applicants ( to mechanistic)

Question 26

Grutter v Bollinger 2003 outcome

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5-4 ruling that michigan law schools AA programme was constitutional as it took an individualised approach

Question 27

grutter case time limit

Answer 27

in 25 years 2028 SCOTUS expected that affirmative action wouldnt be needed

Question 28

regents case v bakke 1978

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racial quotas ruled unconstitutional, but race could be considered a factor in college admissions

Question 29

meredith v jefferson county 2007

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5-4 unconstitutional to assign students to public schools solely for racial balance

Question 30

Fisher v Texas 2016

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4-3 ruling upheld texas AA programme and recognised the benefits of diversity in college

Question 31

SFFA v North Carolina 2023 decsion

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6-3 ruling that programme couldnt continue and race could only be considered inder very specific circumstances

Question 32

SFFA v Havard 2023 decsion

Answer 32

6-3 programme could no longer use race as a factor

Question 33

impact of SFFA vs north carolina/ havard

Answer 33

set a precedent for court to weaken limit remove affirmative action programmes