American Gov Unit 3

tinker v Des moines

this was the Vietnam armbands thing

SCOTUS ruled that students have a right to symbolic speech as long as its not disruptive

so this supports the 1st amendment

vernonia school district 47h v acton

this was the drug testing thing

SCOTUS ruled that student athletes have to give up some privacy on school grounds

this restricts 1st amendment

morse v frederick

this was the bong hits 4 Jesus

SCOTUS ruled schools can prohibit students from promoting drugs

this restricts 1st amendment

korematu v us

this was the internmetn camps

SCOTUS ruled that holding the japanese was considered constitutional (later overturned)

this restricts 1st amendment

civil rights

indivdual rights that protect against discrimination

jurisdiction

the official power to make legal decisions/judgements

stare of decisis

legal doctrine that says judges need to use precedents

terminiello v Chicago

guy basically just sat in Chicago and shit talked every minority

SCOTUS: you can’t arrest a speaker bc you think the reaction could be violent

beauharnais v illinois

guy was distributing leaflets asking city to stop black people from harassing white people (existing)

SCOTUS: you can’t talk bad about someone based on race/religion

brandenburg v ohio

KKK members held a rally and got arrested

SCOTUS: speech allowed unless likely to cause imminent lawless action

rav v st paul

teenager burned cross on AA family property

st Paul said you can’t cross burn, SCOTUS said you can bc otherwise that’s restricting certain audiences

snyder v phelps

people picketed and protested at a funeral saying mean things

SCOTUS: speech protected even if it causes intentional emotional distress

wisconsin v mitchell

african American boys beat up a white child for being white

SCOUTS: non speech crimes have greater punishment if specifically against someone of color/religion

virginia v black

due to historical ties, cross burning is not protected speech

FBI

part of US Justice Dept that protects against crime, terrorism, and trains law enforcement

CIA

US agency that gathers Infor about foreign governments

US Patriot Act

broadens surveillance to suppress terrorism

Dept of Homeland Security

US federal agency made after 9/11 to protect against terrorism

chief administrator

head of federal agencies + responsible for national power

role of vice president

supervises electoral college

marshall plan

us program that helped reconstruct europe after WWII

foreign aid assistance act

kennedy created USAID to provide aid to foreign countries