Constitutional Law EPC + Due Process Cases

Lochner v. New York

Supreme Court ruled that setting a maximum for the amount of hours a baker can work is a violation of the freedom of contract, they can do what they want also baker is safe job

Meyer v. Nebraska

Supreme Court struck down a Nebraska ban on non-English teaching because it violated fundamental parent rights under the due process clause

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

Supreme Court ruled that requiring every child to attend a public school in their neighborhood is unconstitutional because parents have a parental right to determine where their kid goes to school.

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital

The court allowed workers to earn less than minimum wage bc freedom of contract

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish

Overruled Lochner, court allowed states to establish minimum wages. Contract is not a protected liberty

Skinner v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court ruled that removing genitals are unconstitutional because people have a freedom to autonomy and it deprives them from their procreation rights, must be evaluated under strict scrutiny

Griswold v. Connecticut

Contraception for married couples is a fundamental rights

Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court ruled abortion is legal, it’s rooted in 2nd, 5th, 14th amendments. Established 3 trimester test

1. mom do whatever she wants

2. mom can do whatever she wants but there is a medical risk

3. gov can intervene

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Supreme Court overruled the 3 trimester standard, requiring instead a test of undue burden

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Overruled Roe v. Wade, Justice Alito argued abortion was never a fundamental right in the constitution or a tradition long rooted in American tradition. Abortions after 15 week illegal.

Obergefell v. Hodges

Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Justice Kennedy justified using:

1. Autonomy

2. Marriage is a spiritual connection

3. Drawn from other fundamental rights

4. Marriage is a long-standing American tradition

Loving v. Virginia

Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage. Justice Warren stated that the marriage is a fundamental right and cannot be infringed by the state based on race.

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

Placing restrictions that aren’t related to abortion place an undue burden

Washington v. Glucksberg

Supreme Court ruled that assisted suicide is not a fundamental right and it’s been long offensive to American traditions.

Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Supreme Court extended 14th amendment to Asian Americans as well

Strauder v. West Virginia

extended jury duty to black people

Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court ruled separate but equal

Korematsu v. United States

Supreme Court ruled Japanese internment camps is constitutional during critical times such as war for security purposes.

Brown v. Board of Ed.

Supreme Court overruled Plessy, desegregated all schools due to 14th amendment, separate is inherently unequal.

Brown v. Board of Ed. 2

Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate ASAP because Southern schools are racist

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

UC Davis med school, white male rejected several times even tho great stats, got sus and found out it was cuz they had 16 seats reserved for minorities. He had better stats but was still rejected. Supreme Court ruled that:

1. quotas are unconstitutional

2. why 16… very arbitrary

3. still has a compelling interest tho! this is a redemption arc for US’s racist past

Adarand Constructors v. Peña

All affirmative action programs must pass strict scrutiny

Gratz v. Bollinger

Umich gave minority students +20 points which was a HUGGEEE advantage in the admissions process. Supreme Court found that this was not narrowly tailored

Grutter v. Bollinger

Grutter rejected by Umich law school even tho her stats ate. Umich said yes they looked at race as a factor but it all applications were holistically reviewed so race wasn’t sole determining factor. Supreme Court held campus diversity is compelling interest and reviewing race as a plus factor is narrowly tailored so we gucci

SFFA v. UNC and Harvard

Supreme Court overruled Grutter, considering race in holistic review violated 14 amendment. Required to take race-blind approach. There are better ways to achieve diversity such as considering socio-economic status.

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

Supreme Court ruled that admitting Black students to the same schools as White ppl but restricting their extracurriculars violated EPC

Missouri v. Canada

Supreme Court ruled that rejected black student bc of a state’s laws is unconstitutional and violated EPC

Slaughterhouse Cases of 1873

Supreme Court held that EPC only applied for freed people (unempluzz) and not workers

Civil Rights Cases of 1883

Supreme Court ruled they can’t control what goes on at private property, paved way for Jim Crow

Keyes v. School District No. 1

Supreme Court held thst segregation in one part of a school system can be used to infer that other parts of a school system can also be deemed segregated.

San Antonio v. Rodriguez

Court held that school funding based on property tax revenue was constitutional, education is not a fundamental right, rational basis applied so there was a legitimate interest