Court Cases

Marbury v Madison	Established Judical Review
Schenck v US	Established Clear and Present Danger Test
Gitlow v NY	Incorporated Free Speech
Brandenburg v Ohio	Direct Incitement test
Weeks v US	Established the Exclusionary Rule
Mapp v OH	Incorporated the Exclusionary Rule
Maryland v Garrison	Created the Honest Mistake exception to the Exclusionary Rule
Gideon v Wainwright	Inccoperated 6th ammedment, right to an attorney
Miranda v Arizona	Right to be Informed of Charges
Morse v Fredericks	Narrowed Tinker Ruling
Snyder v Phelps	Broadened Free Speech protections
Tinker v Des Moines	Substantial Disruption Test
New Jersey v TLO	Reasonable suspicon search allowed only in schools
Texas v Johnson	Flag burning is protected speech
Miller v California	Obscenity test established
NYTimes v Sullivan	1st Amendment protects all the statement, even false ones, about the conduct of public official except when the statement is made with actual malice
US v Nixon	Executive privillage not absolute
NYTimes v US	Prior restraint restrictions clarified (Nixon Papers allowed to be published)
Everson v Board of Education	Seperation of Church and State
Engel v Vitale	No recitation of prayer in public schools
Employment Division of OR v Smith	government can enforce laws that apply to everyone, even if they conflict with religious beliefs
Wisconsin v Yoder	Amish schooling exemption granted
DC v Heller	Established that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms for self-defense
McDonald v Chicago	Second Amendment right to “keep and bear Arms” was incorporated
Plessy v Furguson	established the constitutionality of laws mandating separate but equal public accommodations
Brown v Bd. of Edu	overruled "separate but equal" , establishing racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
UC Davis v Bakke	Racial Considerations are OK *Quotas are Unconstitutional
Grutter v. Bollinger	using race is acceptable
Gratz v Bollinger	policy of assigning points for race is Unconstitutional
Griswold v CT	Established a fundamental RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Roe v Wade	The physician, in consultation with patient, free to determine without regulation from the state that the patient’s pregnancy may be terminated
Planned Parenthood v Casey	created the UNDUE BURDEN test for restrictions on abortion access
Dobbs v Jackson	concluded that the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion
Lawrence v TX	OVERTURNED BOWERS AND HELD ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT LAWS TO VIOLATE THE 14TH AMENDMENT
Obergefell v Hodges	UPHELD “GAY MARRIAGE” AS A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT (14th Amendment Due Process & Equal Protection)
Gregg v GA	DEATH PENALTY, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE 8TH AMENDMENT
Atkins v VA	EXECUTION OF A “MENTALLY RETARDED” PERSON IS A VIOLATION OF 8TH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS
Roper v Simmons	EXECUTION OF A MINOR IS A VIOLATION OF 8TH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS