Supreme Court Cases for This Unit

Supreme Court Cases for This Unit

Supreme Court Cases for this unit

Incorporation
*Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
*Gitlow v. New York(1925)
Near v. Minnesota(1931)
Freedom of Religion: Establishment Clause
Everson v. Board of Education (1942)
*Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
*Engle vs. Vitale

Freedom of Religion: Free Exercise Clause

Reynolds v. United States(1879)

Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)

Freedom of Speech and Press
*Schenck v. United States (1919)
*Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Near v. Minnesota(1931)Press
*Tinker v. Des MoinesIndependentCommunitySchool District(1969)Expression in School
*New York Times Co. v. U.S.(1971)Press
Miller v. California(1973) Press
HazelwoodSchool District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)Press at School
Texas v. Johnson (1989)Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Assembly and Petition

Dejonge vs. Oregon 1934

National Socialist Party of America vs. Skokie 1977

Due Process and the Rights of the Accused

*Mapp v. Ohio(1961)
*Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
*Miranda v. Arizona(1966)
Death Penalty cases: Furman v. Georgia (1972) and Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Equal Protection of the Laws – Minorities
*Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
*Korematsu v. United States(1944)
*Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
*Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Lawrence v. Texas(2003)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
Equal Protection of the Laws – Women and the Rights to Privacy and Abortion
*Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Reed v. Reed (1971)
*Roe v. Wade (1973)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)

* indicates you should know this case by name (I have seen them on an AP Exam). Shorthand name such as Plessy or Bakke is fine. For the other cases, knowing them by name would be ideal, but is not required. The important task is to understand the cases and their ramifications.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

  1. Civil Liberties-
  2. Bill of Rights
  3. What Led to a Swift Adoption of the Bill of Rights?
  4. Selective Incorporation
  5. Barron v. Baltimore-
  6. 14th Amendment 1. ______2______3______
  7. Equal Protection
  8. Due Process
  9. Gitlow vs. New York
  10. Definition of Selective Incorporation
  11. Freedom of Religion
  12. Two Clauses
  13. ______
  14. ______
  15. Freedom of Speech
  16. Clear and Present Danger Test
  17. Libel and Slander
  18. Obscenity
  19. Symbolic Speech
  20. Flag Burning
  21. Prior Restraint
  22. Real World
  23. School
  24. Freedom of Assembly
  25. Dejonge v. Oregon
  26. Skokie Case
  27. Freedom of Expression for Students
  28. Tinker vs. Des Moines
  29. Rights of the Accused
  30. 4th Amendment….Exclusionary Rule
  31. 5th Amendment
  32. Miranda Rights
  33. 6th Amendment Right to Counsel
  34. ______
  35. ______
  36. Right to Privacy
  37. Griswold vs. Connecticut
  38. Roe v. Wade
  39. Civil Rights History
  40. Dred Scott- Freed Slaves were not citizens of the United States…Later Repealed
  41. 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
  42. Plessey v. Ferguson
  43. Overturned by Brown v. Board…14th Amendment
  1. Civil Rights Movement
  2. Civil Rights Act of 1964
  3. Ended De Jure Segregation (Segregation in businesses/hotels, employment(race, color, religion, national origin, and sex)
  4. Constitutionally upheld by the ______
  5. Voting Rights Act of 1965
  6. Why was this needed?
  7. Women’s Civil Rights
  8. Seneca Falls Convention
  9. Called for the abolition of legal, economic, and social discrimination against women
  10. Led 19th Amendment
  11. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
  12. Reed v. Reed
  13. Automatically preferring a bro to a sis violated the 14th amendment
  14. New way for judging sexual discrimination cases
  15. Affirmative Action
  16. UC. California v. Bakke
  17. Quotas based on Race for admission to college is unconstitutional
  18. Grutter v. Bollinger- Upheld the Bakke decision, Quota=Bad, but race could be a consideration on admissions policy
  19. Gratz v. Bollinger
  20. Outlawed a system that awarded applicants 20 or 100 points based on Race

Race is not the determining factor in college admissions; however, it can be a general factor in the admission process. Colleges argue a more diverse college presents a better college experience for its student.

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