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Unit 4 SCOTUS Cases
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Engel v Vitale 1962 | First Amendment/Establishment Clause - Government-directed prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and students may remain silent or be excused from the classroom during its recitation. |
| Schenck v. U.S. 1919 | First Amendment/Freedom of Speech/non-protected - Circulars urged "Do not submit to intimidation" but advised only peaceful action such as petitioning to repeal the Conscription Act. Did conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate First Amendment right to freedom of speech? Utterances tolerable in peacetime can be punished during wartime. Clear and present danger test. |
| Tinker v. Des Moines 1969 | Students' wearing of armbands in support of Vietnam truce did not interrupt school activities. Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the students' freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment? The armbands represented Pure Speech. The Court held that the students did not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they stepped onto school property. |
| Brown v. Board of Education 1954 | Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Separate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities is inherently unequal, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment |
| Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 | Does the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to felony defendants in state courts?A landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys. An example of Selective Incorporation. |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder 1972 | Did a state requirement that all parents send their children to school at least until age 16 violate the First Amendment by criminalizing the conduct of parents who refused to send their children to school for religious reasons? Holding: Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the free exercise clause of Amendment I. |
| McDonald v. Chicago 2010 | Does the Second Amendment apply to the states because it is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges and Immunities (The Privileges and Immunities Clause prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner) or Due Process clauses and thereby made applicable to the states?Holding that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable to the states. |
| New York Times Co v. United States 1971 | When the Nixon administration attempted to prevent publication of the Pentagon Papers belong to a classified defense department study, it was ruled that the government could not have Prior Restraint (government action that prohibits speech or other expression before the speech happens) over the press in this case. Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security. |
| Miranda v Arizona 1966 (Non-required Case) | The Fifth Amendment and 6th amendments were incorporated to the states requiring that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody. (What is the Public Safety Exception?) |
| Mapp v Ohio 1961 (Non-required Case) | The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision overturned Mapp's conviction, on the grounds that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions under the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, and the 14th Amendment, which extends that protection to state jurisdictions. (The exclusionary rule applies to evidence gained from an unreasonable search or seizure.) |
| Griswold v Connecticut 1965 (Non-Required) | The Court ruled that the Constitution did protects the right of marital PRIVACY against state restrictions on contraception. |
| Roe v Wade 1973 (Required for MC only, Not FRQ) | The Due Process Clause protects against state action the right to privacy, abortion falls within that right to privacy. |
| Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Org 2022 (Non-required Case) | The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion overturning Roe v Wade. The right is not an essential component of “ordered liberty.” |
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Lynn Pritt
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