Term | Definition |
Lemmon v. Kurtzman | Secular purpose, neither advance nor inhibit of religion, avoid excessive government entanglement |
Gideon V. Wainwright | lawyer provided if cannot afford |
Gregg v. Georgia | struck down capital punishment laws |
Employment Division of Human Serv. Oregon v. Smith | religious beliefs not exempt from obeying laws |
Furman v. Georgia | cruel and unusual punishment |
Machetti v. Linanhan | representative jury pool |
Mapp v. Ohio | exclusionary rule |
Coy v. Iowa | confrontation clause |
Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove | right to keep and bear handguns not guaranteed |
White v. Illinois | testimony by doctor or police allowed/confrontation clause not absolute |
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire | "fighting words" |
Schenck v. U.S. | clear and present danger test |
Miranda v. Arizona | informed of the rights of the accused |
Engle v. Vitale | sponsor prayer in public school |
Brandenburg v. Ohio | intent to incite lawless action and likely to produce it |
Baltimore City Dept. of Social Services v. Bouknight | self-incrimination |
Green v. U.S. | double jeopardy |
Linares | right to a grand jury |
Church of Lukumi Bablu Aye, Inc v. City of Hialeah | unconstitutional banning of animal sacrifices |
U.S. v. Cruikshank | right to bear arms not guaranteed by the Constitution or Second Amendment |
Miller v. California | LAPS test |
Escobedo v. Illinois | lawyer during questioning |
Cohen v. California/Johnson v. Texas | symbolic speech protected |
Re Ex Rel Francis v. ReWeber | mitigating or aggravating circumstances |
Barnes v. Glen Theatre | right to ban nude dancing |
Reno v. ACLU | declared Communications Decency Act unconstitional |
1st Amendment | No Religious Establishment; Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly |
2nd Amendment | Right to Bear Arms and states to maintain militia (National Guard) units |
3rd Amendment | Prohibits forcible Quartering of Soldiers in privates homes |
4th Amendment | Searches and Seizures, Warrants |
5th Amendment | Grand Jury Indictment,Double Jeopardy, Self-incrimination, Due Process, and Just Compensation |
6th Amendment | Speed Public Trial, Impartial Jury, Confront Witnesses, Assistance of Counsel |
7th Amendment | Jury Trial in civil cases |
8th Amendment | No Excessive bail, fines or Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
9th Amendment | Protects unspecified rights (including privacy) Not an Exhaustive List of Rights |
10th Amendment | Reserved Powers to states, not prohibited by national government |