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west virginia state board of education v Barnette issue
compelling children in public schools to salute the U.S. flag was an unconstitutional violation of their freedom of speech and religion. Students may not be required to salute the American flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance at public schools if it is contrary to their religious beliefs. Supreme Court invalidated a compulsory flag salute law in public schools and established that students possess some level of First Amendment rights. -
Mapp v Ohio
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that under the 4th and 14th Constitutional amendments, illegally seized evidence could not be used in a state criminal trial.strengthened the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures -
Engel v Vitale
Issue=Whether school-sponsored nondenominational prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. the Supreme Court ruled that school-sponsored prayer in public schools violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. the impact established a precedent that was used to significantly limit government-directed prayer in public school systems -
Gideon v Wairwright
The issue considered by the Court in Gideon v. Wainwright was whether States are required, under the federal Constitution, to provide a person charged with a non-capital felony with the assistance of counsel if that person cannot afford to hire an attorney. the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves. -
NY Times v Sullivan
To sustain a claim of defamation or libel, the First Amendment requires that the plaintiff show that the defendant knew that a statement was false or was reckless in deciding to publish the information without investigating whether it was accurate. U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that First Amendment freedom of speech protections limit the ability of public officials to sue for defamation. -
Griswold v connecticut
the Supreme Court ruled that a state's ban on the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy. The case concerned a Connecticut law that criminalized the encouragement or use of birth control. This case was significant because the Supreme Court ruled that married people had the right to use contraception. It essentially paved the road for the reproductive privacy and freedoms that are in place today -
Loving v Virginia
the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. the Supreme Court ended prohibitions on interracial marriage and dealt a major blow to segregation. -
Tinker v Des Moines
Tinker v. Des Moines is a historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools. the Supreme Court ruled that public school officials cannot censor student expression unless they can reasonably forecast that the speech will substantially disrupt school activities or invade the rights of others. -
brandenburg v ohio
The Supreme Court established that speech advocating illegal conduct is protected by the First Amendment unless the speech is likely to incite imminent lawless action. The Court's Per Curiam opinion held that the Ohio law violated Brandenburg's right to free speech. -
NY time vs US
In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that the President's attempt to prevent the publication was a violation of First Amendment protections for press freedom. It also defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government. -
Lemon v Kurtzman
the United States Supreme Court determined that both the Pennsylvania and Rhode Island statutes were an unconstitutional. The Court's decision in this case established the "Lemon test" named after Alton Lemon -
Furman v Georgia
the United States Supreme Court invalidated all death penalty schemes in the United States in a 5–4 decision, with each member of the majority writing a separate opinion. Furman v. Georgia halted executions nationally. Between 1968 and 1976, no executions took place in the U.S. -
Roe v Wade
unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. This rule declared that restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional, making abortion services safer and more accessible for any woman who becomes pregnant -
Gregg v Georgia
Greg v Georgia is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which it was held that death penalty for murder was not in and of itself a cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In a 7-to-2 decision, the Court held that a punishment of death did not violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments under all circumstances. -
new jersey v TLO
a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the standard of reasonableness for searches of students conducted by public school officials in a school environment. the Supreme Court recognized for the first time that the fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable searches of students and their possessions by public school officials. -
texas v Johnson
the burning of the U.S. flag is a protected form of speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in favor of Johnson. The high court agreed that symbolic speech no matter how offensive to some is protected under the First Amendment. -
Employment Division v Smith
The Supreme Court case held that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual. The Supreme Court changed religious free exercise law dramatically by ruling that generally applicable laws not targeting specific religious practices do not violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. -
Church of lukumi Babalu v Hialeah
it was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance passed in Hialeah, Florida, forbidding the killing of an animal in a public or private ritual or ceremony not for the primary purpose of food consumption. the Supreme Court affirmed the principle that laws targeting specific religions violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. -
Moranda v Arizona
The police clearly violated Miranda's 5th Amendment right to remain silent, and his 6th Amendment right to legal counsel. In a 5-4 Supreme Court decision ruled that an arrested individual is entitled to rights against self-discrimination and to an attorney under the 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States Constitution -
Morse v Frederick
A group of teens held up a Bong hits 4 jesus sign the Supreme Court ruled that it is not a denial of the First Amendment right to free speech for public school officials to censor student speech that they reasonably believe encourages illegal drug use. In a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment does not prevent school administrators from restricting student expression that reasonably is viewed as promoting the use of illegal drugs. -
DC v Heller
Heller, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2008, held that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home -
McDonald v Chicago
In a five-four split decision, the McDonald Court held that an individual's right to keep and bear arms is incorporated and applicable to the states through the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause. In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Thomas wrote that the 2nd Amendment is fully applicable to states because the right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment as a privilege of American citizenship. -
snyder v phelps
US Supreme Court ruling that speech on a matter of public concern, on a public street, cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress the First Amendment prohibited the imposition of civil liability upon a church and its members who picketed the funeral of a slain Marine. -
Obergefell v Hodges
The state bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same-sex marriages duly performed in other jurisdictions are unconstitutional under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. After the Obergefell decision, more LGBT people were happy (87%) and reported higher-than-average levels of life satisfaction (62%) -
Mahaney area school district v B.L.
The Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania high school officials lacked the authority to discipline a student for an off-campus, vulgar Snapchat post that she made in frustration after not making the varsity cheerleading squad. the Supreme Court held that a public school violated the First Amendment when it disciplined a student cheerleader for profane off-campus speech
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