*Barron v. Baltimore*

the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution's Bill of Rights restricts only the powers of the federal government and not those of the state governments.            

*Brandenburg v. Ohio*

the court held that government could restrict speech only when it advocates the use of violence directed toward inciting imminent and likely lawless action. (Ku Klux Klan having a TV show)

*Engle v. Vitale*

a case where the new york public schools approved a 22 word prayer to be said every day. The prayer was found to be unconstitutional because the separation of church and state

Enmund v. Florida

the death penalty was set aside because of capital proportionality when a man drove a getaway car in a robbery-murder of an elderly couple in Florida

*Everson v. Board of Education*

- when the question if NJ should be allowed to reimburse people who sent their kids on public transportation. The court said they were.

(Church and State)

*Furman v. Georgia*

when the death penalty was deemed cruel and unusual punishment when Furman killed a man after fleeing his house

a court refused to give a convicted man a lawyer, but soon after gave him one because of the 6^th amendment

Gitlow v. New York

When Gitlow, a socialist handed out pamphlets instructing people to overthrow the government he was arrested because he was a threat of public security

Gregg v. Georgia

Gregg committed armed robbery and murder, and was convicted to the death penalty. Even though he said it violated the 8^th and 14^th amendments, the court said it didn’t

*Griswold v. Connecticut*

Griswold, a doctor, gave advise to married couples about birth control. He was convicted because Connecticut law prohibits this. There was a null and void because of so many conflictions in the constitution.

Hustler Magazine v. Falwell

Hustler magazine put an ad in their magazine implying that Falwell had an incestuous relationship with his mother. The magazine was fined $150,000, but after words appealed and won because it was in their right from the first amendment to do such a thing.

*Katz v. US*

a case where Katz was convicted because of police wiretapping his phone. This was ruled to be a violation of the fourth amendment as a unreasonable search 

*Kelo v. City of New London*

a case when a city took property and sold it to developers who would create jobs. This was deemed ok because it was to help the cities bad economy.

*Lemon v. Kurtzman*

Rhode Island violated the first amendment because the state gave money to church related schools.

Mapp v. Ohio

- in a search for a fugitive, police found obscene materials in Mapp’s home. These materials were used against her in court. This was deemed illegal and the evidence could not have been used.

*Miranda v. Arizona*

- the instance where the police do not have the right to deprive a person being interrogated of their rights at the outset of interrogation.

Morse v. Frederick

a case where Fredric a student sued the school for freedom of speech when the school had the right to limit what he  said his poster, a slang term for marijuana smokeing 

Near v. Minnesota

when Jay Near published scandal sheets containing false info that would incriminate cops, it was stopped and deemed unconstitutional.

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

when the NY times published a article containing factual errors, they were sued and lost $500,000 to Sullivan. They appealed and won because they were protected by the first amendment

*NY Times Co. v. United States*

the government tried to stop the NY times to publish classified info and were sued by the government. The NY times won. There was was no direct immediate harm

*Roe v. Wade*

this case said that woman are allowed to have abortions 

Reynolds v. United States

When Reyonlds challenged the anti-bigamy statue, he was convicted. The court ruled that this was in his rights because of the first amendment

*Schenk v. US*

Schenk did not like the idea of a draft so he sent out letters discouraging people to sign up for the army. The court ruled this was not within his rights

*Texas v. Johnson*

*Tinker v. Des Moines*

this case ruled that burning an American flag is protected by freedom of speech

wearing armbands to for a message is protected by the first amendment

US v. Miller

the second amendment does not guarantee a person to be protected if they have a big gun

Wallace v. Jaffree

when Alabama allowed their schools to conduct religious prayers, it was a violation of the first amendment

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

Missouri put a restriction on the amount of abortions a woman can have and this was deemed legal

*Wisconsin v. Yoder*

3 parents did not want to send their child to school after the 8^th grade. This was deemed constitutional because their religious beliefs outweighed the states interests.(Free exersise of religion)