• ·Stratton says anybody who wants to go door-to-door needs to register so that crooks don’t take advantage of elderly and scam them. Bible Society claims it limits their 1^st amendment rights. Court agrees with Bible Society as 1^st Amendment protects right to anonymous expressions of religious or political beliefs.

Odgen has a monopoly on ferrying in the NY area and has a NY license. Gibbons has a federal license in coasting waters. Odgen wants to keep his monopoly and not let Gibbons take any of his potential capital. Supreme Courts uses Commerce Clause and establishes supremacy of Federal over State and eliminated state-licensed monopolies

• Maryland passes law saying banks have to use a special paper to print money. McCulloch says this amounts to a tax and you can’t tax the government. Supreme Court agrees with McCulloch.

• ·         U.S. interrogates Watkins about his and other’s activity in the Communist Party. Watkins refuses to answer questions about other people’s past actions in the Party. Supreme Court says that the interrogation violated Watkins’s 1^st Amendment rights and that Congress’s Power to investigate is limited

•       Fitzgerald – the government is spending too much $$. Nixon – you jerk. I don’t like you anymore. Your position was just eliminated and you’re fired! (But its in an official capacity, nothing personal) Fitzgerald – not cool. I want my job back. Supreme Court – Prez has immunity over official acts. Sorry Fitzgerald, you’re out of your job

•    Adams appoints a bunch of Federalist judges before leaving office. Madison refuses to deliver commissions. Marbury wants his commission. Supreme Court establishes judicial review (S.C. has right to review acts of Congress) and says sorry to bad to Marbury.

•    Dennis plots to violently overthrow government. US earlier passed the Smith Act which makes that illegal. Dennis claims freedom of speech. Supreme Court upholds the act.

•  Schenck burn your draft cards! Rebel! US – your arrested under the Espionage Act. Supreme Court – 1^st Amendment rights are not absolute. Deal.

•    Students want to wear black armbands to show disapproval of Vietnam War. School says you do that you’ll be suspended. Students do it and get suspended and then sue. Supreme Courts decides that the school violated 1^st Amendment – silent non-violent protest allowed.

•   Eichman ‘yay flag burning’. US ‘WTF. Illegal!’ Supreme Court ‘its free speech. It might be uncool free speech, buts its still free speech.’

Ex Parte Milligan

• ·         Gregg kills a few people and commits armed robbery and is sentenced to death. Response – Death!? That’s cruel and unusual punishment! Supreme Court – actually its not. Die.

• Miranda – I admitted to my crime but wasn’t read my rights! Therefore I didn’t know them. Supreme Court – mmkay, police read people their rights when they get arrested.

• ·  T.L.O. gets caught selling pot and the Vice Principal of her school searched her purse without a warrant. *gasp* Supreme Court rules that for public there only needs to be reasonable cause to search, not probable cause. Sucks to be you T.L.O.

•   Bob Jones University ‘if you support interracial marriage, your application is denied’ US – That’s not cool. Say adios to tax exemption status due to racial discrimination’ BJS – ‘But it’s based on the Bible!’ Supreme Court ‘Getting rid of racial segregation is more important’

• ·         University of Michigan gave special points to minorities on apps but not enough to make or break it.

Johnson v. Santa Clara Transportation Ageny

• ·         In order to combat the underrepresentation of women in certain jobs, Santa Clara Transportation was allowed to add sex in as a factor. When Diane Joyce was promoted over Paul Johnson (both qualified), he sued saying that it wasn’t fair. Supreme Court upheld the policy and stated that sex wasn’t the deciding factor.

The Speech and Debate clause protect senator Proxmire while he's on the floor, but not when he's defaming someone for pointless govn't spending through the press

(Goldenfleece award)

Nixon didn't want the NYT to publish "Pentagon Papers" b/c it was seen as a threat to our Nat'l security

First Ammendment- Freedom of the Press

There would be no immediate, dangerous ramifications if this was published