Abbington v. Schempp

• Schools can’t require Bible reading or reciting the Lord’s Prayer.

Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Amish Parents can’t be required to send their children to school past 8th grade.

Westside Schools v. Mergens

• Religious organizations can meet in public schools in same manner as other student groups

• Court cited the Equal Access Act

Sante Fe ISD v. Doe

• Public school students may not lead prayer at football games

West Virginia v. Barnette

• Patriotism can be achieved without forcing people to violate their religious beliefs

Epperson v. Arkansas

• States can’t ban the teaching of evolution in public schools

Everson v. Bd. Of Education

• States can pay for busing students to parochial schools

Engel v. Vitale

• Prayer in public schools is unconstitutional

Schenk v. U.S.

• Developed the “clear and present danger” test

• Seditious speech- speech advocating the overthrow of the gov’t or resistance to lawful authority

Tom Clancy Clear and Present Danger

Bethel School Dist. V. Fraser

• Schools may punish students for lewd, or indecent speech at school events

NY Times v. U.S.

• Prohibiting the publication of the “Pentagon Papers” would be prior restraint

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• School officials can restrict student expression in school newspapers

Miller v. California

• Local communities can set their own obscenity standards

Gitlow v. New York

• Court ruled that free speech is a basic right that states can not deny; incorporated the bill of rights

DeJong v. Oregon

• Assembly for lawful discussion can not be made a crime

Sheppard v. Maxwell• Set ways to limit media coverage of trials

• Sequester-isolate a jury during trial

• Gag order- court order prohibiting publication of trial information

Mapp v. Ohio

• Extended the exclusionary rule to state trials

Miranda v. Arizona

• A person must be clearly informed of their rights before questioning by the police

• The Miranda Act

California v. Acevedo

• Police can search a car without a warrant if there is probable cause

Gideon v. Wainwright

• States must provide the accused an attorney even if they can’t afford one

Escobedo v. Illinois

• A person has the right to an attorney as soon as they become a suspect

New Jersey v. TLO

• School officials do not need a warrant to search a student at school.

Brown v. Bd. Of Education

• Segregated schools are unconstitutional

Black School White School

Plessy v. Ferguson

• States could segregate the races if “separate but equal” facilities were provided.

= Black School

White School

• Prohibited racial discrimination by those who provide goods, services, and facilities to the public

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States

Atlanta

Univ. Cal vs. Bakke

• Race is one characteristic that can be considered for college admission; but quota systems are unconstitutional

Roe v. Wade

• The right to privacy encompasses a woman’s right to abortion

Reed v. Reed

• Discrimination on the basis of sex violates the constitution

VS.

Bill of Rights• Be sure to know the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and

8th Amendments to the Constitution.

• Be able to list the 5 freedoms guaranteed by the 1st Amendment

• List 5 protections from the 5th Amend.

Miscellaneous

• Know the 14th Amendment and it’s importance.

• Name the 4 parts of the Miranda Act

• The name of the first 10 Amendments

• Equal Access Act

Vocabulary

• Exclusionary Rule (Mapp v. Ohio)

• Libel

• Slander

• Shield law

• Double jeopardy

• Eminent domain

• Prior restraint (NY Times v. US)

• Incorporation (Gitlow v. NY)

• Precedent

• Symbolic speech

• Gag order

• Pure speech

• “fighting words”- insults to provoke violence

• Seditious speech

• Human rights

• sequester