Supreme Court Rulings

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Created on: 24-05-18 22:06

Name 5, 1st Amendment Cases

Engle vs Vitale 1962 (Prayer in school unconstitutional), Buckley vs Valeo 1973 (limits on campaign funding unconstitutional), Nazis vs Skokie 1977, Texas vs Johnson 1989 (flag burning ban unconstitutional), FEC vs Citizens United 2010

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Name 3, 2nd Amendment Cases how did Burger react to 2nd amendment?

Muscarello vs United States 1998 (defended right of individual to 'carry' gun in a car), DC vs Heller 2008 (deemed any gun ban unconstitutional), Caetano v. Massachusets 2016 (the 2nd extends to ALL firearms, the 14th ensures states must follow this)

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How did Burger react to 2nd amendment?

Burger called it a 'fraud' that an individual has a right to own a gun

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Name 2, 8th Amendment Cases

Harmelin vs Michigan 1991 (imposing a life sentence without parole for possession of 672 grams of cocaine deemed lawful, set a precedent), Hall vs Florida 2014 (Florida state law on determining death penalty by measure of IQ is unconstitutional)

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14th Amendment Cases

LEAVE BLANK

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Brown vs Board 1954

Segregated schools deemed unconstitutional and defied 'separate but equal' in Plessy vs Ferguson 1896, famously ignored in Little Rock 1957 where Eisenhower sent in troops

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14th amendment case in 1973?

Roe vs Wade 1973, due process clause extends to women's right to have an abortion and states to ban it were in violation of the constitution

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14th amendment case in 1992?

Planned Parenthood vs Casey 1992, reaffirmed right to an abortion for all but also allowed states to place restrictions on getting an abortion

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14th amendment case in 2015?

Obergefell vs Hodges 2015, right to marry anyone protected under due process clause and legalised gay marriage in all states

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How many supreme court cases on average per year?

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How many requests per year?

7,000

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