Court Cases (Test 1)

The court cases that need to be known for Lipsmeyer test 1

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McCulloch v Maryland
1819 Federal government has certain implied powers. Including regulating economy
Gibbons V Ogden
1824 Federal commerce power covers all commerce between two or more states
Miranda V Arizona
1966 Police must inform suspects of their rights
Dred Scott
1857 Congress is powerless to prohibit slavery in the western territory, and it is left up to the states.
The Slaughterhouse Cases
1873 Bill of Rights does not extend to the state level
Barron v Baltimore
1833 People are citizens of both the federal government and the state and must follow both
Plessy V Ferguson
1896 Separate but equal does not violate 14th amendment. two kinds of equality: Political and social
Brown V Board of Education
1954 Separate schools are not equal
Shelley V Kraemer
1948 White only house contracts legally void
Gitlow V New York
1925 extends free speech to state level.
Near V Minnesota
1931 Extends freedom of press to state level and establishes prior restraint
NLRB V Jones & Laughlin Steel
1937 Causes a shift in Federalism from dual to cooperative
Sweatt V Painter
1950 Declared UT law school unequal
Mapp V Ohio
1961 Exclusionary rule for search and seizure extended to state level
Smith V Allwright
1944 All white primaries unconstitutional
Gideon V Wainwright
1963 Extends right to an attorney to state level. Only for felonies. Extended to all crimes facing jail time in 1972
The Civil Rights Cases
1883 14th amendment only prohibits discrimination by the states not private businesses
Reed V Reed
1971 Classification by gender must be important to government in order to be upheld

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