| A | B |
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| Gitlow v. New York (1925) | Free Speech case. Court requires states to adhere to the Bill of rights |
| Brown v. Bd. of Education (1954) | Declared public school segregation to be unconstitutional. |
| Engel v. Vitale (1962) | Outlawed state-sanctioned prayer in public schools. |
| Abington Township v. Schempp (1963) | Abolished state-sanctioned Bible reading in public schools. |
| West Virginia Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette (1943) | Overturned Gobitis case which required falg salutes by public school students regardless of religious prohibitions. |
| Near v. Minnesota (1931) | freedom of press case that forbade states to use the concept of "prior restraint." |
| New York Times v. U.S. (1971) | Freedom of press case allowed the publication of the "Pentagon Papers." |
| Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) | Free speech case which allowed students to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War. |
| Mapp v. Ohio (1961) | Upheld and extended to state cases the exclusionary rule which bars the introduction at trial of evidence obtained illegally. |
| Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) | Courts must provide legal counsel to poor defendants in all felony cases. |
| Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) | Extended the right to counsel to include consultation with attorney prior to questioning by police. |
| Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | Court mandated that all suspects be informed of their due process rights before police interrogation. |
| Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) | Upheld right of government to intern Japanese-American citizens during WW II. |
| Bakke v. U. Of Cal. Regents (1978) | Reverse discrimination case that outlawed quota system for minority students. |
| Roe v. Wade (1973) | Legalized abotion so long as fetus is not viable. |
| Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989) | Allows states to limit the use of public funds in administering abortions. |
| Texas v. Johnson (1989) | Free speech protects right to burn the flag in protest. |
| Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) | Private and parochial schools cannot be prohibited by state governments. |
| Schenck v. United States (1919) | Espionage Act of 1917 upheld; conviction of Socialist war protester upheld. |
| Yates v. United States (1957) | A person cannot be put in jail for advocating a revolutionary philosophy such as Marxism. |
