AP GoPo Unit 3: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

1965 case that established right of privacy for married couples using birth control through 4th and 9th Amendments; established the privacy precedent for Roe v. Wade (Warren Court)

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Obergefell v. Hodges

• Loving v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry based on the 14th amendment equal protection clause.

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Obergefell v. Hodges

• Loving v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

1973 Court decision established that abortion rights fall within the privacy implied in the 14th amendment; women have total autonomy over pregnancy in the first trimester (Burger Court)

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Obergefell v. Hodges

• Loving v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

1867 Supreme Court case that declared all laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional.

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Obergefell v. Hodges

• Loving v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

2011 Supreme Court case held that speech on a public sidewalk, about a public issue, cannot be liable for a tort of emotional distress, even if the speech is found to be "outrageous".

• Citizens United v. FEC

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Texas v. Johnson

• Snyder v. Phelps

A 2010 decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that independent expenditures (political spending) by corporations, associations, and labor unions is free speech protected by the 1st Amendment and so cannot be limited by federal law. Upheld bans on direct contributions to candidates. Lead to creation of super PACs & massive rise in amount of third party electioneering

• Citizens United v. FEC

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Texas v. Johnson

• Snyder v. Phelps

A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.

• Citizens United v. FEC

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Texas v. Johnson

• Snyder v. Phelps

2010 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Chicago ordinance banning the possession of handguns as well as other gun regulations; said that the right of individuals to keep and bear arms should apply to the states; uses the selective incorporation of the 14th amendment to say that the 2nd amendment is among fundamental rights necessary to our system of liberty. (Roberts Court)

• Citizens United v. FEC

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Texas v. Johnson

• Snyder v. Phelps

1954 Supreme Court decision ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional; segregation psychologically damaging to blacks; overturned separate but equal; use of 14th Amendment (Warren Court).

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• University of California v. Bakke

• Schenck v. U.S.

A 1919 U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning the question of whether the defendant possessed a First Amendment right to free speech against the draft during World War I. Court ruled that speech may be punished if it creates a "Clear and present danger" of illegal acts.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• University of California v. Bakke

• Schenck v. U.S.