Mindmap 2- Civil Liberties

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Note: Due to the sheer volume of civil liberties cases, this mind map will only include the specific facts of a case as they apply to the significance of the case.
Caroline Finley
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Mindmap 2- Civil Liberties
  1. Gitlow v. New York
    1. Decided: 1925
      1. Significance: The Court, for the first time, nationalizes the Bill of Rights after socialist propaganda was distributed throughout New York.
      2. Weeks v. United States
        1. Decided: 1914
          1. Significance: Establishment of the exclusionary rule.
          2. Wolf v. Colorado
            1. Decided: 1946
              1. Significance: Continued development of the exclusionary rule.
              2. Mapp v. Ohio
                1. Decided: 1961
                  1. Significance: Made the exclusionary rule applicable to states.
                  2. Gideon v. Wainwright
                    1. Decided: 1963
                      1. Significance: Established statewide Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
                      2. Malloy v. Hogan
                        1. Decided: 1964
                          1. Significance: Further established rights of the accused pre-Miranda.
                          2. Miranda v. Arizona
                            1. Decided: 1966
                              1. Significance: Established that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody.
                              2. Engel v. Vitale
                                1. Decided: 1962
                                  1. Significance: Struck down New York nondenominational prayers in schools as "establishment of religion".
                                  2. Everson v. Bd. of Ed.
                                    1. Decided: 1947
                                      1. Significance: First in a series of cases furthering establishment clause in schools, etc.
                                      2. Lemon v. Kurtzman
                                        1. Decided: 1971
                                          1. Significance: Established Lemon test for external expression of religion, furthered establishment clause.
                                          2. City of Boerne v. Flores
                                            1. Decided: 1997
                                              1. Significance: Struck down RFRA of 1993- reestablished separation of powers
                                              2. Cantwell v. Connecticut
                                                1. Decided: 1940
                                                  1. Significance: Furthered use of the Free Exercise Clause
                                                  2. Schenck v. United States
                                                    1. Decided: 1919
                                                      1. Significance: Free speech- "clear and present danger" doctrine established.
                                                      2. Miller v. California
                                                        1. Decided: 1973
                                                          1. Significance: Established the three-part "Miller test", or the standard used to judge the obscene.
                                                          2. Reno v. ACLU
                                                            1. Decided: 1997
                                                              1. Significance: Struck down a broad law pertaining to minors' accessing obscene internet content.
                                                              2. Tinker v. Des Moines
                                                                1. Decided: 1964
                                                                  1. Significance: Landmark symbolic speech case. Expression is protected as long it does not cause a "material disruption or substantial inference".
                                                                  2. Texas v. Johnson
                                                                    1. Decided: 1989
                                                                      1. Significance: Landmark symbolic speech case. The burning of the American flag is protected by the First Amendment.
                                                                      2. Furman v. Georgia
                                                                        1. Decided: 1972
                                                                          1. Significance: The Court ruled that the death penalty violated the 8th amendment because of the manner of which it was imposed.
                                                                          2. Gregg v. Georgia
                                                                            1. Decided: 1976
                                                                              1. Significance: The Court held up a state law that eliminated excessive jury discretion in imposing the death penalty.
                                                                              2. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
                                                                                1. Decided: 1964
                                                                                  1. Significance: The Court defined both "libel" and "slander" as they pertained to public figures and officials.
                                                                                  2. Cruzan v. Director Missouri Dept. of Health
                                                                                    1. Decided: 1990
                                                                                      1. Significance: Right to privacy and right to die- lead to passages of "living will" statutes in many states.
                                                                                      2. Planned Parenthood v. Casey
                                                                                        1. Decided: 1992
                                                                                          1. Significance: Stated that states may restrict abortions, as long as they do not impose an "undue hardship or burden on the mother".
                                                                                          2. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
                                                                                            1. Decided: 1989
                                                                                              1. Significance: Another in the string of abortion issues regarding the equal protection clause.
                                                                                              2. Griswold v. Connecticut
                                                                                                1. Decided: 1965
                                                                                                  1. Significance: Court established a "penumbra" of rights- most remarkably, birth control under the 4th, 9th and 14th amendments.
                                                                                                  2. Roe v. Wade
                                                                                                    1. Decided: 1973
                                                                                                      1. Significance: Court establishes an absolute right to choice with abortions.
                                                                                                      2. Lawrence v. Texas
                                                                                                        1. Decided: 2003
                                                                                                          1. Significance: Court strikes down Texas law criminalizing certain gay rights.
                                                                                                          2. New York Times Co. v. United States
                                                                                                            1. Decided: 1971
                                                                                                              1. Significance: Established "prior restraint" in regards to government censorship.
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