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50 Cards in this Set
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Walz v. Tax Commission
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Upheld tax-exempt status for religious organizations
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Engle v. Vitale
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No School prayer (conflict with establishment clause)
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
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Set guidelines to see whether policies violated the etablishment clause (lemon test)
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Reynolds v. U.S.
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Polygamy illegal, not religious rite (state can regulate religious pratice)
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Schenck v. U.S.
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Doctrine of "clear and present danger" for free speech
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Texas v. Johnson
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Not unconstitutional to burn American flag
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Roth v. US
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Obscenity defined
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Miller v. California
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Three-part obscenity test
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Near v. Minnesota
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Cannot exercise prior restraint in censoring press
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N.Y. Times v. Sullivan
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Press and public can criticize public officials
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N.Y. Times v. U.S.
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Pentagon Paper case: possible threat to nat'l security < guarantee of freedom
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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Symbolic speech (wear black armband) in school okay
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New Jersey v. TLO
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Right of school to search students and property at any time
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Goss v. Lopez
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Students cannot be suspended without a hearing prior to suspension
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Segregation "separate but equal" constitutional
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson; no more segregation
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Marbury v. Madison
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Establish judicial review
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Supremacy of federal government; allows creation of state bank by elastic clause
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United States v. Virginia (VMI)
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Exclusion of women violates Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment)
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Regulation of interstate comerce (fed>state)
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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NO blacks could become citizens; no right to sue; Missouri Compromies (prohibit slavery in territories) unconstitutional
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Palko v. Connecticut
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Selective incorporation; some protections in Bill of Rights applicable to due process in 14th Amendment
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Barron v. Baltimore
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Yes, the bill of rights DOES limit the federal government
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Miller v. Texas
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Law prohibiting carrying dangerous weapons is OK
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Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US
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Gov't can use interstate commerce regulation to stop discrimination
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Baker v. Carr
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Doctrine of "One person, one vote": equal weight, no matter where live
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Wesberry v. Sanders
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Doctrine of "One person, one vote": equal weight, no matter where live
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Reynolds v. Sims
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Doctrine of "One person, one vote": equal weight, no matter where live
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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Due process of 5th and 14th Amendments: court appointed attourney guaranteed
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Escobedo v. Illinois
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Due process of 5th and 14th Amendments: defendant's attorney present during questioning
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Miranda v. Arizona
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Police must notify suspects of rights
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Rakas v. Illinois
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Passenger in a car has no standing to protest searches/seizures (is third party)
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U.S. v. Ross
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Police can, with probable cause, search car and all luggage
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Wilson v. US
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Confessions must be voluntary
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Brown v. Mississippi
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Overturned state conviction because obtained through torture
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Furman v. Georgia
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Death penalty unconstitutional
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Gregg v. Georgia
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Two-stage trial rule: one for verdict, the other for sentencing
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Thompson v. Oklahoma
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Minors under 16 cannot be executed
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Griswald v. Connecticut
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"Zone of privacy" between married couples includes sexual relationship
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Yates v. U.S.
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Theoretical violent overthrow vs. actualy working for it
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Boy Scouts v. Dale
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Boy scouts are a private organization and can exclude gays
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Roe v. Wade
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Struck down a variety of antiabortion laws
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United States v. Nixon
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No claim over executive privilege for refusing to turn over additional tapes
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Bakke v. Univ. of California
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Outlawed ratial quotas (race as a factor still okay, however)
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey
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Reaffirmed Roe v. Wade
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Romer v. Evans
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A law cannot prohibit anti-discrimination laws for homosexuals (Equal Protection Clause)
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Mapp v. Ohio
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Exclusionary rule: evidence obtained unlawfully not permissible in court
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Veronia v. Acton
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Random drug tests of student athletes constitutional
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Gitlow v. New York
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Liberties of speech and press protected by due process clause of 14th Amendment from the states
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Gitlow v. New York
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Liberties of speech and press protected by due process clause of 14th Amendment from the states
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