Court Cases

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mcdonald v chicago

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incorporated 2nd amendment

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barron v baltimore

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BoR only applies to fed. govt.

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gitlow v ny

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overturned barron v baltimore

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near v minnesota

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incorporated freedom of press

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palko v connecticut

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due process clause bound states only to rights essential to liberty, overturned

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engel v vitale

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recitation of nondenominational prayer bad

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abington v schempp

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state-mandated bible reading bad

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lemon v kurtzman

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3 part test

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christian legal society v martinez

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denied recognition and funding to religious group

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brandenburg v ohio

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direct incitement

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nebraska press assn. v stuart

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gov't shouldn't limit expression

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stromberg v california

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communist flag

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rav v st paul

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states can restrict cross burning w/ intent of intimidation present

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roth v us

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national standard established for obscenity

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miller v california

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incorporated national standard, established 3 part test

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dejonge v oregon

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incorporated freedom of assembly

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us v miller

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upheld tax on firearms

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weeks v us

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adopted exclusionary rule

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mapp v ohio

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evidence allowed by illegal search and seizure not allowed in state court

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gideon v wainwright

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right to an attourney

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furman v georgia

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ended capital punishment (8th amendment)

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gregg v georgia

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ruled rewritten death penalty statute constitutional

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mccleskey v zant

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new issues could not be raised on appeal

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house v bell

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death row inmate allowed an exception

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griswold v connecticut

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penumbral rights, right to birth control

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roe v wade

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allowed abortions

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webster v reproductive health services

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fetal viability tests

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planned parenthood v casey

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limited scope of roe

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stenberg v carhart

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called into question partial birth control, law too vague

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gonzales v carhart

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challenged passage of pbaa, upheld

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lawrence v texas

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sodomy law thrown out

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hazelwood v kuhlmeier

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prior restraint allowed to principal

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bethel v fraser

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obscene language in school speech

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wallace v jaffree

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alabama law allowing "willing students" to participate in prayer overruled

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santa fe v doe

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student led prayer thrown out

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brown v gilmore

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moment of silence in virginia schools sent back to appeals

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ashcroft v free speech

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cppa ruled too broad

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wolf v california

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incorporates 4th amendment

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us v leon

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objective good faith exception allowed

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maryland v garrison

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objective good faith (3rd floor warrant)

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4th amendment

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no searches and seizures, probable cause

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5th amendment

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indictment by grand jury, no double jeapordy, due process, etc

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6th amendment

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speedy and public trial, jury of peers, etc

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7th

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right to jury

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8th

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cruel and unusual punishment

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11th

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overruled chrisholm v georgia

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direct incitement

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addition to clear and present danger test, advocacy of illegal action allowed unless action is about to occur

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exclusionary rule

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illegal evidence not allowed

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good faith exceptions

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use of tainted evidence allowed