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18 Cards in this Set
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marbury vs madison |
supreme court to strike down laws of congress that it determined are unconstitutional |
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Dred Scott vs. sanford |
-could not prevent slavery in the territories -citizens=whites only |
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baker vs carr |
-voided tennessee's congressional district reapportionment plan because it did not take in to account pop growth -one man one vote (states must not dilute votes of individuals when redrawing congressional district boundaries *congressional districts must contain about same people |
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lemon vs kurtzman |
-when states violate religion 1. statue must have a secular legislative process 2.the statue's primary effect may not advance nor inhibit religion 3. statue must not foster "an excessive government" entanglement with religion |
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new york times vs. sullivan |
-rights of citizens to publicly criticize public officials without fear of being sued for libel
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griswold vs connecticut |
american rights are not limited specifically to those in the constitution |
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buckley vs valeo |
-struck down campaign spending limits contained in the federal election campaign act -federal campaign act violated 1st amendment freedom of speech |
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citizens united vs. federal elections commission |
corporations have 1st amendment rights to spend unlimited amounts on political campaigns |
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gitlow vs new york |
states can't interfere with citizens 1st amendment rights (unless speech expressively advocates the overthrow of the government |
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roth vs the united states |
-works of art were obscene if it appealed to prurient interests |
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plessy vs. ferguson |
separate but equal |
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brown vs. board of education |
overturned plessy vs. ferguson |
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bush vs gore |
-recounting violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment |
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bakke vs regents of university of california |
universities can't deny applicants solely because of their race |
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grutter vs. bollinger |
michigans law school Affirmative action program was constitutional because it was narrowly tailored to promote diverse student body |
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roe vs wade |
right to privacy= women's legal right to aborotions |
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mapp vs. ohio |
protects citizens 14th amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures |
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miranda vs arizona |
before being arrested citizen must be reminded of their right to remain silent -anything they say can be used against them in a court of law -have right to have a lawyer present |
