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11 Cards in this Set
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Striking Plessey v. Ferguson "separate but equal" policy (1954)
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Circuit riding
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Not applicable today. Supreme court justice sitting on lower circuit courts
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Constitutional interpretation
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The task of defining and displaying the meaning of certain words in legislation or laws
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Constitutional law
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Law that is derived from the supreme court
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Diversity jurisdiction
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Federal courts attending state cases if parties are citizens of 2 different states
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Fronterio v. Richardson
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A case striking sex as a criterion in evaluating benefits
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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The right to privacy, birth control grounded in the Penumbra of the 1,3,4,9, amendments (1965)
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Judicial review
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The check the judiciary has against the legislative and executive branch; Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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Recess appointment
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The president appointing senators during senate recess
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Roe v. Wade
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The right to an abortion (1973)
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Seriatim opinions
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Each justice having one voice in a collective opinion
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