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14 Cards in this Set
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Marbury v. Madison |
Dealt with Administrative Law(Federal Government) Wanted to get his position as Justice of the Peace Thomas Jefferson denied him the position |
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Gideon v. Wainwright |
.Based on the sixth amendment .Stealing a small amount of money and possession for a local bar in Florida .Was denied the right to an attorney .Right to an attorney had be controversial since Betts v. Brady |
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Lemon v. Kurtzman |
.An appeal for state to distribute budget on educational programs religion based studies .Separation of Church and State |
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Oregon v Smith |
.Two Native Americans were fired for the use of illegal drugs on their job even though it was part of their religion .They were denied unemployment benefits |
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McCollum v. Board of Education |
.Argument that religious instruction in the public school is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the first amendment .The court agreed that the tax money being used for the religious classes was not right |
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Mapp v. Ohio |
Decided that evidence obtained in violation of the fourth amendment may not be used in trial |
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Luther v. Borden |
established the political question doctrine. Found that it was up to the president and Congress to enforce the Guarantee clause (Replublican form of government) |
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Colegrove v. Green |
The right for each state to hold election in the time, place and manner of their choosing |
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Baker v. Carr |
.Attempt to change the way voting districts are delineated .Complain that Tennessee had not redistricted since 1901 .The votes of rural citizens were overrepresented compared to those of urban citizens .this discrepancy was causing him to fail to receive the "equal protection of the laws" required by the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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Gitlow v. New York |
Freedom of speech as long as it is legal. |
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McCulloch v. Maryland |
.State imposing a tax on the Second Bank of the United States, which was established with the support and backing of Congress .Marshall would declare the state bank tax unconstitutional, which was first done in Marbury v. Madison. |
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Schenck v. United States |
.was arrested in 1919 subsequent to his organization of a protest against the draft undertaken by the Federal government of the United States in the wake of World War I .he explained that the notion of the draft could be considered to be a nature of slavery or servitude |
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Dennis v. United States |
The Court ruled that did not have the right under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution to exercise free speech, publication and assembly, if the exercise involved the creation of a plot to overthrow the government. |
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Constitutional law |
is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. |
