Supreme Court Cases And Amendments

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Gitlow v. New York

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1925
1st amendment
Freedom of speech

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Near v. Minnesota

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1931
1st amendment
Freedom of press

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Powell v. Alabama

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1932
6th amendment
Right to counsel in capital cases

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DeJonge v. Oregon

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1937
1st amendment
Freedom of assembly

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Contwell v. Connecticut

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1940
1st amendment
Free exercise of religion

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Everson v. Board of Education

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1947
1st amendment
No established national religion

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In re Oliver

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1961
6th amendment
Right to a public trial

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Wolf v. Colorado

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1949
4th amendment
Ban on unreasonable search and seizure

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Mapp v. Ohio

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1961
4th and 5th amendment
No evidence from illegal searches

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Robinson v. California

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1962
8th amendment
No cruel and unusual punishment

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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1963
6th amendment
Right to counsel in all felony cases

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Malloy v. Hogan

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1964
5th amendment
No self-incrimination

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Pointer v. Texas

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1965
6th amendment
Right to confront adverse witnesses

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Parker v. Gladden

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1966
6th amendment
Right to impartial jury

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Washington v. Texas

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1967
6th amendment
Right to obtain defense witnesses

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Klopfer v. North Carolina

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1967
6th amendment
Right to speedy trial

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Duncan v. Louisiana

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1968
6th amendment
Right to jury trial involving serious crime

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Benton v. Maryland

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1969
5th amendment
No double jeopardy

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Argersinger v. Hamlin

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1972
6th amendment
Right to counsel for imprisonable misdemeanors

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Otis McDonald v. Chicago

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2010
2nd amendment
Right to bear arms

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Marbury v. Madison

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1803
established judicial review

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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1819
implied powers
elastic clause
national supremacy

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Miranda v. Arizona

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1966
defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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1965
antibirth control law struck down

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Roe v. Wade

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1973
national abortion guidelines

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Dred Scott v. Sanford

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1857
slaves are property
free soil laws struck down

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896
separate but equal doctrine

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Brown v. Board of Education

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1954
separate but equal is inherently unequal

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Baker v. Carr

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1962
state legislative districts equal in pop of possible

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Clinton v. City of New York

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1998
No line-item veto

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Barron v. Baltimore

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1833
5th amendment
limits power of national government and not applicable to the states
Bill of Rights an exclusive check on federal government

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The Slaughterhouse Cases

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1873
rejected contention that 14th had brought constitutional privileges and immunities under federal control

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Hurtado v. California

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1884
states free to frame their own due process guarantees

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Twining v. New Jersey

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1908
5th amendment right against self-incrimination was valid during trials by state courts not just federal courts

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Palko v. Connecticut

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1937
Test for which section of the Bill of Rights should be incorporated

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Adamson v. California

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1947
Rights under 5th amendment did not extend to state courts based on the due process clause of the 14th amendment

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Brown v. Board of Education II

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1955
Ordered schools to desegregate with "all due and deliberate speed"

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1st amendment

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Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, petition

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2nd amendment

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Right to bear arms

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3rd amendment

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Right to not have to quarter soldiers

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4th amendment

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Right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures

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5th amendment

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Right to grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law

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6th amendment

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Right to be informed of charges be present when witnesses speak in court, to call defense, to have a lawyer

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7th amendment

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Right to a jury trial in civil cases

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8th amendment

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Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

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9th amendment

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Guarantee of rights not listed in the Constitution

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10th amendment

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Rights of states and people

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11th amendment

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Prevents suits against states

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12th amendment

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Election of the President/Vice President
(election procedures)

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13th amendment

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Slavery abolished

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14th amendment

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Due process of law
Equal protection of the law
Citizenship rights

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15th amendment

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Race no bar on voting

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16th amendment

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Individual income tax

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17th amendment

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Election of national senators

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18th amendment

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Prohibition of alcohol

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19th amendment

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Women's suffrage

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20th amendment

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Lame-Duck
Presidential congressional terms

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21st amendment

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Prohibition repealed

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22nd amendment

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Presidential term limitations

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23rd amendment

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Presidential vote for District of Columbia

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24th amendment

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Poll tax barred

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25th amendment

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Presidential disability and succession

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26th amendment

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Voting age set to 18 years

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27th amendment

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Congressional pay increases