Ap Gov Liberties Court Cases

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Barron v. Baltimore

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The 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the Bill of Rights restrained only the national government, not the states and cities.

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Gitlow v. New York

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The 1925 Supreme Court decision holding that freedoms of press and speech are "fundamental personal rights and liberties protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth amendment from impairment by the states" as well as by the federal government.

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Lemon v. Kurtzman

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The 1971 Supreme Court decision that established that aid to church-related schools must 1) have a secular legislative purpose; 2) have a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion; and 3) not foster excessive government entanglement with religion

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Engel v. Vitale

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The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that state officials violated the 1st Amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.

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Near v. Minnesota

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The 1931 Supreme Court decision holding that the First Amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.

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Schenck vs. United States

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A 1919 Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of a socialist who had urged resistance to the draft during World War I. Justice Holmes declared that government can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils.

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Miller v. California

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A 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that community standards be used to determine whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to a "prurient interest" and being "patently offensive" and lacking in value.

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Texas v. Johnson

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A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.

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New York Times v. Sullivan

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A 1964 Supreme Court decision establishing that, to win damage suits for libel, public figures must prove that the defamatory statements were made with "actual malice" and reckless disregard for the truth.

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Mapp v. Ohio

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The 1961 Supreme Court decision ruling that the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures must be extended to the states.

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Miranda v. Arizona

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The 1966 Supreme Court decision that sets guidelines for police questioning of accused persons to protect them against self-incrimination and to protect their right to counsel.

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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The 1963 Supreme Court decision holding that anyone, however poor, accused of a felony where imprisonment may be imposed has a right to a lawyer.

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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A 1965 case involving a Connecticut law forbidding the use of contraceptives. The Supreme Court decided that the explicitly stated rights in the Constitution implied a right to privacy.

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Roe v. Wade

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The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on abortions was unconstitutional. The decision forbade state control over abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to ban abortion during the third trimester.

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Planned Pregancy v. Casey

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A 1992 case in which the Supreme Court loosened its standard for evaluating restrictions on abortion from one of "strict scrutiny" of any restraints on a "fundamental right" to one of "undue burden" that permits considerably more regulation