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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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Sued for freedom on the grounds that that his master died & he was in a "free territory". Supreme court ruled against Scott saying he was property.
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Slavery
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Supreme Court ruled that there must be "separate but equal" accommodations for African Americans. Thus allowing segregation to continue but with "equal" parts for both whites and the colored.
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"Separate but equal"
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Sweatt v. Painter
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Challenged the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson and overturned the ruling. Thus segregation in law and graduate schools was questioned and deemed unconstitutional
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Segregation of Law school
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Ruled that "separate but equal" educational facilities were unconstitutional because varying systems are always unequal
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Education
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Brown v. Board ll
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School systems must abolish these separate but equal systems, and have only one. however they could do so "with all deliberate speed"
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"with all deliberate speed"
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Texas v. Johnson
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Johnson said burning a flag was an act of free speech, and saying otherwise went against his 1st amendment rights. The court ruled in his favor saying it fell under "symbolic speech"
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Flag burning
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Grutter v. Bollinger
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White law applicant denied based on racial quotas. Ruled that race may only be one factor in the admissions process, but not the sole reason of admission
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Racial quotas
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kuapp v. Texas
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Police arrested Kuapp without probable cause/a warrant, and thus failed to respect his fourth amendment rights, and his confession was excluded from the ruling
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4th amendment rights
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Lawrence v. Texas
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Gay relations in private, but police were set to arrest/settle a civil dispute. Ended in arrests on gay charges. USSC dropped charges because this violated their rights of privacy
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Gay Rights
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Stages of Federalism
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1. Dual Federalism
2. Cooperative federalism 3. Regulated Federalism 4. New federalism |
4 stages
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What is Dual Federalism?
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Explicit powers of both state and federal. no federal intervention on the states
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Cooperative federalism
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State and federal government work together to carry out the same policies.
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Regulated Federalism
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Congress had the power to place national standards that states had to meet to maintain a regulated national standard
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Coercive federalism
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Lopez v. United States
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12th grade student brings gun to school. Violated possession of a gun on campus. Ruled that the national government has the right to intervene in interstate commerce, but that this didn't apply to interstate commerce
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Interstate commerce and guns
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14th amendment
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Defined national citizenship, anyone born in the U.S. is considered a citizen, and states may not restrict or forbid the rights of citizens
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citizenship
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Palko v. Connecticut
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Double jeopardy, states may not try a person for the same crime twice
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Engel v. Vital
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Ruled that the Establishment clause must be upheld. School prayer, even optional, is unconstitutional if the the government of NYC has implemented it.
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Separation of Church and state
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Lemon Test
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Grants in aid from the government to religious schools must pass this test to make sure there is a separation between church and state
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Times v. Sullivan
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Freedom of speech. By using the police chiefs name he was putting him in danger. Sullivan won. and as a result the freedom of speech in print may not be slander
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Police chief
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Roe v. Wade
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Abortion
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Bakke v. University of California
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Bakke denied admission, over racial quotas.
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Fisher v. UT
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Race being a fscotor in the admissions process must be only a small factor not sole reason to admit/deny
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Saliency
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Important issues to the public
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Latency
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Not as important, but still issues to the public
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Maryland wanted to tax the federal reserve bank, but the court said that congress has the right to put the bank there & national law is above state law
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Bank
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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New York gave navigation rights of water to one company. U.S. offered licenses to others. National supremacy over state. Commerce clause
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U.S. v. Morrison
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Violence against Womans act held that states have the police power to in force it over congress. Congress did not have the right to intervene under interstate commerce
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Barron v. Baltimore
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Dual citizenship & rights protection
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