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44 Cards in this Set
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Rostker v. Goldberg
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women could not be drafted
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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desegregation of schools with "all deliberate speed"
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Swann v. Charleotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed.
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busing and redrawing district lines to integrate public schools
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.
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congress has power to prohibit discrimination in private businesses
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Regents of the Univ. of CA v. Bakke
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affirmative action quotas are constitutional. "diversity" legit goal...but not take race as sole criterion for admissions
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Buckley v. Valeo
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limits $ given individually to political campaigns. candidate can personally use as much of own $-freedom of speech
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Clinton v. City of NY
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Line Item Veto unconstitutional
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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federal law supreme over state law. power to "necessary and proper" clause
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South Dakota v. Dole
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raise minimum drinking age to 21 or lose federal highway funds
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Wesberry v. Sanders
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NO apportionment system (congressional districts vary greatly in size)
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Prinz v. U.S.
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invalidated a fed law that required local police to conduct background checks on all gun purchases. ruled: violated 10th amendment--forcing state govs to carry out fed regulatory programs
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Shaw v. Reno
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Race canNOT be main factor in drawing congressional district lines
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Marbury v. Madison
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Supreme Court could declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
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Weeks v. Ohio
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Court forbids ill-gotten evidence. EXCLUSIONARY RULE: illegally obtained evidence could not be used in federal court
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Terry v. Ohio
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stop and frisk
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Miranda v. Arizona
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suspect must be informed of his/her rights
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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can't afford attorny, state will provide one
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Texas v. Johnson
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flag burning protected: form of symbolic speech
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Engel v. Vitale
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school sanctioned prayer unconsitutional
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Gregg v. Georgia
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death penalty constitutional
--imposed based on circumstances of case |
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Furman v. Georgia
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death penalty unconstitutional
--imposed arbitrarily |
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
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Lemon Test: law must
1) have primarily secular purpose 2) principle effect must neither aid nor inhibit religion 3) it must not create excessive entanglement between gov and religion |
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Schenck v. U.S.
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speech that created IMMINENT DANGER is not protected
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** Gitlow v. New York **
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incorporation of FREE SPEECH to states
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Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Community School
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symbolic speech protected by 1st Amendment
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Miller v. California
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standards for obscenity:
1) major theme appeals to indecent sexual desires applying to modern day community standards 2) shows in clearly offensive way sexual behavior outlaws by state law 3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value |
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Reno v. A.C.L.U.
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free speech on internet:
very hard to regulate |
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Near v. Minnesota
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incorporation of free press to states:
NO prior restraint (cannot ban offensive publications) |
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New York Times v. Sullivan
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protected statements about public officials
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New York Times v. U.S.
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reaffirmed ban on prior restraint:
refused to stop publication of Pentagon Papers |
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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
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school district censorship of student newspapers as long as it is related to legitimate concerns
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United States v. Leon
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good faith exception:
searches done illegally under assumption it was legal +added to exclusionary rule |
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Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
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no "fighting words"
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Roth v. U. S.
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obscenity NOT protected under 1st amendment
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De Jonge v. Oregon
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Right of Assembly incorporated to states
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New Jersey v. T.L.O
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student can be searched at school by school officials. ruled almost no privacy when on grounds of school.
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Bethel School District v. Frasier
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school officials can punish student for statements made in a speech at school
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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"zones of privacy"
enhanced concept of enumerated rights (9th amendment) |
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Roe v. Wade
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constitutional right of privacy for woman to determine whether to terminate a pregnancy
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Planned parenthood v. Casey
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reaffirmed Roe v. Wade but upheld certain limits...
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Mapp v. Ohio
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Court ruled that evidence obtained without search warrant was excluded from trial in state courts
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Escobedo v. Illinois
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person cannot be forced to self incriminate
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Webster v. Reproductive Health
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states allowed to ban abortions:
from public hospitals doctors permitted to see if fetuses were viable |
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Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith
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state could deny unemployment benefits to a fired person for violating a state prohibition (like use of certain drugs, peyote in this case)
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