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Bill of Rights
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12th Grade
11/08/2012

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Zorach v. Clauson
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Students may attend religious instruction if it is done in a private rather than a public facility.
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Wallace v. Jaffree
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A 1985 Supreme Court decision that declared a moment of silence for "meditation or voluntary prayer" unconstitutional.
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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
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A 2000 Supreme Court deicison that said public school districts cannot let students lead stadium crowds in prayer before football games.
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Equal Access Act of 1984
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Allows public high schools receiving federal funds to permit student religous groups to hold meetings in the school.
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Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
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Ruled student-initiated and student-led religious clubs may meet just like any other organization.
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Epperson v. Arkansas
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A 1968 Supreme Court decision that it was unconstitutional to ban the teaching of evolution.
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Edwards V. Aguillard
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A 1987 Supreme Court decision that it was unconstitutional to require the teaching of creationism.
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Lynch v. Donnelly
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A 1984 Supreme Court decision that a religious scene that does not endorse a particular religion is constitutional.
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Allegheny County v. American Civil Liberties Union
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A 1989 Supreme Court deicision that a religious scene that endorses a particular religion is unconstitutional. It was a banner with the words "Glory to God in the Highest."
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Reynolds v. United States
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 An 1879 Supreme Court decision that said people are not free to worship in ways that violate laws protecting the health, safety, or morals of the community.
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Oregon v. Smith
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 A 1990 Supreme Court decision that said workers can be fired for using drugs even if it is a part of a religious ceremony that is constitutional.
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
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A 1972 Supreme Court decision that said states cannot require Amish parents to send their children to school beyond the eighth grade because it is a threat to the heart of their religious beliefs.
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis
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A 1984 Supreme Court decision that said a school could require students to salute the flag as a patriotic symbol.
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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
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A 1943 Supreme Court decision that overturned Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940).
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Tinker v. Des Moines School District
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A 1969 Supreme Court decision that said wearing black armbands was a form of symbolic speech and therefore constitutional.
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Bethel School District v. Fraser
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A 1986 Supreme Court decision that said schools may suspend students for inappropriate speech that would be protected outside of the classroom.
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Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
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A 1988 Supreme Court decision that said school officials have the right to regulate student speech for school sponsored events.
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California v. Acevedo
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A 1991 Supreme Court decision that said officers can search anything in vehicles without a warrant.
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Wyoming v. Houghton
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A 1999 Supreme Court decision that said officers can search anything in the vehicle, including personal belongings.
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Minnesota v. Carter
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A 1999 Supreme Court decision that said anything in plain sight can be searched without a warrant.
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Katz v. United States
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A 1967 Supreme Court decision that said the Fourth Amendment applies to people as well as places.
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Escobedo v. Illinois
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A 1964 Supreme Court decision that said a confession cannot be used if obtained by police who refuse to allow a defendant to see their attorney.
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Rummel v. Estelle
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A 1980 Supreme Court decision that said a minimum punishment for a third felony offense committed within a fifteen year time span to be life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
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Furman v. Georgia
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A 1972 Supreme Court decision that said the death penalty is constitutional but the way that it was applied was not constitutional, resulting in a two-step approacg: conviction and sentencing phase.
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