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| sovereign immunity - to shield states in large part from being sued under federal law. |
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| Constitutional challenges to the unequal distribution of voters among legislative districts could be resolved by federal courts. |
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| Schools are zones of restriction for certain right. Adults receive more of their rights (Such as 1st amendment rights) in other stating. Schools may restrict rights such as freedom of speech, etc. |
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| Extended the scope of political speech - allows virtually all political speech, unless it is demonstrably linked to immediate lawless behavior. |
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| Brown v Board of Education |
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| Reversed Plessy v Ferguson. Forced the Integration of public schools. Focused on the integration of public schools. Used in 1955 to speed the process of integration. |
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| Restrictions on individual contributions to political campaigns and candidates does not violate the 1st Amendment. Governmental restriction of expenditures from personal resources and the overall limitation were unconstitutional. |
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| California Board of Regents v Bakke |
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| Race can be used as a complex factor when determining admission. The case did strike down that refusal because saving spaces for minorities violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
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| The manual recounts of votes in November 2000 could not proceed because inconsistent evaluaion standards in the counties violated the equal protection clause. |
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| Clinton v the City of New York |
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| Struck down the line-item veto. The line-item veto unconsitutionally gave the president "the unilateral power to change the text of duly enacted statutes." |
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| County of Alleghany v American Civil Liberties Union |
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| An exclusively religious exhibit (a Jewish menorah and a creche) could not be displayed in a government building because that kind of exhibit violated the establishment clause |
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