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| Established that students can be released from public school to participate in a religious activity. |
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| Maryland had "blue laws" that prohibited most things from being sold on Sundays. Court ruled that it was legal because its purpose was based on secular interests- promoting the health, safety, and well-being of citizens. |
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| Campaign finance case. Limits on how much citizens can contribute to a campaign are OK, but you can't place limits on a candidate's own spending. |
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| Private organizations, as long as they do not recieve public funds, have freedom to reject homosexuals. |
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| Kelo v. City of New London |
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| The state can take your personal property and sell it to a private group if the intent is for public use. |
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| Voting boundaries must be drawn so that each vote is counted equally. |
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| Students must have some form of due process before they can be suspended. |
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| Undercover law enforcement does not violate Due Process as long as the officers do not "implant criminal designs in the minds of the accused" (you can put some crack out on the table, but you can't offer it to the suspect) |
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| Substantive due process. A federal law existed that made violence against women a bigger crime; court ruled that it didn't fall under the 14th amendment or the commerce clause, so it was unconstitutional. |
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| You can't recount some of the votes in a state and not others, because all votes must be treated equally. Ballot counting is determined by legislature. |
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| States can't enforce all-white covenants in neighborhoods. |
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| Japanese internment was OK because it was a time of "emergency and peril". |
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| You can have separate facilities for races as long as they are equal. |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Racial segregation in schools implies inferiority and therefore is unequal. Desegregated schools. |
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| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg |
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| Bussing WITHIN a school district to desegregate schools is justified. |
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| Bussing across district lines is not justified. |
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| Can't have gender-segregated military institutes. |
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| Bob Jones University v. US |
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| If you prohibit interracial dating or marriage, you can say what you want but your tax-exempt status will be revoked. |
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| University of California v. Bakke |
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| You can't have a quota for minority students, but you can have affirmative action. |
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| Accommodations for handicaps must be provided as long as they do not "fundamentally alter the nature" of the game. |
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| You can use race as a favor in your admission process, but no quotas and it can't be the determining factor. The "compelling interest in achieving racial diversity in the student body" is a valid reason. |
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| Police must read you your rights immediately after arresting you. |
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| Schools can investigate/search, without a warrant, to a reasonable limit. |
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| You have to have a trial. |
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| A warrant isn't necessary to search someone's trash. Trash is in the public domain. |
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| Exclusionary rule- evidence that was obtained illegally cannot be used in court. |
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| Vernonia School District v. Acton |
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| Schools can have mandatory drug tests for sports teams. |
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| States have the right to censor incendiary remarks but cannot limit the Bill of Rights. |
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| West Virginia v. Barnette |
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| You can't force your students to say the Pledge of Allegiance. |
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| You can't have religious symbols on government property. |
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| Schools can fund buses for religious private schools as long as they don't favor one religion over others. (busing is voluntary and practical) |
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| Can't require teaching of creationism in public schools. |
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| Can't have school-sponsored prayer. |
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| Bethel School District v. Fraser |
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| Speech given by a student was obscene-but-not-technically-obscene, and the court ruled that it could be censored. |
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| Schools can censor student publications for advocating use of drugs/alcohol or for politically controversial issues. |
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| Symbolic speech is also protected. (armbands in school) |
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| More symbolic speech- flag-burning can't be restricted unless there is a clear and present danger. |
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| Established the Lemon Test- a law must not promote or restrict religion and must have a secular purpose. |
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| Employment Division v Smith |
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| Native Americans were fired for religious drug use, and the Court ruled that it was OK. |
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| Obscenity is not protected speech. Miller Test established. |
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| War made some sketchy draft-related laws necessary because of a clear and present danger. |
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| You have a right to counsel by a state court. |
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