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| McCulloch v Maryland (1819) |
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| national supremacy, implied powers; "the power to tax is the power to destroy" |
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| clear and present danger test |
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| precedent of selective incorporation |
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| Palko v Connecticut (1937) |
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| provided test to determine which parts of the Bill of Rights should be federalized |
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| Brown v Board, 1st (1954) |
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| school segregation unconstitutional |
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| no state-sponsored prayer in public schools |
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| "one man, one vote"; equal state apportionment |
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| Abbington v Schempp (1963) |
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| no devotional Bible-reading in public schools |
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| Gideon v Wainright (1963) |
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| right to counsel (lawyer) |
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| Wesberry v Sanders (1963) |
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| equal district redistribution |
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| Griswald v Connecticut (1965) |
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| Miranda warnings of counsel and silence, must be given before interrogation |
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| Lemon test to determine violation of establishment clause (1st amend.) |
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| national abortion guidelines (trimester guidelines) |
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| executive privilege, but not in criminal cases; "president is not above the law" |
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| 1st amend. protection to campaign spending |
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| U.C. Regents v Bakke (1978) |
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| race can be ONE factor in school admissions decisions |
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| Webster v Reproductive Health Services (1987) |
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| more leeway for states regarding regulation of abortion |
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| struck down law banning flag burning |
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| Employment Division of Oregon v Smith (1990) |
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| states can deny employment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote, even if part of a religious ritual |
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| Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992) |
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| "undue burden" standard for regulating abortion |
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| limited congressional use of commerce clause |
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| banned presidential use of line item veto |
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| used 14th amend. equal protection clause to stop Florida recount in 2000 election |
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| Zelman v Simmons-Harris (2002) |
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| public money can be used to send disadvantaged children to religious schools in tuition voucher programs |
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| struck down a federal ban on "virtual" child pornography |
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| struck down law banning sodomy (right of privacy) |
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| struck down use of "bonus points" for race in undergrad admissions at UMich |
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| Grutter v Bollinger (2003) |
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| allowed the use of race as a general factor in law school admissions at UMich |
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| Kelo v City of New London (2005) |
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| Gonzales v Carhart (2007) |
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| upheld Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 |
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| struck down Washington DC ordinance that banned handguns |
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