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Political Studies
12th Grade
02/03/2013

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Barron V. Baltimore
Definition
Bill of rights does not apply to states. Eminent domain
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Gitlow V. New York
Definition
Bill of Rights applied to states. Struck down sedition laws
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Reynolds V. US
Definition
Court does not protect action if it is unlawful
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Engel V. Vitale
Definition
No prayer in school.
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Lemon V. Kurtzman
Definition
Nonreligious funding to religious school
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Schenck V. US
Definition
Clear and Present Danger clause and test.
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Brandenburg V. Ohio
Definition
Imminent lawless action not protected
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Near V. Minesota
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Cannot ban material before its printed.
Prior restraint
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New York Times V. Sullivan
Definition
Prove Malice. Painted white cops as bad to black man.
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Tinker V. Des Moines
Definition
Students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at school gate.
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Morse V. Frederick
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Tinker doesn't protect against illegal activity at or within view of school events
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New York Times V. US
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US cannot ban publishing of Pentagon Papers
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Chaplinsky V. New Hampshire
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Fighting Words not protected
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Miller V. California
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Created Miller test. Is material obscene? Decided by a reasonable person.
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Mapp V. Ohio
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Exclusionary Rule established. Found porn in a trunk in the basement, not what cops were looking for. Couldn't use evidence against her.
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New Jersey V. TLO
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Reasonable suspicion allows for searches, unwarranted.
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Miranda V. Arizona
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Self incrimination. lead to Miranda rights. Must be told of rights as a criminal
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Gideon V. Wainright
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Those charged with a felony have a right to a state appointed lawyer if they can't afford one.
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Pointer V. Texas
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Right to face, point at, accuser.
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Furman V. Georgia
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Capital punishment is okay only if race/ crime is balanced
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Mapp V. Ohio
Definition
Exclusionary Rule established. Found porn in a trunk in the basement, not what cops were looking for. Couldn't use evidence against her.
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New Jersey V. TLO
Definition
Reasonable suspicion allows for searches, unwarranted.
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Miranda V. Arizona
Definition
Self incrimination. lead to Miranda rights. Must be told of rights as a criminal
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Gideon V. Wainright
Definition
Those charged with a felony have a right to a state appointed lawyer if they can't afford one.
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Pointer V. Texas
Definition
Right to face, point at, accuser.
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Furman V. Georgia
Definition
Capital punishment is okay only if race/ crime is balanced
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Gregg V. Georgia
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Punishment must fit established crime
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Griswold V. Conneticuit
Definition
Bedroom private, right to use contraceptives
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Roe V. Wade
Definition
Abortion Legal
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Webster V. Reproductive Health Services
Definition
A state law can be passed restricting the use of public facilities in performing an abortion
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Planned Parenthood V Casey
Definition
Right to abortion upheld but:
24 hour waiting period
parental consent
informed consent
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Bowers V. Hardwick
Definition
Sodomy laws against gay couples upheld. Right to privacy not for gay Discrimination case
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Lawrence V. Texas
Definition
SC overturns sodomy laws, right to privacy for gay couples
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DC V. Heller
Definition
DC law limited gun ownership right to have gun. Upheld brand definition of 2nd amendment
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McDonald V. Chicago
Definition
Sates cant limit gun ownership incorporated 2nd amendment to states.
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Bowers V. Hardwick
Definition
Sodomy laws against gay couples upheld. Right to privacy not for gay Discrimination case
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Lawrence V. Texas
Definition
SC overturns sodomy laws, right to privacy for gay couples
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DC V. Heller
Definition
DC law limited gun ownership right to have gun. Upheld brand definition of 2nd amendment
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McDonald V. Chicago
Definition
Sates cant limit gun ownership incorporated 2nd amendment to states.
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Smith V. Allwright
Definition
Overturned white primaries. Smith black man wanted to vote primary in Texas.
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Sweatt V. Painter
Definition
Successfully proved lack of equality in favor of a black applicant. Wanted to go to law school, proved schools not equal b/c one didn't exist.
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NAACP V. Alabama
Definition
SCOTUS upheld the right of NAACP to freely associate. Alabama said NAACP was foreign operation. No lol from NY!
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Swanned V. Charlotte-mecklebburg county schools
Definition
The decision led to the wide spread use of busing to end segregation in schools by federal judges in the south.
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reed v reed
Definition
Administers of estates cannot be based on sex. Any arbitrary sex based classification violated the 14th amendment.
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Craig V. Bored
Definition
SCOTUS determined that statutory or administrative sex classifications had to be subject to an intermediate standard of judicial review.
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Regents of the university of California V. Bakke
Definition
Upheld affirmative action but rules against practice of setting aside quota spots for particular groups
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