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This Case overturned state law of Georgia refering to the Yazoo River. Demonstrated Federal Supremacy
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McCulloch V. Maryland (1819) |
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Federal Supremacy Case. (Bank)
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Congress was give power to regulate interstate commerce through Commerce Clause.
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Government sided with business, and denied people the right to join trade Unions.
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Hammer V. Dagenhart (1918): .
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Congress decided that they were not allowed to regulate child labor acts because it interfered in commerce. |
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National Labor Relations Board V. Jones and Lauglin Steel (1937):
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Said that Wagner Act was constitutional. Increased Congress's power under comm. clause
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US V. Darby Lumber Co. (1941):
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Said Congress could regulate employ. conditions. |
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Heart of Atlanta Motel V. US (1964): upheld civ rights act of 1964 by comm. clause.
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Upheld civ rights act of 1964 by comm. clause. |
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National League of Cities V. Usery (1976):
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Fair Labor Standards Act didn' t apply to st. gov.
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Garcia V. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority(1985):
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Says Congress has power under comm. clause to extend FLSA / set u min. wage. Overturned NLC V U
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Set limit on Congress power under comm. clause. |
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Said parts of Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act = uncon.
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Called Violence Against Women Act of 1994 uncon bcuz increased congress power under comm clause.
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limited campaign conts, but said spending to influence=ok
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Declared Bush=president cause he had maj of electoral coll.
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Court upheld most of McCain Fengold Act/ BCRA of '02. |
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Said reapportionment is a judicial question; not political.
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Wesberry V. Sanders (1964):
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state leg districts had to be roughly equal in pop.
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racial gerrymandering is not allowed.
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Miller V. Johnson ( 1995):
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Racial Gerrymandering is not allowed.
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US Term Limits Inc, V. Thornton (1995): |
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Congressional Term limits = unconst. |
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US V. Curtiss-Wright (1936):
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Increased Pres. Power over international commerce.
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. V. Sawyer (1952):
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Lowered Presidential power to Seize private property. (steel mill case).
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impeached Nixon, and forced him to give tapes. (Said that he had no executive privilege.)
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Immigration and Naturalization Service V. Chadha (1983):
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Clinton V. New York City (1998): |
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Marbury V. Madison (1803):
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Judicial Review for State laws./ Fed Supremacy.
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Dred Scott V. Sanford (1857): |
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Blacks were not cit. Congress can't stop slavery. |
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Baron V. Baltimore (1833):
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No Incorporation to states.
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Gitlow V. New York (1925):
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Said states must give 1s t amendment rights due to 14.
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Near V. Minnesota (1931):
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Allowed for freedom of press at all times. Incorporates it to the states.
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Powell V. Alabama (1932): |
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Accused must be given counsel on his request. Incorporates access to a lawyer to states. |
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Emerson V. Board of Education (1942):
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Incorporates Establishment Clause to the states.
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Cantwell V. Connecticut (1940):
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Free Exercise Clause is incorporated to the states.
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Incorporates Search and Seizure clause to states. |
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Reynolds V. United States (1878):
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"The Mormon Case." Courts said that mormons could be punished for polygamy, even if it is in their religion.
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Cantwell V. Connecticut (1940):
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Free Exercise Clause is incorporated to the states.
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Emerson V. Board of Education (1947):
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Incorporated the Establishment clause by saying that one cannot bus to a religious school.
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its unconst for school prayer to be required.
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Abbington School District V. Schempp (1963):
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School bible readings are unconst.
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Lemon V. Kurtzman (1971):
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pub cannot take religious books from priva rel. schools. Established the Lemon Test: 1) Is action secular? 2) Does action not inhibit or help any religion? 3) Does action not cause any "excessive entanglement" between religion and gov?
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Wallace V. Jaffree (1985):
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Alabama law said that voluntary prayer could be done at the beginning of a school day. Jaffree brought suit saying that it was unfair to his children that were not that religion. Courts said that this violated first amendment.
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Aguilar V. Felton (1985):
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Said act that sent pub. teachers to rel. schools unconst.
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Didn't allow religious speakers at graduations.
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Zobrest V. Catalina School District (1993):
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Courts said that public school could send deaf interpreter to a religious school.
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Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye V. City of Hialeah (1993):
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Court said that a group of people could sacrifice animals, because it didn't break any laws.
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Cantwell V. Connecticut (1940):
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Free Exercise Clause is incorporated to the states.
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Santa Fe School District V. Doe (2000):
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No prayer before football game since school provides the field.
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Agostini V. Felton (1997):
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Overturned Aguilar V. Felton and said rel teacher can teach if secular.
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Said that during times of war, there could be more restrictions on Free Speech that could cause insubordination.
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Declared weakening of production during war to be unconst.
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Gitlow V. New York (1925):
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Said states must give 1s t amendment rights due to 14. Incorporation Doctrine.
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Near V. Minnesota (1931):
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Allowed for freedom of press at all times. Incorporates it to the states.
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Strromberg V. California (1931):
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Court said that a California law banning red flags was unconstitutional using fourteenth Amendment. |
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DeJonge V. Oregon (1937):
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Incorporates freedom of assembly to the states.
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Thornhill V. Alabama (1940):
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Cox V. New hampshire (1941):
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Jehova Witnesses marched w/out permit and said that permits were unconstitutional, but courts said, that they need to get them.
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Dennis V. United States (1951): .
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Courts upheld the Smith Act of the Communist threat.
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Roth V. United States (1957):
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Defined "obscene material" as anything that "offended tha average person, applying contemporary community standards."
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New york Times Co. V. Sullivan (1964):
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Established actual Malice Standard
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Tinker V. Des Moines (1969):
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First amendment applies to pub school students. Let students wear black armbands to protest Vietnam War.
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Bethel School District V. Friger:
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School can expel those students that disrupt school environment.
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Hustler Magazine V. Farlwell:
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Magazine can inflict emotional pain on an official. (Can make an article making fun of a person.)
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Brandenburg V. Ohio (1969):
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People cannot incite violence in their speech.
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New York Times Co. V. US ( 1971): |
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Allowed NY Times/Wash Post to pub. Pent pap. (No prior restraint.)
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Lloyd Corporation V. Tanner (1972):
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Vietnam protesters were kicked out in private area.
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Hazelwood School V. Kuhimeirer:
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School can limit rights of students in what they publish.
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Nazis wanted to march through Jewish neighborhood. Courts allowed them to do so because they aren't causing imminent danger.
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Allowed burning of flag if does not incite violence. |
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Bong Hits for Jesus case. School said that it was disruptive on school grounds, so accepted suspension.
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Something that lacks literary, artistic, political or scientific value is obscene.
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Schenck V. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York (1997):
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Courts allowed for a separation of pro-lifers and pro-choicers by a clinic.
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Court said it was unconst to pass anti-indecency provisions.
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Boy Scouts of America V. Dale: |
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Courts said that they could exclude homosexuals. |
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Seizure from priv. residents is illegal.
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Protects against "unreasonable search and seizure."
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Established "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule.
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Said info through wire tapping and gotten illegally could be used.
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Overt urned Olmstead V. US, and said that search and seizure applies wiretaps.
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Ex Parte Milligan (1866):
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said it was unconstitutional to have mil tribunals for civilians.
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Betts could not afford an attorney, and was denied one because of this under Maryland law.
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Gideon V. Wainwright (1963):
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Overruled Betts V. Brady, and said that courts had to give counsel to all people during criminal cases.
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Escobedo V. Illinois (1964):
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Not only must all be given lawyer, but also it must be offered even if one cannot afford it.
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Miranda V. Arizona (1966):
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Police must read "miranda rights" to accused.
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Sheppard V. Maxwell (1966):
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Courts allowed for suspected murderer to get a new jury and court, because publicity followed his every movement so much.
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Powell V. Alabama (1932):
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Accused must be given counsel on his request. Incorporates access to a lawyer to states.
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Furman V. Georgia (1972):
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Set up consistency for death penalty.
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Allowed for Death Penalty to be used.
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Allows idea of "inevitable discovery" which lets questionable findings be used more often.
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New York V. Quarles (1984):
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"Public Safety Exception" was established.
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New Jersey V. TLO (1985):
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Student was found for selling drugs. Tried to say that info was found illegally, but court said that teachers could search under "reasonable suspicion test," and didn't mandate miranda rights reading.
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California V. Greenwood (1988):
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Police examined trashbags outside of the house of Greenwood, asuspected drug dealer. Courts said that trash was public property.
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Thompson V. Oklahoma (1988):
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Courts said that it was cruel and unusual punishment to put someone to death if they committed the murder at an age below 16. (Child murdered at 15.)
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Atkins V. Virginia (2002):
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Forbids execution of mentally handicapped.
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Terrorist detainees must have access to a neutral court. |
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Plessy V. Ferguson (1896):
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Hirabayashi V. US (1943):
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Curfew laws were established.
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Korematsu V. United States (1944):
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Court allowed for Japanese Americans to be interned during WWII.
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Sweatt V. Painter (1950):
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Court said that if a new school were created for blacks, it would be inheritantly unequal, and thus, there must be integration.
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Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka (1954):
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Overturned P. V. F, and said equal.
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v US (1964):
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Enforces C.R. Act of 1964.
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Swann V. Charlotte-Mechkenburg Board of Education (1969):
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First case in which court pushed for integration, rather than desegregation. (Affirmative Action.)
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Colorado tried to pass legislation that would protect homosexuals, but the supreme court didn't let them because it would have been discrimination.
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Bowers V. Hardwick (1986):
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Focused on anti sodomy laws (in this case, no oral/anal,) and how gay people were to be affected.
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Lawrence V. Texas (2003):
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Right to Privacy. (Finds state sodomy laws unconstitutional.)
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Regent s of the University of California V. Bakke (1978):
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United States V. Paradise (1987):
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Allowed temporary promotion of quota system in alabama state troopers.
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Griswold V. Connecticut (1965):
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Said that const protected privacy. Said that contraceptives could be used.
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Passing of estates cannot go to man solely du to gender.
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Allows woman to abort baby before 7 months.
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Webster V. Reproductive Health Services (1989):
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imposed restrictions on state funds that would lead to abortions.
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Planned Parenthood V. Casey (1992):
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Upheld right to have an abortion, but placed more restrictions.
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Sternberg V. Carhart (2000):
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State laws limiting abortions are unconstitutional.
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